Marine General Sees Another US War Coming by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Given America’s rage for endless wars, he’s not alone. Trump escalated wars begun by Bush/Cheney and Obama. He threatened “fire and fury like the world has never seen” against North Korea. He lied claiming an Iranian threat, turned truth […]

Capital Punishment in Israel by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Throughout its existence, Israel killed countless tens of thousands of Palestinians – slow-motion genocide by wars, extrajudicial assassinations and other means. Yet capital punishment in Israel has only officially been imposed twice, the death penalty abolished in 1954. The last execution conducted […]

Trump Declaring Political and Economic War on Palestinians? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) DEBKAfile (DF) is connected to Israeli military intelligence. It provides geopolitical reports, focusing largely on the Middle East – at times providing useful news, information and analysis, at other times propaganda Israel wants published. Most of its claims […]

Russian Foreign Ministry on Syria, Jerusalem, US Sanctions, the INF Treaty, and Arming Ukraine by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) At her weekly press briefing, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (MZ below) covered numerous topics, then took questions for further elaboration, as she always does. Below are several of the key […]

Trump’s Declaration of War on Palestinians by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Complicit with Netanyahu, Trump’s Jerusalem declaration was a criminal act against Palestinians, contemptuous of their rights – subjecting them to deaths and injuries by killer soldiers and police. So far, 15 Palestinians perished, well over 4,000 injured, Israeli initiated violence […]

China’s Flawed Reasoning Behind New North Korea Sanctions by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Sanctions don’t work. They’re counterproductive and ineffective.  They’re imposed for punitive reasons, yet accomplish nothing other than harming ordinary people in targeted nations. US sanctions on Russia failed, its economy growing again this year, expecting greater growth in […]

US Arms to Ukraine by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Shipments of arms and munitions to Ukraine began after the February 2014 coup.  Orchestrated by Obama’s administration, it replaced democratic governance with fascist putschists – an illegitimate regime under US-installed president Poroshenko. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert’s claim about the Trump administration’s […]

Israel Wants Palestinians Ethnically Cleansed from Jerusalem by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Israel is a ruthless Ziofascist state. It considers self-defense against its viciousness “terrorism.”  It punishes entire Palestinian families and communities. Its agenda includes daily state terror. Partnering with Washington, it wages wars of aggression at its discretion, along with […]

WaPo Russophobia by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Republicans, undemocratic Dems, and media scoundrels criticize Russia for its sovereign independence, its opposition to America’s imperial agenda, its support for multi-world polarity – inventing reasons to vilify the country and its leadership. The neocon/CIA-connected Washington Post is notoriously Russophobic. It latest tirade irresponsibly […]

ACLU Sues for Trump Administration Killing Rules by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Hawkish generals run Trump’s geopolitical agenda. He was co-opted to go along, aware only about what he’s told – likely not fully informed on the extent of America’s drone strikes and other killing policies. Under Bush/Cheney, Obama and now […]