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Who will Biden bomb first?

Who will Biden bomb first?

December 4, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Elsewhere

The President-elect’s ‘global leadership’ is a return to the failed policies of Obama and Clinton This article first appeared on Unherd on December 4, 2020. “America is back.” So President-elect Biden declared after announcing his cabinet nominations last week, and after…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Impeachment Pantomime

PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Impeachment Pantomime

November 12, 2019 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

The political theatrics that begin Wednesday raise several questions. For starters, will Joe Biden be investigated for mounting evidence of corruption? And why is the  corporate media turning the CIA “whistleblower” into a phantom in plain sight?  Now that “Russiagate” has…

This is how we spooked Putin: What the New York Times won’t tell you about the American adventure in Ukraine

This is how we spooked Putin: What the New York Times won’t tell you about the American adventure in Ukraine

February 23, 2016 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

The failure of Washington’s most adventurous power assertion in post-Cold War period can no longer be papered over All of a sudden, straight out of nowhere, Ukraine creeps back into the news. There is renewed fighting in the rebellious eastern…

These are lies the New York Times wants you to believe about Russia

These are lies the New York Times wants you to believe about Russia

December 10, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Our sanctions caused Russia’s downturn. They protect Big Oil, the well-connected, and make the world more dangerous You can look at the Russian economy two ways now and you should. So let’s: It is an important moment in the destruction…

Hypocrisy, incompetence and cold inhumanity: Ukraine heads for its most gruesome hour

Hypocrisy, incompetence and cold inhumanity: Ukraine heads for its most gruesome hour

July 11, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Brace yourself: Ukraine’s civil war is about to turn even worse. Time to examine our policies that brought us here We had better brace ourselves. The civil war in Ukraine appears headed for its most gruesome hour. Those in the…

The New York Times manufactures ignorance: More half-truths about Ukraine

The New York Times manufactures ignorance: More half-truths about Ukraine

March 20, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Once again, the media and the foreign policy establishment are dangerously misreading history and current events Vladimir Putin was very Vlad this week, as 97 percent of voting Crimeans elected to quit the mess Ukraine has become and rejoin Russia….

American empire is over: Somebody tell John Kerry!

American empire is over: Somebody tell John Kerry!

December 12, 2013 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

New York Times embarrassingly praises Biden and Kerry’s sorrowful efforts, all unaware U.S. exceptionalism is dead We have made ourselves a navel-gazing folk, a little like Americans of the 19th century — until we lunged into the world by bravely…

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