Saudi Crown Prince Hoisted on His Own Petard? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The world community knows what’s indisputable. Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s murder in the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate. He may turn out to be his own worst enemy. More on this below. It doesn’t matter as long […]

Russian Foreign Ministry on Syria, Ukraine and Britain by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Years of diplomatic conflict resolution efforts in Syria produced no breakthroughs. Washington and its imperial partners want endless war and regime change, not peace. The latest Astana round was no more successful than earlier ones, despite Russian Foreign […]

The Bush Family Dynasty by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) World headlines announced the passing of GHW Bush at age-94, eulogizing him, ignoring the disturbing Bush family legacy. It’s not pretty. It goes back over four generations – during and after WW I, closely connected to Wall Street and America’s military, industrial, […]

World Leaders Greet and Meet with Saudi Crown Prince at G20 by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) It was to be expected. Some G20 leaders treated Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) like nothing happened in the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate on October 2. They ignored Riyadh’s genocidal war in Yemen (in cahoots with the […]

Endless US Wars by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) All US post-9/11 wars continue unresolved – Afghanistan the prototype for them all. America’s military, industrial, security, media complex (including Wall Street) supports waging them endlessly. That’s why they don’t end. Military Keynesianism on steroids reflects longstanding US policy. For the Pentagon it’s […]

Syria Thwarts Israeli Air Attacks? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Overnight, Israel launched aerial attacks on Syrian targets, what it’s done scores of previous times in the last two years alone.  Accountability for its naked aggression is never forthcoming. The world community supports its lawless actions by failing to punish its […]

Trump Caves to Russophobes, Cancels G20 Meeting with Putin by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Let’s see if I’ve got this straight. US-installed Ukrainian putschist leader, in cahoot with US and UK Russophobes, staged last Sunday’s anti-Russia provocation in the Black Sea’s Kerch Strait, Russian waters. Entering them without permission violates Articles […]

Russia Bashing Over Ukraine’s Staged Provocation by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Russia is unacceptably bashed for whatever it does or doesn’t do, a US-led Western state-sponsored major media supported campaign.  Moscow is vilified for its sovereign independence, opposition to US-led imperial wars, and unwillingness to bow to Washington’s will – relentless […]

Supporting Palestinian Rights Verboten in the West by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Some disturbing facts about Israel virtually unreported in the West: Occupation and settlements are flagrantly illegal. There’s nothing “disputed” about the cold hard truth. Under Israeli regimes from inception, state terror, institutionalized racism and apartheid rule, slow-motion genocide, and […]

WaPo Supports Endless Russia Bashing Witch Hunt Probe by Stephen Lendman Special counsel Mueller never should have been appointed in the first place. His disturbing conflicts of interest alone should have disqualified him.  There was and remains no just cause for appointing a special counsel to investigate a possible Trump team Russia connection. From the […]