by Pepe Escobar RT.com / Op-Edge (December 14 2016) Did President-elect Donald Trump turn a ten-minute phone call with the president of Taiwan into a Hellfire missile, instantly vaporizing the US' 'One China' policy? Of course not. This is a riddle inside an enigma. Let's start with a cool-headed interpretation, as published in a report … Continue reading Trump does Taiwan
Month: December 2016
World Beginning to Rescue Israel from Itself
Santa Obama delivered a wonderful Christmas present to Israel when the United States opted not to veto Friday's United Nation Security Council vote condemning settlement policy. by Amir Oren http://www.haaretz.com (December 26 2016) Friday's UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel's settlement policies may not result in immediate changes on the ground, but it does signal … Continue reading World Beginning to Rescue Israel from Itself
The Greatest Gift for All
by Paul Craig Roberts http://www.paulcraigroberts.org (December 22 2016) Dear Donors, thank you for your support in 2016. Although you have kept me working yet another year, I find it encouraging that there are some Americans who can think independently and who want to know. As Margaret Mead said, it only takes a few determined … Continue reading The Greatest Gift for All
Vietnam is Well
by Andre Vltchek CounterPunch (December 16 2016) http://uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/dropzone/2016/12/working-in-shoe-factory-outside-Ho-Chi-Minh-City-in-Vietnam-768x514.jpg Working in shoe factory outside Ho Chi Minh city in Vietnam Some fifteen years ago, when I lived in Hanoi, I used to come very often to the rooftop bar at the Meritus Hotel for an evening drink, just to feel the gentle … Continue reading Vietnam is Well
Why the West Falsifies the History of World War Two
by Michael Jabara Carley Strategic Culture Foundaton (November 29 2016) http://www.strategic-culture.org/images/news/2016/11/29/or-38268.jpg Historians interpret and reinterpret history. It is a normal process ... except when politicians do the reinterpreting. Their interests are not intellectual but rather political. They seek justification for their politics by evoking the past, history as they need it to be. The origins … Continue reading Why the West Falsifies the History of World War Two
German Resistance to Russia Detente
The German political hierarchy and major media remain hostile to any detente with Russia, but the ground may be shifting under the feet of Chancellor Merkel and her allies. by Gilbert Doctorow Consortium News (December 23 2016) As German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government is staggered by security lapses that may have permitted a fatal terrorist … Continue reading German Resistance to Russia Detente
