MoA—The Democratic White House team Escobar describes (Clinton, Blinken, Rice, Flournoy) would be an assembly of well known war mongers who all argue for hawkish policies. The main ‘enemies’, Russia and China, would be the same as under Trump. Syria, Venezuela, Iran and others would stay on the U.S. target list. U.S. foreign policy would thereby hardly change from Trump’s version but would probably be handled with more deadly competence.
US EXCEPTIONALISM
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Noam Chomsky – Arab Spring, American Winter
15 minutes readPATRICE GREANVILLE—Chomsky has always had an aversion to really existing socialist states and their leaders. From Mao to Lenin (whom the self-described “anarcho-syndicalist” has reviled as “power-hungry thugs”), not to mention lesser figures, he has measured and critiqued the actions and leadership styles of revolutionary and anti-imperialist figures by a Western ethnocentric liberal ideal more fitting of collaborationist Trotskyists and left anti-communists than a sophisticated public intellectual.
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China may be beefing up Venezuela’s air defences
8 minutes readThe Chinese made type JY-27 ‘Wide Mat’ long-range early warning radar is claimed to detect stealth aircraft up to 500 km radius. In February 2016, the radar tracked an F-22 which was on its way to South Korea from Japan, Chinese media has claimed. However other reports say the tracking may have been facilitated by external fuel tanks on the F-22 needed to undertake the long trip.
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While I had initially supported the US invasion of Afghanistan it was about the time the US began preparing for war with Iraq that I began waking up to the reality of US foreign policy. I left the US Marines and the US itself to live in Thailand – a nation I had visited in the military as part of the annual Cobra Gold training exercises. Thailand’s unique culture, history, and specifically Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama 9) who spent his life promoting self-sufficiency, technical knowledge, and practical solutions inspired me to do something practical with my own life – leading me to study and work as an industrial designer.
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Video: The Secret Government. The Truth About the CIA and US Foreign Policy at the Height of the Cold War
5 minutes readMoyers is a very respected TV journalist who also worked for Lyndon Johnson and has a very professional approach. He interviews many different people involved with the CIA and other government agencies. This documentary gives quite an overview of what has actually happened in the 40 years before 1987 regarding the CIA and the cold war – including Iran, Guatemala, Cuba, Nicaragua, Chile and Viet Nam and features such people as Ralph McGeehee and Phil Retinger (both former CIA agents), Rear Admiral Gene La Rocque (Ret. U.S.N.), Theodore Bissell (active in the CIA at the time), Sen. Frank Church and many others.