Trump Falls in Line With Interventionism

By Robert Parry / Consortium News Sep 19, 2017 The president’s U.N. speech shows that his policies are the same as the neocon strategies of George W. Bush and liberal intervention of Barack Obama. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Oliver Stone on Putin’s Policy Relationship with Europe

Staff / Truthdig Aug 12, 2017 The documentarian also touches on the possibility of military conflict between the U.S. and Russia. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Donald Trump’s Conundrum With Israel

By Robert Parry / Consortium News Jul 22, 2017 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his nation opposes the Trump-Putin cease-fire in Syria, and that Israeli position could push the U.S. toward wider wars. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Accuses Syria of Planning Gas Attack as U.N. Ambassador Points Finger at Russia and Iran

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jun 27, 2017 There seems to be a faction of hawks around the president who want to maintain a condition of undeclared war with Russia and Iran. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Will Russiagate Hysteria Lead to an American ‘Soft Coup’?

By Robert Parry / Consortium News May 15, 2017 Many Trump-haters see the investigation as the likeliest means to impeachment—an end they think desirable even if it plays into the hands of neocons and other warmongers. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Final Stage of the Machiavellian Elites’ Takeover of America

Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould / Truthdig Apr 28, 2017 Neoconservatism was born during the Cold War with an overt mission to roll back Russian/Soviet influence everywhere. That mission continues today. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Israel Has Interfered More in U.S. Politics Than Russia, but Don’t Expect a Probe of Israelgate

By Robert Parry / Consortium News Apr 27, 2017 As Official Washington fumes over Russiagate, Israel’s more significant political-influence-and-propaganda campaigns are ignored . Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

How the CIA Created a Fake Western Reality for ‘Unconventional Warfare’

Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould / Truthdig Apr 26, 2017 In 1950, the CIA helped establish the Congress for Cultural Freedom—an anti-communist advocacy group—to neutralize political opposition to Anglo-American culture. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

How Neocons Push for War by Cooking the Books

By Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould Apr 25, 2017 To understand America’s drift into despotism over the last 40 years, we must de-encrypt the evolution of its secret "double government." Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

American Imperialism Leads the World Into Dante’s Vision of Hell

Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould / Truthdig Apr 24, 2017 This four-part series called "Universal Empire" examines the current stage of the neocon takeover of American policy that began after World War II. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

What Happened to Russiagate?

By Robert Parry / Consortium News Apr 18, 2017 For five months, there was a daily drumbeat on Russiagate, the theory that Russia put Donald Trump in the White House. Now, the “scandal” has disappeared. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Neocons Have a Long List of Endless-War Ideas for Donald Trump

By Robert Parry / Consortium News Apr 17, 2017 The Democrats’ "Russia-made-Hillary-lose" hysteria has pushed a weakened president toward hawks who support massive U.S. military intervention worldwide. (Pictured, at center, neocon Robert Kagan.) Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )