Does this sordid history explain why U.S.-and-allied billionaires hate Putin so?
10 August 2026, by Eric Zuesse. (All of my recent articles can be seen here.) Here is the account, from Martin A. Armstrong (I have replaced dead links in it, with archived functional links): —— https://web.archive.org/web/20260809130718/https://time-price-research-astrofin.blogspot.com/search/label/Edmond%20J.%20Safra?m=0 Thursday, October 26, 2023 “The Plot Of US Banks To Seize Russia | Martin A. Armstrong” supplemented by passages […]
Is the likelihood of WW3 — global nuclear war — now higher than ever before?
8 August 2026, by Eric Zuesse. (All of my recent articles can be seen here.) Here is the reason why I think it is: The biggest likelihood of a World War Three would be a leader of one of the top nuclear powers — such as Trump or Putin — initiating a nuclear war when […]
Israel’s Attempt Now to Take Over the U.S. Government Completely
8 August 2026, posted by Eric Zuesse. (All of my recent articles can be seen here.) That subject opens the following conversation between four of the best commentators on U.S. international relations (each now in retirement), hosted by one of them the former N.J. Superior Court Judge Andrew Napolitano. The entire conversation is so informative […]
Why the 3 Top Targets for Conquest by the U.S. Empire Must Now Unite
8 August 2026, by Eric Zuesse. (All of my recent articles can be seen here.) It is, by now, clear that the 3 top targets for conquest by (i.e., for becoming new parts of) the U.S. empire, are Russia, China, and Iran, and that this has been so at least ever since the Soviet Union […]
Why the Trump Administration Must Be Replaced Immediately
7 August 2026, by Eric Zuesse. (All of my recent articles can be seen here.) They are heading the world straight into a global nuclear war and lying in order to do it. On August 5th, NBC News (paywalled), and Britain’s Telegraph newspaper, reported the Trump Administration’s plan for the U.S. to be the first […]
Why the Trump Administration Must Be Replaced Immediately
Why the Trump Administration Must Be Replaced Immediately 7 August 2026, by Eric Zuesse. (All of my recent articles can be seen here.) They are heading the world straight into a global nuclear war and lying in order to do it. On August 5th, NBC News (paywalled), and Britain’s Telegraph newspaper, reported the Trump Administration’s […]
The Extreme Extent of Trump’s Ignorance and Misinformation
6 August 2026, by Eric Zuesse. (All of my recent articles can be seen here.) On August 6th, the Washington Post headlined “Trump, Hegseth clashed at Camp David over Iran missile depletion concerns: At a Camp David summit this weekend, President Trump demanded answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over extreme munitions shortages.” Their report […]
Netanyahu refuses to leave Gaza while bowing to extremist politicians
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator   The Israeli government has once again delayed committing to a framework that could advance a broader ceasefire and political settlement in the Gaza Strip, underscoring a long-standing pattern of rejecting or revising agreements under domestic political pressure. While international mediators continue efforts to secure a durable end to […]
A crisis of the genre: why Western sponsors are scaling back their support for the Russian ‘opposition’
At a time when the confrontation in the global information sphere has lost the last vestiges of a traditional debate, the opposition’s tactics have become strictly a set of formulaic tools. In accordance with the internal strategies of Western centres of influence, the promotion in foreign media of material directed against Russia is now subject […]
Trump’s 100% Neocon MIC-MAGA Plan for the U.S. to Conquer the World
5 August 2026, by Eric Zuesse. (All of my recent articles can be seen here.) Being a conservative, U.S. President Trump believes in Might-Makes-Right, and respects power above all else, and so his “Make America Great Again” is aiming for the U.S. empire to continue growing to control ultimately the entire world, and this is […]
Will Humanity Survive the Demise of the Empire?
  Scott Ritter: “Vladimir Putin is the ultimate chess player. He has waited until the board is where it needs to be to make the attack on the king. He is now making his final attack.” As a long-time chess player myself, I would say that he has done what top chess players do, which […]
Venezuela: Not a Done Deal Yet for Trump
Efforts by the United States to assume its transition takeover of Venezuela have been complicated by local politics. The US favor of Maduro’s underling Rodriguez (versus Machado) is causing much head-scratching. It appears that Trump/Rubio do not trust Machado; and the US is pleased to stand on its achievement of kidnapping Maduro and cooperation with […]
The U.S. and EU Lie About How and Why the War in Ukraine Started.
4 August 2026, by Eric Zuesse. (All of my recent articles can be seen here.) The war in Ukraine is, but in reverse, actually the same situation that America’s President JFK had faced with regard to the Soviet Union in the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when the U.S. would have invaded Cuba if Khrushchev wouldn’t […]
MacGregor: US Must Withdraw From West Asia
The US cannot protect Israel from its own suicidal behavior. With the US gone, Iran and the rest of the countries it has antagonized in the region will finish Israel, probably within months.
U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq: A Step Toward Sovereignty or the Start of a Security Crisis?
By Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator   The United States has begun a gradual reduction of its military presence in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, including the reported withdrawal of some Patriot air-defense systems, troops, and heavy equipment, according to Kurdish officials and multiple media reports. The move comes amid a sharp increase in drone and […]
The Liberals’ Con-Game Against Their Voters
3 August 2026, by Eric Zuesse. (All of my recent articles can be seen here.) Liberals believe in the free market and think that they care about the poor and that an ‘equal-opportunity society’ will dissolve and end the prevailing injustices. But, if an equal-opportunity society will end prevailing injustices, then how can the poor […]