Diplomacy a Waste of Time with Washington by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The US is a serial lawbreaker, operating by its own rules, no others. Time and again, it flagrantly breaches international treaties, Security Council resolutions, and other rule of law principles, including its own Constitution. Diplomacy with Republicans and undemocratic […]

Trump Regime Wants Hamas Blamed for Israeli Crimes by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Longstanding US, NATO, Israeli policy blames victims for crimes committed against them, major media supporting the deception instead of exposing it. Geopolitical know-nothing Jason Greenblatt is Trump’s special representative for international negotiations. He, Jared Kushner and Trump regime’s […]

Sacked CNN Commentator’s Unnecessary Apology by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Supporting Palestinian rights is verboten in the West, the title of a previous article. It could have been titled Western support for Israel is one-sided. It’s been this way at least since the infamous 1917 Balfour Declaration. It called for a […]

US Imperial Arrogance by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The US and its imperial partners repeatedly blame Russia and other sovereign independent countries for their own wrongdoing – including flagrant violations of international treaties, conventions, and bilateral agreements. Trump’s JCPOA pullout and threat to abandon Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty risk greater […]

Yellow Vest Protests Against Social Inequality in France by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Inequality is institutionalized in America, Britain, France, and other Western countries. State-sponsored class war rages. Ruling regimes prioritize wealth, power, and privilege over fundamental human rights, needs, and common decency. Ordinary people struggle to get by, conditions worsening, […]

GHW Bush: Honoring a War Criminal by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) America honors its worst. Throughout his career as a House member, UN envoy, GOP National Committee chairman, ambassador to China, CIA director, vice president and president, GHW Bush was an unapologetic imperial spear carrier. He supported all US wars of […]

Iran Warns Trump Regime Against Blocking Its Oil Sales by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) International law is clear, including the UN Charter. Interfering in the internal affairs of other countries is flagrantly illegal. It’s permitted only in self-defense if attacked or in case of an imminent threat too serious to ignore. […]

Senators Convinced MBS Ordered Khashoggi’s Murder by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Only Trump, regime hardliners, and Saudi crown prince loyalists persist in denying his guilt. The world community knows otherwise. Straightaway after the October 2 assassination, there was no doubt that Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) ordered it. No one in the […]

Football: Combat As Spectator Sport by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Football is the modern-day equivalent of violent chariot races in ancient Rome, the most popular “sport” at the time, mano a mano, no holds barred. The sport risked life and limb. Charioteers, most slaves, could buy freedom by surviving enough races. […]

Israel’s Only Threats Are Invented Ones by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Like the US, Israel is on a permanent war footing. Both countries face no threats so they’re invented – to justify their unjustifiable militarism and belligerence, their populations largely none the wiser. America faced no foreign threats since May 1945 […]