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A Coherent Explanation of Obama’s Foreign Policy
Eric Zuesse
Foreign policy is both economic and military. An interpretation of U.S. President Barack Obama’s foreign policy will be presented here that explains both his economic and his military decisions to-date, and that shows he’s been carrying out the policies of his predecessors in office.
On economic matters, he has turned out to be the most ambitious ‘free-trader’ of any U.S. President: he has proposed three gigantic international-trade treaties, two with North Atlantic countries (TTIP for products and TISA for services), and one with Pacific countries (TPP), not only in order to serve America’s aristocracy at the public’s expense (an international “race-to-the-bottom” in terms of workers’ wages, and race to the top in terms of stockholders’ profits and executive pay) (like NAFTA on steroids), but in order to extend the NATO military alliance against Russia, to include now these trade treaties as a companion economic alliance against Russia (to reduce Russian trade with Russia’s biggest market, which is Europe).
Are US-Installed Kiev Fascists Planning War on Russia?
Stephen Lendman
Washington considers most despotic regimes worldwide valued allies - including a few it installed, notably the illegitimate Nazi-infested lunatics running Ukraine.
According to its interior minister Arsen Avakov, a special unit is being trained to return Crimea to Ukrainian control, even though it’s sovereign Russian territory and attempting it would be a declaration of war.
Russia’s military can decisively smash any Ukrainian invasion attempt - in a matter of hours. Avakov’s comments reflect arrogant bluster, saying:
“We have nothing. We need a new army, a new National Guard, a new police force. This is what the government of Ukraine is working on right now.”
“We must restore all of this, and then, with enough will, Crimea will be ours. I have no doubt of that.”
Claiming a “project” was undertaken to seize Crimea amounts to the ranting of a lunatic. They infest Ukraine, including illegitimate US-anointed oligarch president Petro Poroshenko.
Bashing Trump Makes Him Stronger
Stephen Lendman
He’s a duopoly power anomaly, a billionaire, demagogic business as usual aspirant, coming across to supporters as populist.
Yet nothing in his campaign suggests it, other than his anti-establishment rhetoric.
A previous article said he appeals to voters against bipartisan politics they deplore, business as usual campaigning and governance, promising change, delivering betrayal, ignoring popular needs in office.
He seems impregnable despite expressing outlandish views, including wanting a wall built on America’s southern border, calling Mexicans “rapists,” wanting Muslims banned from entering the country, saying he’ll close mosques, and surviving a flap with Pope Francis unscathed.
More U.S. troops killed by Halliburton than by Iraqis
David Swanson
The U.S. government, from Dick Cheney to Hillary Clinton, told blatant lies about the Iraqi government creating chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons in 2002, despite having been informed of the fact that Iraq was doing no such thing. U.S. leaders lied about ties between Iraq and terrorists that they also knew did not exist.
Then the U.S. military attacked and invaded Iraq, in the process heavily bombing old sites of Iraqi chemical weapons from the 1980s, many of those weapons having been provided by the United States. In large part because of the U.S. origin of the old Iraqi chemical weapons, the U.S. kept quiet about them during the new war. Another reason for the official silence was that, during the 2003 U.S. destruction of Iraq, many of those old weapons were seized by fledgling terrorist groups. The war had done exactly what it had been justified as being needed to prevent; it had given WMDs to terrorists.
Gallup Poll Shows Americans Prefer Terrorist Nations Over Iran. Why?
Eric Zuesse
A February 17th Gallup Poll showed that Americans prefer the chief nation that sponsors international terrorism, when given a choice between that terrorist-sponsoring nation and Iran. The disapproval shown of Iran is 79%; the approval is 14%. Back in 2014, the disapproval/approval were 84%/12%. At that time, Saudi Arabia had figures of 57%/35%. Iran was seen by Americans as being even more hostile toward Americans than is Saudi Arabia.
Americans are profoundly misinformed about international relations — and there’s a reason for this: the deep corruption within the American Establishment (the people who shape American political opinions).
