Zelensky - Japan - Venezuela - Iran - Cuba

 

Video: President Trump and the Pentagon are Targeting Civilians Worldwide By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and Drago Bosnic America’s unspoken military practice from World War II to the present consists in routinely targeting civilians, which constitutes a crime against humanity. Read here

From Iran to Cuba? As Iran Drains US Military Resources, Cuba Can Become Washington’s Preferred Target By Uriel Araujo As tensions over Iran expose divisions within the Trump administration, Washington appears to be intensifying pressure on Cuba through sanctions, intelligence operations, and military planning. Would a military operation in the Latin American nation “save face” for the current American administration? Read here

US Depleting Its Inventory in War With Iran. “End the Conflict Once and for All.” Prof. Mearsheimer By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida In a recent statement, respected University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer commented on the situation, warning that the Donald Trump administration is failing in the military sector by allowing the country to expend vast resources and lose a substantial portion of its inventory in an unnecessary conflict. Read here

Venezuela: Don’t Blame the Victim By Roger D. Harris, Francisco Dominguez, and Dr. Maria Páez Victor Washington and its allies failed to destroy Chavismo, the movement founded by Hugo Chávez and carried forward by his successor Nicolás Maduro. Venezuela did not collapse or degenerate into chaos after the decapitation. Domestic peace prevailed. The US-backed and funded far-right opposition did not seize power, but found itself ever more marginalized and in disarray. Read here

The Posse Comitatus Presidency: Trump’s Standing Army on American Streets By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead The National Guard was just the beginning. One year after President Trump deployed military troops to the nation’s capital, we find ourselves navigating a posse comitatus presidency in which the visual trappings of martial law are the norm, not the exception. Read here

Japan’s Prime Minister Taikaichi’s “Undiplomatic Melons”: Australia’s Prime Minister Albanese’s Oafish Bungle By Dr. Binoy Kampmark Despite presiding over a formidable majority in the House of Representatives and facing a Coalition opposition awaiting immolation at the next election, Albanese has managed to contract that every-politician’s disease: the gaffe. However secure they might be (votes, popularity, security of office), the threat of a gaffe to the political classes remains hauntingly perennial and eagerly awaited. Read here

By Hosting Zelensky, Serbia Humiliates Itself By Stephen Karganovic For Serbia, where memories are long, Vladimir Zelensky’s visit to Belgrade last weekend was a humiliating replay of March 1941. Of 25 March, to be precise. As every Serb knows, that is the infamous date when, disregarding public sentiment, a treacherous government signed Yugoslavia’s adherence to the Axis Pact. Read here