At a time when everyone should be out in the streets shaking the earth and protesting the Trump administration’s prosecution of Julian Assange for exposing US war crimes, those who continue to support this president have one message and one message only when it comes to the WikiLeaks founder: Don’t do anything. Relax, wait and Read More…
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Trump Budget Would Slash Domestic Spending, Boost Military Spending
On Monday, President Trump will officially propose his new budget plan, which calls for major cuts in domestic spending across the board, but which also seeks a large further increase in military spending, above and beyond the increases already planned. Exact figures aren’t clear at this point, but what is clear is that the general direction Read More…
Seeking Legal Cover For War, Trump Administration Attempts To Tie Iran, al-Qaeda
Dominated by those hawkish against Iran, the Trump Administration has a sizable contingent that has been itching to start a war with Iran. It is a big enough concern that Congress has let this inform the language of bills. Numerous bills, including sanctions-related bills and recent National Defense Authorization Acts, have included language declaring that nothing Read More…
The Age Of Trump Clearly Shows That Narrative Is Everything
Yesterday President Donald Trump tweeted the following: “Endless Wars, especially those which are fought out of judgement mistakes that were made many years ago, & those where we are getting little financial or military help from the rich countries that so greatly benefit from what we are doing, will eventually come to a glorious end!” The tweet Read More…
Reasons To Believe In Trump’s Syria Withdrawal Are Vanishing
On the first of April last year I published an article titled “Ignore The Words Of US Presidents. Watch Their Actions Instead,” about Trump’s claim that his administration would be pulling troops out of Syria “very soon.” Watching the actions and ignoring the words is a personal policy I’ve found very useful in dealing with Read More…
Trump’s Slowing Syria Pullout Raises Many Serious Questions
President Trump’s decision to slow the withdrawal of US troops from Syria, after initial reports that he planned for a “rapid” withdrawal, is raising a lot of questions. These center heavily on how this apparently unilateral slowing of the pullout is reconciled with previous promises to closely coordinate with Turkey. The decision to withdraw, after Read More…