The US’ Pivot to Asia (P2A) is obviously aimed against China, and Washington’s ultimate plan has always been to assemble a coalition of countries that can contain the global supergiant. As the Pivot enters into its fourth year soon, the contours of the Chinese Containment Coalition (CCC) are beginning to […]
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Spreading the Conflict: Turkey and Australia Join In Attacking ISIS
Two very different allies of Washington have decided to spread their wings more aggressively in the ever expanding conflict against the Islamic State. Turkey has decided to get the boots of its soldiers dirty via parliamentary vote (298 to 98), while Australia has done its obsequious best by deploying its […]
Tony Abbott’s Terrorism Fetish: Beheadings, Mania, and Threat Inflation
No politician on this planet is less original. Seeming like a lumbering brontosaurus, the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott moves through meeting after meeting in an insentient daze that only lifts when stock terms are used. “Terrorism” so happens to be one of them. The Australian use of the ISIS […]
Snowden honored by group of former intelligence officials
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has been honored with a prestigious truth-telling award by a group of former national security officials. Consortium News reports Snowden was awarded the Sam Adams Award by the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence, a group of former CIA and other intelligence officials. According to […]
America’s Pacific Zone of War
The United States has successfully installed two America-compliant leaders as the heads of government of Australia and New Zealand, Washington’s two most important Asia-Pacific regional allies. Both leaders, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, rose rapidly within their respective parties, a sure sign that […]
Forget Muslim Arab Terrorists: America’s Enemy Is Being Rebranded
President Obama’s recent decision to re-focus U.S. military power away from Iraq and Afghanistan to the Asia-Pacific region and, to a lesser extent, Africa, means that China and certain rebel groups in Africa have replaced the old contrived bogeyman of Osama bin Laden’s “Al Qaeda” at the top of Uncle […]
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