Tag: Cold War
Telling the Truth Has Become an Anti-American Act
by Paul Craig Roberts | Nov 1, 2019 | Asia Pacific, Politics, US, Viewpoints
When telling the truth becomes the mark of being a disloyal American, what hope is there?
Better Relations Between the US and Russia Are Not In the Cards
by Paul Craig Roberts | Oct 26, 2019 | Asia Pacific, Politics, US, Viewpoints
The hegemonic ideology of the neoconservatives and the military/security complex’s need for an enemy preclude any normalization of relations with Russia.
Savagery and Its Promoters and Profiteers
by David Swanson | Apr 27, 2019 | Asia Pacific, Middle East, Reviews, US, Viewpoints
The Management of Savagery does what author Max Blumenthal promises and more, showing us why and how people have been duped by war promoters and profiteers.
Japan’s “Comfort Women”: Asian Protests and Imperial Japan’s Sexual Slavery
by Dan Steinbock | Jan 15, 2019 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics
If the Abe administration fails to acknowledge the past, it cannot win the future that overshadows over a declining nation.
Can Trump Survive Syria, Mattis, Stock Market Fall, & Friedman’s ‘Watershed Moment’?
by Richard Falk | Dec 28, 2018 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics, US
The bipartisan consensus that sustained the Cold War for more than four decades has never reconciled itself to the prospect of geopolitical peace.
The Best Speech Yet From Any U.S. President
by David Swanson | Sep 19, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
Fifty years ago, during the Cold War, John F. Kennedy gave a speech policymakers in Washington would do well to heed today.
On Zbigniew Brzezinski: Geopolitical Mastermind, Realist Practitioner
by Richard Falk | Jun 5, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
When it comes to Brzezinski’s legacy, I believe it to be mixed, his views becoming more prudent and sensible following the Cold War.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
by Paul Craig Roberts | Jun 3, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
The most important truth of our time is that the military/security complex requires an enemy in order to keep profits flowing.
Van Cliburn: America’s Greatest Diplomat
by Paul Craig Roberts | Jun 3, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
The Zionist neoconservatives and the military/security complex have succeeded in resurrecting the prospect of nuclear armageddon.
JFK at 100
by Paul Craig Roberts | May 24, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
John F. Kennedy was assassinated because he posed a threat to the agenda of the military/security complex.
Cold War … Today, Tomorrow, Every Day Till the End of the World
by William Blum | Oct 5, 2016 | Asia Pacific, Politics, US, Viewpoints
How dare the Russians stand in the way of Washington’s plans for global domination!
Bring Back The Cold War
by Paul Craig Roberts | Oct 5, 2016 | Asia Pacific, Politics, US, Viewpoints
A new Cold War would be preferable to the insane drive for world hegemony emanating from the evil criminals in Washington driving the world to Armageddon.
Rethinking the Cold War … and the New One
by Paul Craig Roberts | Aug 20, 2016 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
The new Cold War is far more dangerous than the old, thanks to Washington’s hegemonic global ambitions.
How Mankind’s Hopes for Peace Have Been Destroyed by the American Neoconservatives
by Paul Craig Roberts | Apr 23, 2016 | Asia Pacific, US, Viewpoints
It is time to hold the neoconservatives accountable, not elect another puppet for them to manipulate.
Cold War reloaded—Front Line Syria
by Jakob Reimann | Dec 10, 2015 | Asia Pacific, Middle East, News & Analysis, US
Syria is now the front line of a new Cold War between the US and Russia.
The Berlin Wall – Another Cold War Myth
by William Blum | Oct 20, 2014 | Europe, US, Viewpoints
Nov. 9 will mark the 25th anniversary of the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, and we can expect all the Cold War clichés about how the wall came to be.
How The CIA Made Dr. Zhivago Into A Weapon
by Paul Craig Roberts | Apr 9, 2014 | Asia Pacific, US, Viewpoints
By dramatizing Soviet mendacity American Cold War propaganda made the world blind to Washington’s mendacity.
Long Live the Cold War
by William Blum | Apr 8, 2014 | Asia Pacific, Europe, US, Viewpoints
But don’t worry, folks, as during the Cold War, there won’t be a big US-Russian war. The United States doesn’t pick on any country which can defend itself.
Russian Intervention Ignites a New Cold War with the West
by Sudhanshu Tripathi | Mar 21, 2014 | Asia Pacific, Europe, News & Analysis, US
The West pushed President Putin too far in Ukraine, signaling the likely onset of a new Cold War between the West and Russia.