Washington Urged to Bomb Iran by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On November 28, speaking at a Washington DC Forum on the nuclear threat in 2017 and global efforts to reduce the likelihood of their use, John Kerry said Israel, the Saudis and Egypt pushed the Obama administration to bomb Iran before […]

Israel Finds New Ways to Rewrite the Rule of Law by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Usually it ignores international laws and its own statute laws, including High Court rulings interfering with its ruthless agenda.  Nothing stands in its way of its actions, no matter how outrageous against Palestinians or neighboring states […]

Russia Owns Trump? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) It’s hard keeping track of everything Russia is falsely accused of. Claims include nonexistent aggression in Ukraine, meddling in America’s election, affecting the Brexit vote, the one supporting Catalan independence – plus a whole lot more, none of it credible, all of it […]

Russia Intercepts US Spy Plane Approaching Its Airspace by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) US hostility toward Russia is longstanding, worse than ever today, a dire situation, risking confrontation between the world’s dominant nuclear powers. Russia responds to provocative US actions in an entirely different way than if the tables were turned. […]

US Triangulation in Syria by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The idea involves playing both sides against the middle, keeping options open, promising support for both sides, a strategy to benefit the manipulator – dirty politics, the way America operates, why it can never be trusted. According to Turkish Foreign Minister Melvut […]

EU Renews Use of Likely Carcinogenic Glyphosate Herbicide by Stephen Lendman Monsanto has been selling glyphosate to farmers since 1974 – under the trade name Roundup, used to kill weeds without killing crops. It’s currently the most commonly used herbicide in America – sales today 100-fold greater than when first introduced. In March 2015, the […]

Washington’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Created in the wake of the 2008-09 financial crisis, the CFPB has been more bark than bite. In September 2010, Obama appointed Elizabeth Warren (current US senator) as Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury […]

Kurdish YPG Fighters Willing to Join Syrian Army? by Stephen Lendman According to YPG-led Syrian Kurdistan defense chief Rezan Gilo, “(t)here is no problem for our forces to join the Syrian army if a new Syrian constitution is drafted on a federal basis and the rights of all the Syrian components are reserved.” Joint Syrian […]

Falsely Accusing Russia of Killing Civilians in Syria by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Since Russia began combating US-supported terrorists in Syria over two years ago, it’s been falsely accused of killing civilians numerous times. US terror-bombing in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, and Somalia, along with drone strikes elsewhere, massacred countless  […]

Syria Peace Talks  by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Multiple earlier Geneva rounds failed because of unacceptable demands by opposition delegates involved. They remain much the same, a prescription for failure again. Syria’s delegation delayed its departure for Geneva because of opposition insistence that Assad step down – an unacceptable demand. Talks […]