When you hear Trump, Bolton, Pompeo, or some other yahoo say, "If Iran's leaders would join the rest of the world, the US would not . . ." what that really means is, "If Iran's leaders would

This conflict actually started over 40 years ago when Iran nationalized its oil industry. This action blocked US oil companies from accessing Iran's oil market. The US wants access to Iran's resources

So, in addition to boxing in Iran with US military bases in Iraq, Afghanistan, Qatar, Bahrain, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Oman, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, we need to complete the encirclement

Bolton says, "we will continue to increase the pressure on the Iranian regime until it abandons its nuclear weapons program and ends its violent activities across the Middle East, including conducting

Europeans unite and circumvent the US sanctions on Iran. The US did not "pull out" of the deal. It violated the deal when it unilaterally imposed sanctions even though Iran was in complete

No self-respecting government, like Iran or North Korea, will negotiate while the US is imposing sanctions on them, ie while the US is waging economic war on them. And of course, the US knows this and

If Trump truly wanted diplomacy, he could have simply contacted the leaders of Iran and the other JCPOA member countries and requested they renegotiate the deal. But of course, the US is not interested

Okay, the author should have used quotation marks. I agree that Zarif probably should not have called sanctions "terrorism." I think he actually had it right the first time when he called sanctions

This article contains direct quotes from Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif including, “If the United States decides to cause so much pain on the Iranian people by imposing economic warfare, by engaging in

I don't know who's setting these fires, but I do know that the US still maintains 7-8 military bases within Syria's borders as it continues its campaign to force out Syrian President Assad. When the Syrian

Bias? Where have you been? These are cold . . . hard . . . facts, not opinions. For decades, America has been wielding its economic and military power to circumvent international law and force regime change

The US knows Iran will not agree to anything until the US lifts the sanctions, and that's why it won't lift them. And that's why it abruptly violated the JCPOA when it immediately imposed the sanctions

I'm embarrassed to admit I had bought the 'spreading freedom and democracy' crap when President Bush spoke of it during the US-backed regime change in Iraq. I was an Air Force civilian at the time and

During the Vietnam conflict, my father served two tours as an artillery officer, his younger brother was a Marine computer engineer who stayed stateside, the third brother was in the Air Force flying

Bet it will stop the yellow vest protests, at least temporarily. Maybe that was the idea.

. . . Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Ukraine, Egypt, Brazil, Syria, Iran . . . Venezuela. Same shit, different country.

Yep, same shit, different country.

Just to summarize what I've already said, the US (CIA) first orchestrated the Arab Spring protests in Syria and other middle east countries in an effort to stir up civil unrest, destabilize, and force

To advance its massive effort to overthrow President Assad, the US has established two airbases and at least eight military outposts WITHIN Syria's borders, uninvited, in complete disregard for international

It's a well-worn tactic: When you have no argument, attack the source.