Despite widely reported concerns of blowback in Syria due to the arming of jihadist groups, a military build-up on Syria’s borders is proceeding apace. Racep Tayyip Erdogan’s Islamist government in Turkey is leading the way,…
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An anti-war protest was held in the Turkish capital Ankara on October 9, 2012. A recent opinion poll has revealed that more than 75 percent of the Turkish people are against a war with…
The Real Reason America Used Nuclear Weapons Against Japan: It Was Not To End the War Or Save Lives.
Atomic Weapons Were Not Needed to End the War or Save Lives Like all Americans, I was taught that the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in order to end WWII and save…
The Obama administration and the Turkish government of Prime Minister Erdogan are faced with Syrian quagmire which is prompting them to send a signal to Saudi Arabia. Riyadh´s support of fundamentalist Salafi Jihadi groups in…
Global Times Editor’s Note: The Philippines’ latest military deployment near the South China Sea on September 30 and Philippine President Benigno Aquino III’s administrative…
A senior Iranian commander says the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has enhanced its defense capabilities to the level of strategic deterrence. The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) launched its latest missile exercise, codenamed…
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the U.N. General Assembly last month that Iran’s nuclear programme was unlikely to breach his “red line” for presumed military action until next spring or summer, many…
Ever notice the way certain basic human values quietly transform into their opposite on their way to becoming national policy? At the human level, the immorality of murder is fundamental, and most people understand the insanity of armed hatred.
Keeping these dark forces under wraps is essential to the existence of human society. So why is it, then, that at the abstract level of nationalism, those forces are honored, worshiped, saluted, extolled as glorious, and given command of an enormous budget? Why is it that their perpetuation via increasingly sophisticated technology is equated with national security and no one talks about the completely predictable negative consequences of basing security on murder and hatred? And why does it feel so naïve to be asking such questions?
To mark the release of the French version of Peter Dale Scott’s latest book, “The American War Machine”, we are publishing a detailed study undertaken by this Canadian diplomat on the attacks of September 11….
New Book by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya Global Research Editor’s Note We bring to the attention of our readers this important and timely book by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, award winning author, geopolitical analyst and Research Associate…