If the US decides to decline the Turkish request to participate in the Raqqah offensive, it will lead to a Turkish-Kurdish escalation in Syria and will push the Pentagon to use its troops actively in operations on the ground.
Here it goes again! The same old tired and predictable tune, the same recognizable chorus. Once again the world is told what to think and what to believe. The world is also given both rhythm and leitmotif, so the grotesque and crooked dance could begin. By: Andre Vltchek Who could resist, really? The lyrics of […]
Jamie Grierson A mass grave containing the remains of babies and children has been discovered at a former Catholic orphanage in Ireland where it has been alleged up to 800 died, government-appointed investigators said on Friday. Excavations at the site of the former Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, County Galway, have uncovered […]
UPDATE: The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office confirms Pruitt used private email for state business Editor’s note: Scott Pruitt, former Attorney General of Oklahoma has always had a lot to hide. As a toady to the oil and gas industry, Pruitt has stomped on the rights of the citizens of Oklahoma his entire career, cozying up […]
…from SouthFront The Syrian army, backed up by the Russian Aerospace Forces, liberated the ancient city of Palmyra, including the Palmyra Airport from ISIS on March 2. Syrian army servicemen have been examining the historic part of Palmyra with the aim of demining the city. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) primarily consisting of the […]
By Hanan al-Harbi Shaykh Hamza Yusuf is a scholar of Islam and a popular preacher who has helped disseminate traditional, mainstream, spiritual Islam, and actively opposed fundamentalism, literalism, and extremism. He is also an accomplished college administrator. And although, like myself, he has many human shortcomings and is not above criticism, he deserves recognition for […]
Jim W. Dean - From a long-term Intel perspective, we knew that an economically successful China would eventually be tagged as a "threat", and the US dogs of war would eventually be sent to do some 21st century gun-boat diplomacy.
In Hoenlein’s universe, the ‘chosen’ are always innocent while the ‘unchosen’ are eternally sick.
The Washington Post reports: President Trump’s new national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, was investigated by the Army and admonished two years ago for mishandling a case involving two junior officers accused of sexual assault, military documents show. McMaster violated Army regulations by permitting the two lieutenants to attend the service’s elite Ranger School […]