Here are the facts: 92% of Saudi Arabians approve of ISIS. That country’s leadership — both the Saud family who own the country, and their clerics — teach them this way. In fact: on youtube you can see the “Former Imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Adel Kalbani: Daesh ISIS have the same beliefs as we do,” and he has high religious authority in Saudi Arabia. And, so, how can the Saudi public be blamed for believing what they hear in their churches — the mosques — such as that ISIS are devout believers, like they themselves are? Those clerics keep the ideology, and keep the royal family in power. That’s why the Saud family fund their clergy.
More Evidence of Israeli State Terror
Stephen Lendman
Israel is more Balfour Declaration created monster than legitimate nation-state, a Zionist global scourge, run by Arab-hating fascists.
Daily evidence exposes their viciousness, what media scoundrels systematically suppress, supporting Israeli high crimes demanding accountability - not as long as the world community turns a blind eye.
Israeli soldiers and police rampage out-of-control, murdering and brutalizing defenseless Palestinians with impunity, holding 1.8 million Gazans hostage under siege, collectively punishing an entire population.
A joint B’Tselem/Hamoked report revealed systematic torture and abuse at Israel’s Shikma interrogation facility - Palestinians (including young children and women guilty of no crimes) horrifically brutalized, standard practice in all Israeli detention facilities.
Longstanding Hillary Clinton Ties to Monsanto
Stephen Lendman
Her presidency would be nightmarish for world peace, popular interests and what remains of fundamental freedoms, a disaster risking full-blown tyranny and global war - vital to go all-out to oppose.
Her biotech/agribusiness ties began during the 1980s as a Rose Law firm lawyer. Monsanto and Tyson Foods were clients.
During her years as first lady in the 1990s, she supported harmful to health genetically modified foods and ingredients - while banning them from White House menus.
The Clinton and Bush II families ate organic foods, free from genetic manipulation and toxic pesticides.
As Obama’s secretary of state, she heavily pressured other countries to use and import GMOs. US taxpayer money continues promoting them worldwide, ignoring food safety.
Presidential Elections 2016: The Revolt of the Masses
James Petras
Introduction
The presidential elections of 2016 have several unique characteristics that defy common wisdom about political practices in 21st century America.
Clearly the established political machinery – party elites and their corporate backers -have (in part) lost control of the nomination process and confront ‘unwanted’ candidates who are campaigning with programs and pronouncements that polarize the electorate.
But there are other more specific factors, which have energized the electorate and speak to recent US history. These portend and reflect a realignment of US politics.
In this essay, we will outline these changes and their larger consequences for the future of American politics.
Hillary Clinton’s Global-Burning Record
Eric Zuesse
On 17 July 2015, Paul Blumenthal and Kate Sheppard at Huffington Post bannered, “Hillary Clinton's Biggest Campaign Bundlers Are Fossil Fuel Lobbyists” and the sub-head was "Clinton's top campaign financiers are linked to Big Oil, natural gas and the Keystone pipeline.” This description of her fits for a politician who does the lobbyists’ bidding while she provides liberal rhetoric that denies she will, and so who burns-up not only the planet but the trust of the liberals who have voted for her in the mistaken belief that because her label is “Democrat” and because she makes her appeals to women, Blacks, Hispanics, and other disenfranchised groups, she’s not actually representing (just like the Republicans do) their common-enemies, which go beyond such ethnic or other groups and constitute the top-0.0001%-economic-class that’s exploiting almost the entire public — including women, Blacks, Hispanics, etc.
Bashing Russia’s Forthright Syrian Conflict Resolution Efforts
Stephen Lendman
Washington expects negotiated cessation of hostilities in Syria failure - blaming Russia before implementation.
On February 23, the Wall Street Journal headlined “Pentagon, CIA Chiefs Don’t Think Russia Will Abide by Syria Cease-Fire” - maintaining unrelenting Russia bashing, proving again Putin has no geopolitical partner in Washington.
According to the Journal, hawkish Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, Joint Chiefs chairman General Joseph (“fighting Joe”) Dunford and rogue CIA head John Brennan “voiced increasingly tough views in White House meetings, calling for new measures to ‘inflict real pain on the Russians.’ ”
The Journal cited an unnamed senior administration official. Putin and Assad justifiably consider all anti-government forces terrorist groups, intending continued just cause war to eliminate them, the only hope for eventual Syrian liberation.
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