The American War from Hell, 20 Years Later
Juan Cole on how Washington lost Its moral compass in Iraq.
Major US Outlets Found Hersh’s Nord Stream Scoop Too Hot To Handle
By every journalistic standard, the extensive international coverage given to Hersh’s story should have made it big news in the US.
China’s Peace Plan for Ukraine
It will be attractive to the Global South, writes Tony Kevin. It will cause consternation in the Western war party camp.
Sy Hersh: US Bombed Nord Stream to Prolong Ukraine Proxy War
Seymour Hersh joins Aaron Maté to discuss his report on how the Biden administration bombed the Nord Stream gas pipelines, which blew up not only a vital Russian-German infrastructure project…
Western Leaders Privately Say Ukraine Can’t Win the War
The German and French leaders have told Ukraine they must seek peace with Russia in exchange for a post-war defense pact, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
The Case for Diplomacy in Ukraine
By Katrina vanden Heuvel and James Carden / CounterPunch As 2023 unfolds, we fear that American policy will continue to be characterized by both mission creep and the absence of…
Ray McGovern: The Last Chance to Avoid World War III?
The CIA expert and Russia specialist who served seven presidents under risks of nuclear war is alarmed that the war in Ukraine has brought us to the most dangerous moment…
Patrick Lawrence: Russia Takes Another Step Back From the West
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost News that Russia will suspend its participation in the New START nuclear arms pact, which arrived Tuesday via Vladimir Putin’s annual address to…
Putin Announces Suspension of the New START Treaty
New START is the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia.
Tanks for Nuttin’
Is Civilization at Stake in Ukraine?
Seymour Hersh: How the US Took Out the Nord Stream Pipeline
The New York Times called it a “mystery,” but the United States executed a covert sea operation that was kept secret—until now
US-Laid Trap for Russia Has Trapped West Instead
A month before the Feb. 24, 2022 Russian invasion, CN wrote that the U.S. was laying a trap to lure Russia into an economic, information and proxy war. All three…
Scott Ritter: Germany Risks Forgetting Its History
In deciding to supply Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine, Olaf Scholtz breaks the self-imposed constraints on the military’s role in German foreign policy that had been in place since the…
90 Seconds to Midnight?
A clear signal to the US leadership that there will be no survivors in any nuclear exchange between the US and Russia.
Caitlin Johnstone: US Constantly Provoking China
The way the U.S. has been positioning its war machinery around China would have sparked a third world war had the roles been reversed. Nonetheless, talk inside the U.S. empire…