After a successful seven-day truce period, last Saturday, the United States officially signed a peace agreement with the Taliban. While the agreement has conditions to be met in the future, this appears to be the best chance yet for the U.S. to finally extricate itself from the longest war in its history. The U.S.-Taliban peace deal...
Category: TRENDS IN GEOPOLITICS
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TURKEY/SYRIA: THREATS & ULTIMATUMS
As reported in last week’s Trends Journal, the threat of an expanding war is ever present as Turkey seeks to maintain a military presence in Syria’s northwest region of Idlib. This region has been controlled by rebels trying to oust the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad since 2011, but, over the past few...
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EASTERN LIBYA: LIFE UNDER EX-CIA AGENT HAFTAR
Oil-rich Libya, the African country with its strategically valuable coastline, has melted down to mayhem following Noble Peace Prize winner Barack Obama’s “Qaddafi has to go” 2011 U.S.-led war, supported by NATO, that led to the overthrow and murder of the country’s leader, Muammar Qaddafi. As reported in the Trends Journal, there has been an...
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AFGHANISTAN: PEACE AS PREDICTED
The U.S. war in Afghanistan, now in its 19th year, the longest in American history, may be coming to an end. In fact, Gerald Celente had forecast over a year ago that President Trump would have a peace deal with both Afghanistan and North Korea to help boost his 2020 re-election odds. Indeed, at his...
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SYRIA: TURKEY RAMPS UP WAR
As reported in last week’s Trends Journal, the northwest section of Syria, which borders Turkey, has been the scene of increasing warfare between Turkish forces crossing the border to clear out Kurdish fighters and the Syrian military backed by Russia and Iran. James F. Jeffrey, Special Representative for Syria Engagement and the Special Envoy for...
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EUROPE JOINS THE BLACKLIST GANG
Immediately following the U.S. assassination of Qasem Soleimani, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized Europeans for not being supportive enough of the action, stating, “Frankly, the Europeans haven’t been as helpful as I wish that they could be. The Brits, the French, the Germans all need to understand that what we did, what the Americans...
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VENEZUELA: U.S. LOVES REGIME CHANGE
As reported last week in the Trends Journal, self-proclaimed Venezuelan president Juan Guaidó, after being applauded by the U.S. congress as an honored guest of President Trump at his State of the Union Address, returned to Venezuela to face condemnation as a traitor by angry citizens when he landed at the Caracas airport. Among the...
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ISRAEL: BOMBS AWAY ON GAZA AND SYRIA
The ongoing Israeli/Palestinian conflict ignited again on Sunday, when a video released on social media showed an Israeli bulldozer dragging the dead body of a Palestinian they said was trying to plant an explosive next to a fence at the Gaza border. The video also shows a number of men being shot in the legs...
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IRAN: TRUMP’S “IMMINENT THREAT” CLAIM A LIE
From statements by President Trump on 3 January, it is well noted that the reason for ordering the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani was because he was an “imminent threat.” Trump tweeted: “General Qasem Soleimani has killed or badly wounded thousands of Americans over an extended period of time, and was plotting to kill...
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EL SALVADOR: THIS IS A STICKUP
Nayid Bukele, who became El Salvador’s president last 1 June, marched into the chambers of the nation’s Congress on 9 February flanked by gun-toting troops and invoked an obscure constitutional measure allowing him to declare an emergency session of the legislature. The emergency: he wants the Congress to approve his requested $109 billion outlay for...