Source: Missing Ingredient to Solving the Refugee Crisis: Common Sense | MishTalk
Archive for the ‘Middle East’ Category
Why the Iranians fear Israel
17
Sep
‘Former Secretary of State Colin Powell blew the lid off Israel’s hush-hush nuclear program — saying the country has 200 warheads pointed at Iran, according to his hacked emails. In the March 2015…”
Source: Israel has 200 nukes pointed at Iran, according to Powell emails
The costs of 9/11
11
Sep
“The 9/11 attacks triggered a series of events that ended up killing, wounding and displacing hundreds of thousands, cost trillions of dollars, eroded civil liberties, diminished the US’s standing abroad and created a new generation of terrorists.”
Source: 9/11 Was Devastating. But Was the Response Even Worse? – WhoWhatWhy
Bipartisan blundering
11
Sep
“Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton participated in a public forum with veterans on Wednesday night, describing how they’d defeat Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Although they diverged on the methods their answers were the same — more war in the middle east. Clinton is playing the role of Ego in American foreign policy, rationalizing unethical decisions, owning up to some questionable decisions (Iraq) but not others (Libya). Meanwhile, Trump is the remorseless Id, the base impulse of empire to seize land and resources through the promise of deadly force. The Id knows colonialism isn’t about bringing the blessings of civilization to conquered, it’s about exploiting them and their resources. Trump seems to understand that in a way Clinton doesn’t, or at least won’t admit.”
Source: Trump and Clinton propose Vietnam era policies for Iraq
New York Times and the New McCarthyism –
08
Sep
The establishment media are beating the war drums.
Source: New York Times and the New McCarthyism – Consortiumnews
Hillary Clinton reveals why the neocons love her
04
Sep
When will the anti-war Democrats awake from their stupor?
Source: Hillary Clinton’s American Legion Speech Deconstructed
Paul and Paul on the alt-right
30
Aug
“Politics may make some strange bedfellows, but none stranger than Hillary Clinton and the left-wing ‘conservatives’ who prefer her to Donald Trump.”
Source: Donald Trump and ‘the alternative right’: It’s a better alternative than the neocons | Mulshine
“Syria is a potential flashpoint for World War III”…
26
Aug
…with Hillary itching to be commander-in-chief.
“Even as top Turkish officials excoriate the United States for supposedly backing the failed coup attempt against President Recip Erdogan, Turkish troops and US Special Forces are coordinating with Syrian Islamist rebels to carry out a de facto invasion of Syria. Under the pretext of fighting the Islamic State, Erdogan’s Janissaries, thousands of “Free Syrian […]”
Source: Syrian Flashpoint – Antiwar.com Original
Follow the money
26
Aug
“It doesn’t exactly take a jaded disposition to doubt that donations from some of the world’s most repressive regimes are motived (sic) by a desire to aid the foundation’s charitable work.”
Source: Why Did the Saudi Regime and Other Gulf Tyrannies Donate Millions to the Clinton Foundation?
Dereliction of duty
22
Aug
“Sunni extremists are infiltrating the United States with the help of alien smugglers in South America”
Source: Southern Command Warns Sunni Extremists Infiltrating From South