Patrick Lawrence: For Whom the Drones Buzz
If military drones are “revolutionizing” instruments, then wherever we are, we are in a field of battle.
John Kiriakou: Leaving the Democrats for Good
The author’s break with the Democrats began when Obama’s administration sought revenge on him for blowing the whistle on C.I.A. torture. Now he has many more reasons.
What Happened to ‘Hamas Is ISIS & ISIS Is Hamas’?
Benjamin Netanyahu often spread the slogan to solidify Western support for Israel’s savagery in Gaza. Now the lie has been exposed once and for all, writes Joe Lauria.
Ray McGovern: Putin Would Not Rise to the Bait
The black-eye given Russian security services will eventually heal while the artful destruction of a handful of bombers – like earlier high-profile, but misguided operations – will have zero effect…
Russia at a Crossroads
Moscow’s military campaign under Putin’s leadership has focused on avoiding escalation, says John Wight. But Ukraine’s drone strike deep into Russian territory is a gauntlet thrown down.
Patrick Lawrence: The White House as Playpen
It is time, plain and simple, to give up the thought that anything good is to come out of Trump’s next three and a half years.
Elias Rodriguez’s Murderous Gift to Israel
The barbarism of the live-streamed genocide in Gaza has inflicted moral injury on a scale untold, says John Wight. This is how Aaron Bushnell’s self-immolation and this abhorrent double murder…
Nothing to See Here: Australia’s Hidden Arms Trade With Israel
Despite the risks of colluding in Israel’s war crimes, Australia’s leaders remain wedded to the business of selling weapons and weapons parts to Israel, writes Stefan Moore.
Medhurst Case: Test of a Turning Tide on Gaza
By Joe Lauria / Consortium News British journalist Richard Medhurst, who was arrested last year and questioned under Britain’s draconian Terrorism Act, is facing a possible “terrorism” prosecution for journalism…
Craig Murray: UK Intel’s Fake Terror Plots
By Craig Murray / CraigMurray.org.uk Back in the “War on Terror” days, the UK security services fabricated multiple fake terror plots. There was, for example, the 2009 Easter Bomb Plot…
VIPS MEMO: Arms Control — Toward Lasting Peace
At the 80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe over the Nazis, the Veterans Intelligence Professionals for Sanity issue this memorandum calling for nuclear arms control leading to lasting peace.
Patrick Lawrence: Losing & Learning Nothing
The delusions about Ukraine continue as from the start. Washington and its puppet regime in Kiev have lost the war they provoked but there is no speaking of a defeat.
On Neo-Nazi Influence in Ukraine
A short history of neo-Nazism in Ukraine in response to some who say, “There is no evidence that Nazism has substantial influence in Ukraine.” Joe Lauria reports.
Patrick Lawrence: Late–Imperial Maladies
The worst part of living this distance from reality — or maybe the best part — is the knowledge, even if it is only subliminal, that we cannot go on…
Downplaying Ukraine Connection in Latest Trump Plot
The early evidence indicates that the latest plot to kill Donald Trump was directed by one or more persons in Ukraine. But you wouldn’t know that from the mainstream media,…