Time to Recalibrate False Assumptions and Political Fantasies: The Cases of Iran and Venezuela

In May, The New York Times reported that Iran’s former president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, had allegedly been recruited by the United States and Israel to assume power if the Iranian regime was toppled.
Ahmadinejad has long had a troubled relationship with the Iranian establishment. He publicly accused senior regime figures of corruption, was later barred from running for president, saw several of his aides arrested, and was eventually placed under house arrest.

Iran’s Record Justifies Military Action Against It

It’s remarkable to witness the level of ignorance displayed by certain public officials, segments of the media, and various analysts when evaluating the rationale behind the joint American–Israeli military operation against Iran.

For Sake of Iranian People, Foreign Intervention Justified

As with many contemporary challenges, the case for foreign intervention in Iran has a clear precedent: NATO’s intervention in the former Yugoslavia against the regime of Slobodan Milošević.

Gaza’s Genocide Inversion: Setting the Record Straight

This video refutes the dire and growing accusation circulating globally—one that seeks to delegitimize Zionism, demonize Israel, and implicitly provoke hostility toward Jews both inside and outside the borders of the Jewish state–that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians.

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Bernie Sanders Isn’t Promoting Social Safety Net, But Leninism

In a Hill opinion piece published last month, Lanny Davis dismissed fears over Sen. Bernie Sanders’ radical social agenda, and particularly the idea of socialism. by claiming that Sanders’ socio-economic model is nothing more than a model of Scandinaviana Keynesian welfare state based on high taxation and redistribution of national resources.

The Inevitable Middle East War – OpEd

The assassination of Iranian General Qassem Suleimani, unlike what the Trump administration and the media expounded, is a logical extension to the heightening asymmetrical warfare between the US and Israel, on one side, and Iran and Hezbollah, on the other

QUO VADIS TURKEY?—- FROM KEMALISM TO ISLAMISM?

QUO VADIS TURKEY?—- FROM KEMALISM TO ISLAMISM?

It is arguably the case that of all the great revolutions of the Twentieth Century, one was never given its due attention in the Western world, nor by intellectuals, neither by statesmen despite being of great significance.

Is Venezuela Funding Repression With US, European Gold Sales?

Is Venezuela Funding Repression With US, European Gold Sales?

Venezuela is under heavy sanctions. The country is in bankruptcy.

However, the biggest concern of the Venezuelan government is that members of the armed forces and others conducting the repression of thousands of Venezuelans may no longer be loyal to the Maduro regime.

Trump, Barr, Stone and the Rule of Law

Trump, Barr, Stone and the Rule of Law

The barely disguised intervention of the President and the Attorney General in what is, in many ways, the ordinary legal process criminal case of Roger Stone seems troubling, but we have some difficulty seeing just why.

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