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Category Archives: Imperialism & Colonialism
NATO, the Firefighter-Arsonist
As the Russia-Ukraine conflict heats up, the bloc is now portraying itself as a first responder to the flames it helped to fan The French have a wonderful term: the firefighter-arsonist. It’s used to describe a person or entity that … Continue reading
How Western Press Has Kept Silent for Years on War in Donbass and Neo-Nazism in Ukraine
The Western mainstream media have kept silence for years about the shelling of the Donetsk and Lugansk Republics by the Ukrainian government forces and neo-Nazi battalions. Just a limited number of independent American and European journalists and freelance photographers have … Continue reading
Putin’s Special Operation
Putin will decide when Ukraine offensive ends – Kremlin In his Thursday morning address, Putin said he’d ordered Russian troops to attack Ukraine to demilitarize and, as he put it, “denazify” the country. He claimed Russia’s national security was compromised … Continue reading
Document Confirms U.S. Told Russia NATO Won’t Expand
Putin was right, Stoltenberg was wrong: NATO “brazenly deceived” Russia about expansion and a British document proves it A newly discovered document from March 1991 shows US, UK, French, and German officials discussing a pledge made to Russia that NATO … Continue reading
Biden’s ‘Successful’ Mission in Syria
Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby: “U.S. Special Operations forces under the control of U.S. Central Command conducted a counterterrorism mission this evening in northwest Syria. The Mission Was Successful There were no U.S. casualties.” Read the full post at: Moon … Continue reading
Posted in Imperialism & Colonialism, Photography & Art, War & Terror
Tagged Islamic State, Joe Biden, Syria, USA
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Russia is right: The West promised not to enlarge NATO & these promises were broken
The events of three decades ago are haunting the politics of the present By Tarik Cyril Amar With Russia challenging Western unilateralism in a way not seen since the end of the Soviet Union, two major issues keep coming to … Continue reading
Posted in Imperialism & Colonialism
Tagged Mikhail Gorbachev, NATO, Ronald Reagan, Russia, Soviet Union, USA
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A ‘Tragic Mistake’
Calling it a “tragic mistake,” the U.S. Department of Defense admitted Friday that it killed 10 people, including seven children, in a drone strike that wrongly targeted an aid group worker in Afghanistan late last month. Background image is courtesy … Continue reading
The U.S. War Machine at Work
The Ahmadi and Nejrabi families had packed all their belongings, waiting for word to be escorted to Kabul airport and eventually moved to the United States, but the message Washington sent instead was a rocket into their homes in a … Continue reading
The Liberation of Afghanistan
With the humiliating defeat of Uncle Sam and the cowardly departure of the Afghan President, the Taliban is going to announce an interim government shortly. It has been a swift and relatively peaceful takeover of control by the Taliban and … Continue reading
When History Repeats Itself
Two iconic images taken 46 years apart. The US Embassy staff fleeing from Saigon and Kabul respectively. After 20 years of useless fighting, the defeat and humiliation is now complete! Images via Twitter, modified by me (click to enlarge).
Posted in Imperialism & Colonialism, War & Terror
Tagged Afghanistan, Taliban, U.S.A.
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Against the Grain 