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Category Archives: Caucasus
Germany Deserves a Big Share of the Blame for the Ukraine Disaster BY DAVE LINDORFF
Nobody is talking about the blame that must be shouldered by the German government for the crisis and humanitarian disaster in Ukraine. Sure Russia is guilty of a huge war crime in invading Ukraine. Surely too, the US must be … Continue reading
What’s happening to Afghanistan’s natural resources – Antony Loewenstein – The Nation
Before its failed occupation of Afghanistan, the Soviet Union discovered that the country was rich in natural resources. In the 1980s, Soviet mining experts drafted maps and collected data that would lay dormant in the Afghan Geological Survey in Kabul … Continue reading
Wars for Resources? by JOHN FOSTER
Recent conflicts in Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Ukraine have ostensibly been about “bad guys” who threatened peace with weapons of one kind or another, or stifled freedom and democracy. Whatever the accusation, concerns about petroleum — oil and gas — … Continue reading
ExxonMobil, Russia and Ukraine by STEVE HORN
In a long-awaited moment in a hotly contested zone currently occupied by the Russian military, Ukraine’s citizens living in the peninsula of Crimea voted overwhelmingly to become part of Russia. Responding to the referendum, President Barack Obama and numerous U.S. officials rejected the results … Continue reading
Posted in Caucasus, Conspiracy, Empire, Russia, Ukraine
Tagged conspiracy, coup, deceit, empire, energy, ExxonMobil, fracking, gas, obama, Russia, ukraine, united states
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Obama Backs Down on Crimea by MIKE WHITNEY
“I never thought I’d live to see the day when the US State Department whitewashed the neo-Nazi views and heritage of a gang of thugs who had seized power in a violent coup d’état. In Iraq, Libya, and Syria, US … Continue reading
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Tagged conspiracy, coup, deceit, empire, obama, Russia, ukraine, united states
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Crimean Tatars feel pressure from all sides – Al Jazeera
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — Ali Aliev was a 9-year-old when German troops occupied Crimea during World War II, and he still remembers the day he and others in his village in the southeastern Sudak region of the peninsula gathered in a … Continue reading
Posted in Caucasus, Empire, History
Tagged Crimean Tatar, Muslim minority, Putin, Russia, Stalin, ukraine
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U.S. Strategy in the Muslim World After 9/11 – RAND Corp.
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Posted in Afghanistan, Africa, Bangladesh, Caucasus, Chechnya, Conspiracy, Download, Egypt, Empire, Ideaology, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Middle East, Pakistan, Palestine, Religion of Abraham, South Asia, Syria, Syria, Tunisia
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Afghanistan: the Smell of Defeat – Mike Whitney
“These two visions, one of tyranny and murder, the other of liberty and life, clashed in Afghanistan. And thanks to brave US and coalition forces and to Afghan patriots, the nightmare of the Taliban is over and that nation is coming to life again.”
– George W. Bush, The War College Address, 2004
Not so fast, George.
The United States hasn’t liberated Afghanistan. It hasn’t rebuilt Afghanistan. It hasn’t removed the warlords from power, curtailed opium production, established strong democratic institutions, or improved life for ordinary working people. The US hasn’t achieved any of its strategic objectives. The Taliban are stronger than ever, the central government is a corrupt farce, and, after 11 years of war, the country is in a shambles.
This is what defeat looks like. Continue reading
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US-Funded Textbooks Teach Afghan Children Whitewashed History
Afghan children are being taught with U.S.-funded textbooks explicitly written to exclude four decades of war in an almost self-satirizing attempt to “bring people together.” “There is no mention of the Soviet war, the mujaheddin, the Taliban or the U.S. military presence,” … Continue reading
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