In a stunning House vote, lawmakers began an attempt to end the war without presidential approval — creating conditions for a potentially historic legal showdown, potentially setting the stage for a legal showdown over the limits of executive power.
The Iran War exposes how a new global catastrophe may unfold. The Iran war contains echoes of not only the Suez Moment, but of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Besides signaling to the world that US hegemony is on a downhill slide
It is the perceived American imperial interest, led by an infantile, power-hungry US president with the Epstein scandal hanging over him, that caused the Iran War.
All evidence points to the US determination to release the full might of its military prowess on unseating the Islamic Republic. In the absence of massive ground invasion this goal is only achievable by total annihilation of the entire infrastructure
HANDS OFF IRAN Mr. TRUMP, said Yanis Varoufakis. “And to the rest of us: Let’s do whatever it takes to oppose another war crime—this time against the Iranian people.” An adviser to Donald Trump told Axios, “there is 90% chance we see kinetic action"
The far north has long been a region of exceptional international cooperation. It has been replaced by an emerging era of competition over resources-rare earth metals and control of shipping lanes. Trump’s designs on Greenland come at such a time.
US armed forces’ seizure of the oil tanker constituted an unlawful use of force in violation of the UN Charter. This is the largest military buildup of US firepower in the Caribbean in decades. If regime change succeeds in Venezuela, Cuba may be next
One US goal for the meeting was to induct Saudi Arabia into the Abraham Accords, that Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Kazakhstan joined, recognizing Israel in return for US economic and security pledges to throw the Palestinians under
The people of Niger, facing a desperate situation, are threatened with the withdrawal of vital humanitarian aid from the country in response to the coup, a move tantamount to a punitive measure and essentially exploiting aid as leverage.
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