Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is a turning point in the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict. However, the issue is much bigger than Palestine as Donald Trump may have just lit the match that will set off the powder keg of the Arab World. Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States Read More…
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Trump’s Jerusalem Tit-For-Tat: Orders Saudis To ‘Immediately’ End Yemen Blockade
In a brief statement issued Wednesday afternoon, President Trump called on Saudi leadership to completely lift the years long Saudi military blockade on war-torn Yemen. The unexpected announcement came on the same day President Trump delivered an extremely controversial televised address wherein he gave official US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. “I Read More…
Trump Expanding Mideast Wars: 26,000 Troops In Iraq, Syria And Afghanistan
The Trump wars era brings a reconfiguration: plenty of remote warfare and far more military personnel abroad. A new era is opening almost by stealth. Its defining feature is a military expansion, ordered by the United States president and conducted by the Pentagon. Underlying it is Trump’s fusion of elements from the strategy of his two Read More…
The United States Sold $42 Billion In Weapons To The Rest Of The World In 2017
Continuing to brag that the US is the “global provider of choice” for arms, Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) Director Lt. Gen. Charles Hooper has issued a statement reporting that the US sold in the realm of $42 billion in weapons to the rest of the world in 2017. That’s a $10 billion increase in Read More…
Facebook Announces It Will Use A.I. To Scan Your Thoughts “To Enhance User Safety”
A mere few years ago the idea that artificial intelligence (AI) might be used to analyze and report to law enforcement aberrant human behavior on social media and other online platforms was merely the far out premise of dystopian movies such as Minority Report, but now Facebook proudly brags that it will use AI to “save lives” Read More…
What You’re Not Being Told About The Royal Crisis In Saudi Arabia
According to the Washington Post’s Fareed Zakaria, in order to understand how traditionally secular Muslim countries became hubs of radicalization in recent years, you need just one example: Saudi Arabia. Zakaria explains: “In Southeast Asia, almost all observers whom I have spoken with believe that there is another crucial cause [behind the ‘cancer’ of Islamic extremism] – exported Read More…