US Axis of Aggression in Gulf By Finian Cunningham

16 August 2019 — Strategic Culture Foundation

When Washington announced a few weeks ago the formation of a maritime “international coalition” to “protect shipping” in the Persian Gulf, many observers were skeptical. Now skepticism has rightly turned to alarm, as the proposed US-led “coalition” transpires to comprise a grand total of just three nations: the US, Britain and Israel.

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Punishing the World With Sanctions By Philip Giraldi

16 August 2019 — Strategic Culture Foundation

Sanctions are economic warfare, pure and simple. As an alternative to a direct military attack on a country that is deemed to be misbehaving they are certainly preferable, but no one should be under any illusions regarding what they actually represent. They are war by other means and they are also illegal unless authorized by a supra-national authority like the United Nations Security Council, which was set up after World War II to create a framework that inter alia would enable putting pressure on a rogue regime without going to war. At least that was the idea, but the sanctions regimes recently put in place unilaterally and without any international authority by the United States have had a remarkable tendency to escalate several conflicts rather than providing the type of pressure that would lead to some kind of agreement.

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After Epstein – Assange?

16 August 2019 — True Publica

After Epstein - Assange?

By TruePublica: For everything that now happens in the next stage of the Jeffrey Epstein story, one thing is guaranteed – almost no-one will really believe what the authorities say. The central core of distrust in America is the state itself. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Iran, Bin-Laden, Gaddafi and others are all modern-day stories washed in propaganda, drenched in disinformation and repeated with a smattering of outright lies. Trust in politicians has slumped to all-time lows as it has for the mainstream media and more recently in news swirling around the bubbles of social media. The truth is now harder to get to than ever before.

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