The old expression that “lightning never strikes the same place twice” is frequently used in the aftermath of a truly awful experience, meaning that the odds are that something exactly like that will never occur again. Unfortunately, however, we Americans will now...
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A Killing in Iran: Who Gains From Yet Another Assassination?
by Philip Giraldi | Dec 6, 2020 | Featured Articles
It is not often that one can agree with the pronouncements made by former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan, but his tweeted comment on the killing of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh suggesting that the incident “…was a criminal act &...
Neocons Poised to Join New Government
by Philip Giraldi | Nov 13, 2020 | Featured Articles
Donald Trump was much troubled during his 2016 and 2020 campaigns by so-called conservatives who rallied behind the #NeverTrump banner, presumably in opposition to his stated intention to end or at least diminish America’s role in wars in the Middle East and Asia....
Iran Seeks to Confuse the United States?
by Philip Giraldi | Oct 23, 2020 | Featured Articles
Those who have been waiting for the elusive October Surprise that will upset the apple cart on election day are admittedly running out of time. The media’s unwillingness to even consider that the antics of Hunter Biden just might constitute an embarrassment of major...
Internet Resources Become Weaponized
by Philip Giraldi | Oct 20, 2020 | Featured Articles
The current electoral campaign differs from that of 2016 in that the media, both conventional and online, has realized its power and has been openly playing a major role in what might well prove to be a victory across the board for the Democratic Party. At least that...
Colonel Alexander Vindman's Revenge
by Philip Giraldi | Oct 13, 2020 | Featured Articles
During last year’s impeachment process directed against President Donald Trump, Congress obtained testimony from a parade of witnesses to or participants in what was inevitably being referred to as UkraineGate. It centered around an investigation into whether Trump...
Thought Control American Style: The Social Justice Warriors Will Destroy Our Basic Freedoms
by Philip Giraldi | Oct 9, 2020 | Featured Articles
Once upon a time it was possible to rely on much of the mainstream media to report on developments more or less objectively, relegating opinion pieces to the editorial page. But that was a long time ago. I remember moving to Washington back in 1976 after many years...
More American Blunders in the Middle East: US Envoys Embrace Terrorists Yet Again
by Philip Giraldi | Mar 14, 2020 | Featured Articles
The spread of the coronavirus has meant that much of the other news about developments around the world has disappeared from the normal news cycle. The situation in Syria, which involves not only the government in Damascus but also Turkey, Russia, Iran and a remaining...
Fake News Starts in Washington: Perception Management and Influence Operations Manipulate Public Opinion
by Philip Giraldi | Mar 12, 2020 | Featured Articles
It is perhaps unusual to have a government that has as much disregard for what most would consider to be the truth as does the current group of rascals running the United States of America. To be sure, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is as shameless a liar as has ever...
Old Ideas in New Bottles
by Philip Giraldi | Mar 10, 2020 | Featured Articles
Numerous so-called “front groups” operate in the United States. A front group is very simply an organization that pretends to have a certain program while at the same time using that identity as cover to promote a hidden agenda that is something quite different, often...
Anonymous sources and the guys and gals who made the Iraq war a reality are now claiming that the Kremlin is at it again!
by Philip Giraldi | Feb 27, 2020 | Featured Articles
Those hapless individuals who run the United States are again slipping into a fantasy world where Americans are besieged by imaginary threats coming from both inside and outside the country. Of course, it is particularly convenient to warn of foreign threats, as it...
Explaining Syria
by Philip Giraldi | Feb 18, 2020 | Featured Articles
The first week in February was memorable for the failed impeachment of President Donald Trump, the “re-elect me” State of the Union address and the marketing of a new line of underwear by Kim Kardashian. Given all of the excitement, it was easy to miss a special State...
More Lies on Iran: The White House Just Can’t Help Itself as New Facts Emerge
by Philip Giraldi | Feb 13, 2020 | Featured Articles
Admittedly the news cycle in the United States seldom runs longer than twenty-four hours, but that should not serve as an excuse when a major story that contradicts what the Trump Administration has been claiming appears and suddenly dies. The public that actually...
Why Both Republicans and Democrats Want Russia to Become the Enemy of Choice
by Philip Giraldi | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured Articles
One of the more interesting aspects of the nauseating impeachment trial in the Senate was the repeated vilification of Russia and its President Vladimir Putin. To hate Russia has become dogma on both sides of the political aisle, in part because no politician has...
The Torturers and the ‘Ticking Bomb’: How Torture Became Routine in the Global War on Terror
by Philip Giraldi | Jan 30, 2020 | Featured Articles
With all the media excitement focused on the impeachment of President Donald Trump, it comes as no surprise that some recent additional insights into how the United States became a torture regime have been largely ignored. It has been known for years that the George...
A New Definition of Warfare
by Philip Giraldi | Jan 22, 2020 | Featured Articles
Supporters of Donald Trump often make the point that he has not started any new wars. One might observe that it has not been for lack of trying, as his cruise missile attacks on Syria based on fabricated evidence and his recent assassination of Iranian general Qassem...
Who Targeted Ukraine Airlines Flight 752? Iran Shot It Down But There May Be More to the Story
by Philip Giraldi | Jan 16, 2020 | Featured Articles
The claim that Major General Qassem Soleimani was a “terrorist” on a mission to carry out an “imminent” attack that would kill hundreds of Americans turned out to be a lie, so why should one believe anything else relating to recent developments in Iran and Iraq? To be...
The Soleimani Assassination: The Long-Awaited Beginning of The End of America’s Imperial Ambitions
by Philip Giraldi | Jan 3, 2020 | Featured Articles
The United States is now at war with Iran in a conflict that could easily have been avoided and it will not end well. There will be no declaration of war coming from either side, but the assassination of Iranian Quds Force Commander General Qassem Soleimani and the...
The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act: Why Washington Is Both Corrupt and Ignorant
by Philip Giraldi | Jan 2, 2020 | Featured Articles
The creatures that lurk through the corridors of power in Washington DC have refined corruption to the point where almost anything goes and almost no one is ever held accountable. Traditionally, Congressmen reward their various constituencies by inserting riders into...
Impeachment Is a Distraction: Heavily Scripted Vote Demonstrates That Democracy Really Is Dead
by Philip Giraldi | Dec 27, 2019 | Featured Articles
Watching the impeachment “vote” was hard work. With only a few exceptions, each Congressman rose for roughly 90 seconds and provided a prearranged, almost completely scripted-along-party-lines explanation of how he or she was casting one’s ballot. After four grueling...
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