Oriental Review

John McCain Beats the Drum of War

By Andrei AKULOV (Russia)

On March 5 Republican Senator John McCain urged the United States to launch airstrikes against Syria to force the government out of power. The Senator called for military intervention without further delay. McCain, the Republican presidential nominee in 2008 and the GOP’s senior member on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the U.S. should start [...]

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US Media Rigged Ahead of Russian Elections

by Tony CARTALUCCI

In the spirit of recognizing mobs of terrorists as legitimate national governments before a sovereign nation’s true leadership is murdered by US-led NATO operations, as was the case in Libya, the Western media is already decrying Russia’s upcoming elections as “rigged” before they’ve even taken place. Leading the preemptive media coverage is Foreign Policy (FP) [...]

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Churchill’s Shadow in the UN

By Dmitry SEDOV (Russia)

In his time then Prime Minister of Great Britain Winston Churchill proved the fact that a gap between a public politician and a public call girl could be narrowed to minimum. Winston himself often deserted one party for another watching how the wind was blowing and trusting his own feelings. He was no less consistent [...]

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«Arab Spring» Export to China: US Stakes On Tibet, Xinjiang and Cellphones

By Alexander Krymov (Russia)

At the 48 Munich security conference China’s Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun said that ‘China is committed to giving back to Asia with its own development and plays a major part in upholding peace and stability in the region.’ In response US senator John McCain decided to put the Chinese official to his place: ‘I [...]

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Looking For Ways to Make Anti-Syrian Aggression ‘Legal’

By Alexander MEZYAEV (Russia)

The recent weeks events in Syria give rise to new apprehensions. Thanks to Russia’s efforts the situation in Syria was not formally included into the agenda of the UN Security Council session that took place on January 24, so the issue was considered indirectly. The official agenda was “The situation in the Middle East”. Oscar [...]

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«Shoot First, Ask Questions Later»

By Dmitry SEDOV (Russia)

The news of a plea deal for US Marine Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich charged in connection with the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians in 2005 neither caused a sensation nor even grabbed the headlines for a considerable period of time in the US media and the Internet. Initially, Wuterich faced three months of confinement, but [...]

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Independent Libyan Fact-Finding Mission

By Stephen LENDMAN (USA)

The mission of the Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR), Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), and International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC), investigated alleged widespread international law violations since mid-February 2011. Its mandate included investigating those committed by the former government; NATO and insurgents. It also sought to identify human rights issues, requiring Lybian and [...]

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US Electoral System, or Freedom House Up To Its Usual Tricks

By Alexander SAVCHENKO (Russia)

What is the difference between a good teacher and a bad teacher? A good teacher is at least the one who is able to solve the task he gives to his students. That is why I have always been puzzled by the fact that while “introducing democracy” all over the world Americans are evading this [...]

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Fake Crystall: Reflections on US Human Rights Concept

By Vladimir TIMAKOV (Russia)

Thousands of years old cultural taboos are reasonable and logical unlike US State Department statements. All deviations from family traditions impede the full performance of the most important natural function: to give birth and raise descendants, to transmit one’s genetic, intellectual and moral potential through them. By imposing its specific preferences to the whole humanity [...]

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Campaign Finance Revolution

By Dean HENDERSON (USA)

Several Occupy Wall Street splinter groups are now coalescing around a set of political demands. One that is long overdue and enjoys unanimous support is campaign finance reform. All the formulas that I have seen center on publicly funded elections. While this would be a huge step in the right direction, I would like to [...]

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The Sacred Cow of “Democracy”

By Felix STANEVSKY (Russia)

I recently happened to criticize Western-style democracy, and my Italian friends objected: “We don’t get any complaints about democracy!” I think it’s a taboo—an notion of recent decades during which Western-style democracy has become a kind of sacred cow. It was no taboo for the esteemed democrat Winston Churchill. Everybody is familiar with his famous [...]

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Free Speech, Its Loss and the Consequences

By Rafe MAIR (Canada)

We in the “West” have long thought that we have free speech, that’s only true in a limited way. For freedom of speech is much more than being able to go down to the bar and bad-mouth the government, however important that is. It also means a press free to hold government to account but [...]

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