Afghan Lesson For Uncle Sam’s Running Dogs
Finian Cunningham explains why Afghanistan is a cautionary tale for those who incredibly still seem trusting in hitching their wagon to a U.S. alliance.
Afghan leader flees as invading war chiefs head to presidential palace to demand ‘transfer of power’ after militants take Bagram air base and free 5,000 loyal prisoners
This will go down as another episode in America’s decline as a world power, although U.S. officials are in outright denial
Fifth consecutive weekend of protests in France over Covid pass
Hundreds of thousands were expected to participate in the fifth consecutive Saturday protest against the health pass
UK to send up to 600 troops to Afghanistan to help evacuate Britons as Taliban closes in on Kabul
Briton assembling force to assist in the evacuation of British nationals and former Afghan support staff as the Taliban begin sweep toward Kabul
Was the Tanker Attack an Israeli False Flag?
Pat Buchanan is right to compare the drone attack on the Mercer Street to the alleged Gulf of Tonkin Incident in 1964, which was distorted by the Johnson Administration and used to justify rapid escalation of US involvement in Vietnam War
Parisians Again March in Protest Against Covid Passport
Parisians took to the streets for the fourth week in a row to protest a new health passport, without which people will be unable to visit restaurants and bars or travel on intercity trains
Taliban spokesperson warns US against further intervention in Afghanistan
The warning comes after the insurgent group seized control of three provincial capitals within days of each other
Israeli Ambassador Says Israel Wants to See ‘Regime Change’ in Iran
This is the latest threat from Tel Aviv but Israel can’t bring regime change to Iran, at least not by itself. So will it get the West to do its dirty work?
Taliban ‘executed 900 people in six weeks including police, village elders and a comedian’ as the Islamists overran Kandahar province
The Taliban had been keen to present the modern group as moderate version of the one that the US went to war with in 2001. However, those on the ground say it is the same brutal regime as before, which is imposing strict Sharia law in captured territory
Israeli defense minister threatens Iran with military action
Is Israel serious about military action against Iran? Or is this all bluster? Because repeated threats from Israel serve only to alert Tehran to maintain its guard.
Iran made ‘big mistake’ in deadly tanker attack, says UK’s military chief
Britain’s military chief says Iran must be called out for its alleged involvement in a tanker attack last week. As UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab warns that the UK will work with allies in a “concerted response”
Russia does not believe Iran targeted Israel-managed ship near Oman
A senior Russian Foreign Ministry official says: “We have not the slightest reason to believe [that Iran was involved in the attack],”