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They Disagree on Everything But Israel

  The U.S. legislators voting to gut the U.S. Constitution to promote “free speech” for Israel may be trying to help Israel, but some believe they’re committing treason.  There is currently considerable agitation in Congress over what is loosely being referred to as “free speech.” The crux of the matter appears to be that many […]

A Nation That Doesn’t Know War: America Celebrates Memorial Day

  Wednesday, May 30th, was Memorial Day in the United States. The commemoration began in 1868 shortly after the American Civil War, when townsmen in several communities came together to decorate the graves of the fallen on the last Monday in May. The practice began in the northern states but soon spread to the south […]

Israel Owns U.S. Foreign Policy

  President Trump’s “emotional” decision to denounce the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action involving Iran, based on known falsehoods fed to him by Bibi Netanyahu, is not making America great again in the Middle East. Who is really making the decisions on U.S. foreign policy? There should be no remaining doubt over whether Israel and its […]

Hating Russia Is a Full-Time Job

  Having just returned from a trip to Russia, I am pleased to report that the Russian people and the officialdom that I encountered displayed none of the vitriol towards Americans that I half expected as a response to the vilifying of Moscow and all its works that pervades the U.S. media and Establishment. To […]

For US Congress, Running a Torture Prison Is a Good Career Move

  Gina Haspel has now been confirmed as the new Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) by a Senate vote of 54 to 45. She had previously been approved by the Senate Intelligence Committee by 10 votes to 5, with six Democrats joining all but three of the committee’s Republicans. Haspel seems fully qualified […]

Will Trump’s Pyrrhic Victory End with America’s Role As Global Bully?

  I am in Iran speaking at a conference on the future of the Middle East. The timing for the meeting is particularly appropriate due to the recent American withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which limited the Iranian nuclear program in exchange for suspension of sanctions. Initial discussions with Iranians revealed […]

Among the Persians

Iranians want to be friends with Americans but Israel hates the idea   I have just spent a week in Mashad and Tehran Iran, speaking at an international conference on the future of Jerusalem as well as other related issues while also meeting with a broad range of Iranians, including journalists, students and government officials. The conference was organized […]

Former CIA officer: US, Israel and Saudi Arabia, the main causes of conflicts in region

The former counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) said the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia are the main contributors to the conflict and the war in the region. (AhlulBayt News Agency) – The former counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) […]

Congress Ignores Israel’s War Crimes: It’s the American Way

  While many European parliamentarians have been outspoken in their disgust at the “horrific” one-sided atrocity being clearly observed in the Israeli slaughter of Palestinian demonstrators last week, most of their U.S. counterparts appear to have lost their ability to express themselves over the egregious human rights violations being committed by the Israeli Army in […]

Trump’s Quds (Jerusalem) move to fulfill campaign promise to Jewish donors

  TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) – Former counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Philip Giraldi said Donald Trump fulfills a promise to very wealthy Jewish contributors to his campaign, adding Benjamin Netanyahu wanted it and Trump is seen as someone who listens to Netanyahu. Giraldi stressed that Israelis […]

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