Monthly Archives: November 2018
Rabita Forum Shows anxiety over piling up weapons by India
Resolution Rabita forum international’s (RFI) strategic committee composed of fourteen scholars, in a meeting on Saturday the October 13, 2018, president by its chairman Mr. Nusrat Mirza expressed its deep anxiety over the piling up the arms by India including
How Modi convinced India to celebrate a ‘surgical strike’ that never actually happened
By Shajeel Zaidi Sparta, a warrior city in ancient Greece, was known for the ferocity of its soldiers. But while its soldiers might have been the best in the ancient world, its citizens were not far behind when it came
Why is India moving heavy weapons towards Pakistan border?
According to the Russian media, the Indian army is deploying extra troops and war machines along the Pakistani border. Gunship helicopters, battle tanks, military cargo choppers, medium to heavy ammunition batteries and military ration depots along Line of Control (LoC)
US war strategists – Military defeats and political success
By James Petras I recorded the repeated US military defeats over the past two decades. In this discussion I will describe the role of military strategists who bear responsibility for the US defeats, but also for Israeli political successes. The
How President Trump is helping Beijing win in the South China Sea
By Robert D. Kaplan For years now, China has been at war against the United States in the South China Sea only Washington didn’t notice until the process was well underway. The Chinese way of war, modeled after the philosopher
No easy escape from Afghan war for Trump
Russia, China and Iran now backing Taliban and stymieing US peace efforts By Brahma Chellaney The US will find it difficult to pull out of Afghanistan in the face of increased foreign support for the Taliban. Not for the first
The Afghanistan War is over – We lost
By Thomas Joscelyn America has lost the war in Afghanistan. Washington may not want to admit it, and the U.S. military insists the conflict is a “stalemate.” But make no mistake: The original 9/11 war has been lost. On Thursday,
House demolitions Israel’s ‘court-sanctioned revenge’
Palestinians say the cost of losing a home doesn’t surpass the value of life Cheapened by decades of Israeli occupation Nablus, occupied West Bank – The Hashiya family is waiting for their house to be demolished as punishment for a crime
EU finally stands up to United State ‘bullying’ over Iran sanctions
Brussels sets up a ‘special purpose vehicle’ to bypass the US dollar and allow financial transactions with Tehran to continue By Pepe Escobar October 02, 2018 “Information Clearing House” – History may one day rule this was the fateful geopolitical
Bush & Blair’s Iraq war was key that opened door to Syria’s current hell
By John wight If the pain of birth is the price of life, Syria’s birth as a truly independent nation has come at the price of eight years of brutal and merciless struggle. As with the Vietnamese people, so with