“The whole thing shows you that wars can be caused by groups that you and I are not aware exist and that strings are being pulled by people behind the scenes. And wars can be avoided, I think, by honesty and transparency.”
Read more: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/07/no_author/hidden-history-of-ww1-2/
“Over time, attaining financial wealth became an absolute prerequisite for wielding geopolitical power and influence. The old military variety appears almost feeble standing next to the contemporary Financial Arms Race.”
Read more: http://creditbubblebulletin.blogspot.com/2018/07/weekly-commentary-intimidate-nobody.html
“Some on the left believe we need a military coup to save our democracy.”
Read more: http://buchanan.org/blog/trump-stands-his-ground-on-putin-129692
“The U.S. government is calling on its allies to zero out imports of oil from Iran by November 4, or else face sanctions, and Washington is leaning towards granting no waivers at all. An official from the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday that it had plans to follow up on the matter with Turkey, India and China, even as the U.S. is trying not to ‘adversely impact’ these countries, Bloomberg reports.”
Read more: https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Oil-Jumps-As-Trump-Asks-Allies-To-Cut-Off-Iranian-Oil.html
“The accession of both India and Pakistan to the SCO is also a stunning repudiation of the United States.”
Read more: https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/06/22/world-transformed-and-no-one-america-noticed.html
“The government of Sweden has reinstated the military draft and sent a war propaganda brochure to all Swedes promoting fear, Russophobia, and warlike thinking.”
Read more: http://davidswanson.org/swedens-military-madness/
“As the Saudis attack the Yemeni port town of Hodeidah, the stated goal is to starve the residents into opposing the Houthi forces controlling the city. The US is actively participating in what is clearly a war crime against civilians. Why?”
“The three-year-long, U.S.-supported war on Yemen has already been devastating to Yemen’s 28 million residents. Today, it has entered a new phase—one that is described by the United Nations and U.S. lawmakers as ‘catastrophic.'”
Read more: http://inthesetimes.com/article/21212/Yemen-Port-United-States-Saudi-Arabia-starvation-war-Hudaydah
“Jobs at PDVSA were once coveted for their generous salaries and benefits, including cheap credit for housing. Now, many PDVSA workers can’t feed their families on wages that amount to a handful of U.S. dollars a month.”
“In addition to the minimum 30 percent black ownership requirement, mining company boards must be 50% black people with 20% black women.”