Israeli airstrikes on Iraq changed everything
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 09/13/2019 - 1:30pm
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How many Americans will die for Bibi's War?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 08/27/2019 - 5:53pmFor weeks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has strongly hinted that Israel was behind recent deadly airstrikes against bases and munitions depot belonging to Iran-backed militias forces in Iraq.
Yet Washington played dumb. I mean really, really dumb.
Our Forever Wars
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 08/22/2019 - 12:59pmIn the more than 6,5oo+ days that we've occupied Afghanistan, the United States has spent $2.4 trillion and wasted the lives of 2,433 military men and women and another 1,143 allies. Not to mention the tens of thousands of civilians that we've killed.
Yet we still see headlines like this one.
Washington's idiotic ME foreign policy keeps benefiting Russia
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 08/20/2019 - 4:02pmThe neocons in Washington are playing checkers, while Moscow is playing chess.
There is no strategy to help Russia gain influence in the Middle East. It just works out that way because of Washington's incompetence.
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The proxy war with Iran has probably already begun
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 06/19/2019 - 6:25pmWhile the attacks on the oil tankers is almost certainly total bullsh*t, there have been attacks within Iraq that the American media has curiously ignored. These attacks are most likely real.
A couple days ago it was at a coalition military base.
What the warmongers learned from the Iraq War debacle
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 05/16/2019 - 2:59pmThe warmongers in the Trump Administration are gearing up to attack Iran.
In many ways they are using the same script as was used in 2002-2003 for the invasion of Iraq.
U.S. allies showing absolutely no interest in going to war with Iran
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 05/15/2019 - 4:48pmPresident Trump has been banging the drums for war with Iran, but British Maj. Gen. Chris Ghika didn't get the memo.
Neocons' Iraq War Redux Times Two
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 05/10/2019 - 2:41pm
Could it be all about the oil?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 05/10/2019 - 11:48amThe Trump Administration made it perfectly clear: no more waivers on Iranian sanctions. No exceptions.
Just like old times
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 04/30/2019 - 1:08amHappy days are here again. Blackwater has returned to Iraq.
Conservative Magazine, sane analysis
Submitted by Bisbonian on Mon, 03/25/2019 - 4:05pm...at least I think so.
A Morning Consult/Politico poll from January showed that while a plurality of Americans supported the decision to withdraw from Syria, 59 percent of those who voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 opposed it, with 26 percent supporting. Compare this to a whopping 76 percent of Trump voters who support withdrawal. Only 14 percent oppose.
This is an astounding role reversal regarding the stance of both major parties on war and peace.
Trump decides to use Dick Cheney's playbook for starting a war with Iran
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 02/20/2019 - 5:06pmThis might be the most ominous essay that I've ever written.
It appears that the Trump Administration has decided to use the most ridiculous and transparent lie imaginable to justify a war of regime change with Iran.
U.S. has worn out its welcome in Iraq
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 01/08/2019 - 3:45pmWhen the U.S. finally pulls it's troops from Syria they will go through Iraq. In fact, that appears to already be happening.
Not factoring into the Pentagon's equation is the political reality that all the stars are aligned to expel the U.S. from Iraqi soil for the final time.
Oh G-d. Please Yes!
Submitted by EdMass on Thu, 12/27/2018 - 5:28pmU.S. forced to evacuate consulate in Iraq
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 09/28/2018 - 9:16pmLast week the Trump Administration ranted against OPEC because the Iranian sanctions are driving up oil prices.
That's called blowback.
