The U.S. Foreign Policy ‘Establishment’ Is Incredibly Dumb

3 September 2021 — Moon of Alabama

The U.S. foreign policy ‘establishment’ is incredibly dumb:

With Afghan Retreat, Biden Bucks Foreign Policy Elite, New York Times, Sep. 1 2021

“The foreign policy establishment did get it wrong in Iraq, where the U.S. overreached,” said Richard N. Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations. “We got it wrong in Libya, we got it wrong in Vietnam. But over the last 75 years, the foreign policy establishment has gotten most things right.”

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Louisiana Black-out: Not an Act of God, an Act of Entergy

3 September 2021 — Greg Palast

by Greg Palast

The darkness, the misery and death you are witnessing in Louisiana is not an act of God, it’s an act of Entergy Inc.

I was hired by the City of New Orleans to investigate why their power company, Entergy, simply can’t keep the lights on while citizens’ electric bills soar. That was in 1986.

In 35 years, nothing has changed my official conclusion: Entergy is a racketeering enterprise parading as a power company.

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Afghanistan News Links 2-3 September 2021

3 September 2021 • 14:30 — The New Dark Age

There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back

US Reputation Is in Tatters, It’s Time to Bring Those Responsible for Afghanistan Disaster to Account
https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-reputation-tatters-time-bring-those-responsible-afghanistan-disaster-account/5754818

Afghanistan Recessional: Will It Lead to a War with Iran?
https://www.globalresearch.ca/afghanistan-recessional-will-it-lead-war-iran/5754786

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Reflections on Events in Afghanistan-12

3 September 2021 — Indian Punchline

by M. K. BHADRAKUMAR

Taliban takes control of Kabul Airport, August 31, 2021

12. To recognise, or not to recognise, that’s the question

At the weekly briefing in Moscow on Thursday by the Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated that Russia will consider recognising Afghanistan’s new authorities once an inclusive government is formed in the country.

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The Newspaper That Smeared Corbyn & the Left

2 September 2021 — Consortium News

Jonathan Cook analyzes why a British media watchdog doesn’t take meaningful action against The Jewish Chronicle for its anti-Semitism libels against the former Labour leader and his followers.

By Jonathan CookJonathan-Cook.net

The Jewish Chronicle, a weekly newspaper that was saved from liquidation last year by a consortium led by a former senior adviser to Theresa May, the former U.K. prime minister, has been exposed as having a quite astonishing record of journalistic failings.

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