What is a US General Ben Hodges doing handing out medals to wounded Ukrainian soldiers in the Ukraine. I googled his name and found numerous links to this bizarre story of US military involvement in Ukraine, including Stars & Stripes.
In the April, 2004 report, titled "A Strategy for Integrating Ukraine into the West," Ronald Asmus argued that one "important reason why Ukraine is so important strategically has to do with the Greater Middle East."
"The accent is clearly a Brooklyn or Jersey accent. Possibly Boston but definitely New England based. The cap, uniform and ammo belt is standard US Special Forces or 'Academi' mercenary outfitting. The soldier is Carrying an AKS-74...
The PNAC foresees the annihilation of the Middle East, the pocketing of Europe by implanting puppets, and finally the subjugation of Russia & China. The final ascent of a Washington directed One World Order awaits us all.
The bottom line is that this nation has been in an almost constant state of war from day one.
Officials say the number of troops involved has not been determined at this time, and that the troops are part of an effort to strengthen the "rule of law" in the country.
During the fiscal year that ended on September 30, 2014, U.S. Special Operations forces (SOF) deployed to 133 countries--roughly 70% of the nations on the planet--according to Lieutenant Colonel Robert Bockholt...
The US is making a desperate attempt to knock over a petro-state or two or three before its shale oil runs out...
The Middle East enters 2015 facing several crises. Libyan instability remains a threat to North African security, and the Levant and Persian Gulf must figure out how to adjust course in the wake of the U.S.-Iranian negotiations, the Sunni-Shiite prox
He was found strapped into his Ford Explorer submerged beneath the California Aqueduct in 1998. His hands were missing as was the script he was working on. The script was The Big Steal "the hardest hitting film studios have ever seen...
The Swiss have backed out of this system. Will others follow, or will the rest of the world follow the Russians and Chinese governments into new monetary arrangements and simply turn their backs on the corrupt and irredeemable West?
Chris Martenson explains how Neocon Queen Victoria Nuland handed out cookies during the coup last spring, while Radio Free Europe handed out maps showing a new attenuated Russia divided into small vassal states.
oday I marched through the streets of Paris, in one line with leaders from around the world, in order to say that terror must end. It is time that we fight against terror together. And I would like to use this opportunity to salute the French securit
But rising domestic consumption means India is increasingly dependent on imported goods from distant suppliers. Surrounded by water or impassable mountains, New Delhi now faces the additional task of developing naval capabilities to secure its critic
Hillary's worst nightmare – and a warning to Rand Paul
The Obama administration doubled down on its allegation that North Korea's leadership was behind the hacking of Sony Pictures, announcing new, if largely symbolic, economic sanctions against 10 senior North Korean officials
Every oil state will lose its external cash flow and that means that all those who failed to reinvest heavily into their people will be running for their lives and leaving others to pick up the pieces. Even for those who were wise, it will be a mass
It is, then, this rebellion against God-created human nature and against natural law, itself, that is bitterly opposed to Russia's affirmation of traditional religious belief. It is this divide now that forms the deepest basis of the profound...
In last year's New Year's column I contended that the Iranian nuclear issue is undoubtedly the most important question the United States would be facing in the coming year, and " for once " my prediction turned out to be largely correct.
. There is endless renovation going on in Moscow, and while it holds up traffic, it indicates that prosperity continues, at least in the capital. Our host met us and we quickly went to work getting a sense of each other and talking about the event
Rapprochement with Cuba, though wise, pales in comparison to a potential US-Iran reboot
Philip Rucker writes in the Washington Post that presidential hopefuls Sen. Marco Rubio and Sen. Rand Paul "clashed sharply Friday over President Obama's new Cuba policy, evidence of a growing GOP rift over foreign affairs that could shape the pa
Russia Under Attack: Letter from CEO of Genoil to CEO of JPMorgan Chase on US Foreign Policy Blowback
Putin's statement that the country's reserve funds should be used instead to back its banks strongly suggests that this claim was wrong. There was not a lack of demand ?" rather, the banks' collateral was insufficient to get dollars in exchange.
Putin did provide some good news in his speech. For example, while speaking of the economy, Putin said that taxes will not rise over the next four years. He is also providing an amnesty for the repatriation of money.
Sept. 11 was terrifying for one main reason: We had little idea about al Qaeda's capabilities. It was a very reasonable assumption that other al Qaeda cells were operating in the United States and that any day might bring follow-on attacks. (Especia
Murray Rothbard on the real threat from the left / Gerald Celente on the US-EU subversion of Russia / Report Police Abuse Without Fear / 2015: a Downhill Run for the Dollar? / Big Brother is just looking out for you, right?
By restoring diplomatic ties with Cuba, President Obama has acted in accord with one of his most deeply-held principles: America must engage its enemies.
Gruesome attack will ensure a continuation of the U.S. war on terror
he New York Times characterized this as a "rare diplomatic defeat" for Putin, though I'm not sure why. Indeed, diplomatic defeats appear to be the only thing the Russian president has accomplished lately. As Kevin Drum noted, "Ukraine is mor
