The U.S. announced last week that it will send additional assets to the Gulf of Oman as tensions escalate in the region over the seizures of oil tankers.
Tag: geopolitics
OPERATION BARBAROSSA 2.0: GERMANY’S RHEINMETALL TO BUILD TANK PLANT IN UKRAINE
Germany, which killed some 24 million Russians in World War II, and who, according to former President John F. Kennedy, destroyed Russia’s farms, factories, homes, and cities equivalent to destroying from Chicago to America’s east coast... is on the attack against Russians again.
MIDDLE EAST MELTDOWN: STOKING TENSIONS WITH IRAN, U.S. SENDS F-16 FIGHTERS TO THE PERSIAN GULF
A senior U.S. defense official told reporters last week that the Pentagon will bolster its forces in the Persian Gulf by sending F-16 fighters to the region after Washington accused Iran of recent acts of aggression on Western oil tankers in the vital waterway.
U.S. RAMPING UP CONFRONTATION WITH RUSSIA IN SYRIA
The U.S. is considering military options to respond to alleged acts of aggression by Russian fighter pilots over Syria, as tensions between Moscow and Washington keep ramping up.
THE WARMONGERING U.S.A.: PRESIDENTS CAN USE DRONES TO KILL ON COMMAND
If a U.S. president identifies you as a “suspected militant,” he has the ability to approve a Reaper drone to kill you—even if you are far from any conflict, according to newly declassified documents obtained by The New York Times.
ISRAEL RAMPS UP KILLING SPREE
Palestinians keep waking up to a new day of attacks and murder by Israel, fearing what to expect next from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline government that is fighting for its survival as hundreds of thousands of Israelis keep taking to the streets in opposition to his Judicial reform acts.
U.S. ACCUSES RUSSIA OF HARASSING DRONES OVER SYRIA
The U.S. Air Force last week accused Russian fighter pilots of harassing Reaper drones over Syria in actions that the U.S. called unprofessional and reckless.
CHINA HITS U.S. OVER LATEST WEAPONS SALE TO TAIWAN
The American effort to turn Taiwan into a “porcupine” continued last week after the announcement of the latest sale of $440 million in military equipment to the island—which drew a swift rebuke from China.
THE ISRAELI WAY: BOMBS AWAY FOR ANY REASON THEY MAKE UP
Israeli forces bombed southern Lebanon last week as Tel Aviv considers a possible multi-front conflict as tensions in the region soar.
AS FORECAST, “POPULISM IS THE FUTURE”: DUTCH GOVERNMENT COLLAPSES OVER MIGRATION
For well over a decade we had warned that the refugee crisis sweeping across Europe would be a fundamental issue in elections and would escalate the rise of populist political parties.