Israel’s ongoing slaughter in Lebanon
8
Apr
Category Archives: usa
Brian Berletic: “this ‘ceasefire’ is a trap”
8
Apr
Guardian, April 8 2026 * So, Persian civilisation won’t be ending quite yet. I’m featuring four reactions – with a fifth likely later today – to this morning’s news. Having had no time to gather my own thoughts, I add … Read More »
Brilliant rescue – or failed uranium grab?
6
Apr
Easter Monday. By now you, me and the cat next door have heard what POTUS No. 47 saw fit to post yesterday on his laughably named Truth Social. For her part former Trumpian stalwart Marjorie Taylor Greene – “Christian, Mother, … Read More »
Insider dealing: how could it not happen?
1
Apr
Financial Times, March 30 2026 Before I get to this story, a few remarks. The US is not a democracy in any meaningful sense, but a corporate oligarchy posing with diminishing plausibility as one. Said Chris Hedges in 2022: US … Read More »
Varoufakis on form over Iran fallout
31
Mar
Today’s post picks up where yesterday’s left off. Not because it too features Owen Jones, in this case as host with the confidence and discipline to let his guest do the talking, but because it too takes as starting point … Read More »
Iran: global impact will be devastating
31
Mar
I last put Owen Jones and Iran in the same sentence in a post – CIA/Mossad fingerprints are all over this! – of January 18. At the time I was less than pleased with the man, accusing him of “bothsidesism”, … Read More »
Israel & USA – does the tail wag the dog?
30
Mar
Today a Caitlin Johnstone post – The More Murderous Israel Gets, The More We Hear about “AntiSemitism” – reminded me of a promise several posts back in the context of the criminal war on Iran. In closing Why are America’s … Read More »
Craig Murray: “Trump is no clown”
25
Mar
In my previous post – Why are America’s rulers allowing this? – I sketched out four possible reasons why the Trump administration is being permitted to prosecute a dangerous war which “many say is unwinnable”, and is already proving catastrophic for … Read More »
The Iran war is unlikely to end soon
20
Mar
Apologies: bad html code in this post, now fixed, made the site inaccessible for several hours today. Thanks to Alain for reporting it, apologies to all for the inconvenience. * I’m struggling to juggle the unpacking of personal effects (main … Read More »
Game theory says Iran should go nuclear
19
Mar
The cops came at dawn with an arrest warrant. They have you at the precinct where, for want of hard evidence and going on a hunch, they’re piling on the pressure over the bank job you pulled yesterday. Two doors … Read More »