ERIC ZUESSE—In WWI, there was a long list of neutral countries (including Switzerland, and all of Scandinavia, plus the Western Hemisphere south of the US); and, in a prospective WWIII, there would also be many such countries on the sidelines. (All of them, however, would become subject to the intense nuclear radiation after the War, and would therefore likewise become unlivable — neutrality wouldn’t save any country from destruction.)
MEDIA SCOUNDRELS
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Why Are Trump’s Troops Training ISIS Terrorists?
12 minutes readERIC ZUESSE—The aristocracy, in any country, don’t want the public to understand international relations, and why they are doing what they are doing, because, if the public knew, the aristocrats would be in a very dangerous situation. And that’s also a reason why billionaires build and buy all of the major newsmedia, so that the public won’t understand these things. [AND ROUTINELY TURN TRUTH AND REALITY UPSIDE DOWN.]
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CAITLIN JOHNSTONE—The reason Russiagaters speak so often in broad, sweeping terms — saying there are too many suspicious things happening for there not to be a there there, that there’s too much smoke for there not to be fire — is because when you zoom in and focus on any individual part of their conspiracy theory, it falls apart under the slightest amount of critical thinking (or as Harding calls it, “collusion rejectionism”).
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SYRIA SOLIDARITY—A continuing US military presence in Syria allows the USA to pressure the Syrian government regarding the terms of the inevitable political settlement of the Syrian conflict. From its vantage point in NE Syria, the USA could continue militarily to threaten Damascus – not TO mention other nearby states such as Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey, and Iran – and to make life miserable for Syrians, such as by supporting roving bands of ISIS terrorists or ISIS missile attacks on Syrian communities.
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Paul Jay: Empires Don’t Make Their Own Reality
7 minutes readDecember 27, 2017 PAUL JAY: Hi everybody, I’m Paul Jay at the Real News…