Russian Foreign Ministry on Syria, Ukraine, and Phony Kremlin Meddling by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Endless US war on Syria continues. Trump’s announced troop pullout leaves Washington’s regime change objective unchanged – why war was launched on the country in the first place. Commenting on US militarized control over Syria’s Rukban […]

US and Israel Partner in Each Other’s Wars by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The special relationship began before establishment of the Jewish state. In March 1948, Harry Truman met secretly with Chaim Weizmann (Israel’s first president). He pledged support for the future Jewish state.  Minutes after midnight on May 15, 1948, […]

Headlines Over Trump’s Border Wall Dispute, Silence on Endless US Wars by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Building or not building Trump’s harebrained wall will have no effect on the nation’s domestic or geopolitical policies – what’s most important left unaddressed. Endless US wars of aggression threaten world peace and life on […]

Holiday Season Israeli Apartheid Viciousness in Occupied Palestine by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Israeli state terror against Palestinians continues year-round, no holiday season break taken – two million Gazans terrorized most of all. Since March 30 nonviolent Great March of Return protests began, around 225 Gazan men, women, children, journalists and […]

Putin Dueling with the West? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) GOP and undemocratic Dem hardliners, along with echo chamber media scoundrels, consistently blame US enemies and adversaries for crimes and other wrongdoing committed by Washington against them. Managed news misinformation and disinformation repeated enough gets most people to believe almost anything. […]

US Rage for Endless Wars Threatens World Peace in the New Year by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Washington’s hegemonic aims, under Republicans and undemocratic Dems, represent the greatest threat to world peace and humanity’s survival. At his annual marathon Q & A news conference last week, Vladimir Putin warned about possible […]

China’s Outreach v. America First by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Throughout the post-WW II era, America first always reflected its geopolitical agenda.  Trump acknowledged reality by naming it, backing it with greater unacceptable toughness than his predecessors. Leading Truman era dovish Cold War architect George Kennan urged “dispen(sing) with all sentimentality […]

Syrian Forces Enter Strategically Important Manbij  by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Turkey’s Erdogan is a US/Russian supported tinpot despot, a regional menace, threatening anyone challenging or criticizing his iron-fisted repressive rule. He threatened to attack Manbij in northwest Syria. His cross-border incursions flagrantly violate international law – waging naked aggression against […]

Reshuffling the Deck Chairs in Riyadh by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Saudi Arabia is a family dictatorship masquerading as a nation state, the most ruthless Arab world regime. Its rule is absolute, no opposition tolerated, no civil or human rights afforded ordinary Saudis – no speech, media or academic freedoms, nor […]

The NYT: Press Agent for Wealth, Power and Privilege by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The Times never met a US war of aggression it didn’t back wholeheartedly – nor any of its  adversaries it didn’t bash with relish, notably Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, North Korea, Russia, and China. It’s silent about […]