Could The Syrian Conflict Irrevocably Change Global Geopolitics?

Published on Oil Price, by Robert Berke, Oct 6, 2015.

Few meetings ever started with dimmer prospects for success than the recent meeting between Presidents Obama and Putin.

The real call for the meeting stemmed from the EU refugee crisis. With a human catastrophe brewing in Europe and the Middle East, EU leaders are urgently demanding that the U.S. and Russia set aside their differences and begin to work together in an effort to resolve the Syrian conflict, the major cause of the massive movement of people seeking sanctuary.   Continuer la lecture de « Could The Syrian Conflict Irrevocably Change Global Geopolitics? »

After All We Did For Them in Fallujah

Published on Dissident Voice (first in Z Magazine https://zcomm.org/zmag/ ), by Edward S. Herman, Oct 5, 2015.

… There is a vagueness in these references to a supposed “mission” and “reasons.” We should not forget that the U.S. leader in this Iraq enterprise, U.S. President George W. Bush, had originally claimed that the sole reason for invading Iraq was its possession of weapons of mass destruction and the threat that this posed to international peace and security. Once that was admitted to have been a fraud the mission and its purported reasons would seem to have disappeared and immediate withdrawal should have been called for . However, this was quickly adjusted to the mission of bringing democracy to Iraq, presumably to help the Iraqi people improve their lives as well as reduce the external threat of dictatorship. But any sensible person should recognize that a U.S. leadership that stands firmly with Saudi Arabia, and had earlier supported Saddam Hussein when he was attacking Iran, couldn’t be expending resources for any democratic objective … // Continuer la lecture de « After All We Did For Them in Fallujah »

Europe: two thirds of EU states reject GMO crops, file cultivation opt-out requests

Published on Russia Today RT, Oct 5, 2015.

Two thirds of EU states have requested to be allowed to ban the growing of genetically modified crops in their countries, choosing the “opt-out” clause of a European Commission rule that allows members to override EU-wide GMO approvals. (This means), nineteen European Union member states have requested opt-outs from the acculturation of genetically-modified crops for all or part of their territory, the European Commission announced. Continuer la lecture de « Europe: two thirds of EU states reject GMO crops, file cultivation opt-out requests »

Syria versus America

What Exactly Would Define a Terrorist in The USA? What Have Your “Moderate Rebels” Done in the last Four Years? – Published on Global Research.ca, by Friends of Syria, Oct 2, 2015.

The FSA (Free Syrian Army) have killed hundreds of thousands of Syrian citizens, they have kidnapped and beheaded innocent citizens. They have killed Generals in the Syrian army with car bombs. They have thrown post office workers off the roof of their building. They have shot sportsmen because they represent their country. They have set off car bombs outside schools, police stations, hospitals and universities … // Continuer la lecture de « Syria versus America »

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