Category Archives: Borg Wars

Peace (of a sort) is coming in Yemen

Posted on May 7, 2021 by Pat Lang

Comment: Well, Pilgrims, Liz Cheney will be sorely disappointed. Imagine! An outbreak of peace in the world! Imagine. pl  1,024 total views,  1,024 views today

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Posted in Borg Wars, Iran, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Yemen | 1 Comment

Biden’s Presidency Will Be Destroyed By His Foreign Policy

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Larry Johnson

Dementia Joe and his coterie of enablers have embarked on a foreign policy that is likely to result in a new war that will endanger America and further a growing perception that the United States is weak and divided. There … Continue reading →

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Posted in As The Borg Turns, Borg Wars, Larry Johnson, Russia | 36 Comments

The shame of our Syria policy – TTG

Posted on March 31, 2021 by The Twisted Genius

I found a reference to this “The Grayzone” article by Ben Norton this morning. The article was written back on 5 November 2019 and updated on 25 January 2021. The original article detailed the revised CSIS plan for regime change … Continue reading →

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Posted in Borg Wars, Syria, TTG | 23 Comments

Numerous Convoys Attacked in Iraq; Biden and the Media Say Nothing

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Larry Johnson

I know that our media is a pathetic lot of sycophants with no interest in reporting real news, but the attacks on U.S. logistical convoys in Iraq surely should have merited some comment. So far Crickets. According to Southfront.org, six … Continue reading →

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Posted in Borg Wars, Iraq, Syria | 21 Comments

The Brits still want to play in the Great Game? To what end?

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Pat Lang

“The “Army of the future” will see £23 billion of investment. This will include upgrades to tanks and armoured vehicles, rockets, air defence, tactical surveillance drones, and new electronic warfare and cyberspace capabilities. However, with that will come cuts to both … Continue reading →

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Posted in Borg Wars, France, government, Iraq, The Military Art | 58 Comments

IMO Iran will wait for Biden

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Pat Lang

A journo friend called yesterday to ask my opinion about the course of near term events regarding Iran. The murder of a senior Iranian scientist at the weekend may have been done by Israel or the United States or both … Continue reading →

Posted in Borg Wars, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Richard Sale | 34 Comments

On Lord Malloch-Brown – David Habakkuk

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Pat Lang

The reason why Mark Malloch Brown was made a life peer is, I think, likely to have been that in our system, it is necessary for ministers to be directly answerable to Parliament. In June 2007, when Gordon Brown succeeded … Continue reading →

Posted in As The Borg Turns, Borg Wars, government, Politics | 15 Comments

“What Syria withdrawal? There was never a Syria withdrawal,” Jeffrey said.

Posted on November 14, 2020 by Pat Lang

" … even as he praises the president’s support of what he describes as a successful “realpolitik” approach to the region, he acknowledges that his team routinely misled senior leaders about troop levels in Syria.  “We were always playing shell games … Continue reading →

Posted in Borg Wars, Middle East, Syria | 29 Comments

In FP Biden is worse than Trump by Ted Rall

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Pat Lang

"Biden, notes Marcetic, pushed for "the 1999 bombing of Serbia, which actually dissolved the local pro-democracy movement and rallied popular support around the country's dictator." Biden voted for the U.S. wars against Afghanistan and Iraq. "I voted to go into … Continue reading →

Posted in Borg Wars, Policy | 29 Comments

“The Return of the Anti-Antiwar Left” James W. Carden

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Pat Lang

"only “a few decades ago, “the Left” was considered the center of opposition to imperialism, and champion of the right of peoples to self-determination.” Johnstone is part of a distinguished line of American expatriate writers, who, perhaps because of an … Continue reading →

Posted in Borg Wars, government, Policy | 19 Comments