The United States has announced it will upgrade U.S. Forces Japan (USFJ) to a joint force headquarters (JFHQ) with expanded operational responsibilities. The new command will report to the US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM). The revamped structure will assume the control of about 55,000 personnel stationed in Japan from the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command some 6,200 kilometers away in Honolulu, Hawaii. The move is intended to streamline communications between the US and Japan, especially during a crisis involving China.
Japan-U.S. joint statement on war preparations forecasts doom
Category: Yemen
Donald Trump is NOT a ‘threat to the deep state’. Here is his warmongering record.
The West is Learning the Wrong Lessons about Airpower in Ukraine [Updated w/ video]
A recent article appearing in the US-based Business Insider titled, “Russia’s showing NATO its hand in the air war over Ukraine,” would provide a showcase of the deep deficit in military expertise driving increasingly unsustainable, unachievable foreign policy objectives. The article summarizes a number of interviews conducted with Western “airpower experts,” exhibiting a profound misunderstanding of modern military aviation, air defenses, and their role on and above the battlefield.
The West is Learning the Wrong Lessons about Airpower in Ukraine
Covert Cultural Influence: How the US Embassy’s Cultural Attaché Targets Yemeni Society
Yemen: The cultural attaché office is one of the most active divisions within the US Embassy, assisting the CIA and the political and economic attachés in reaching targeted individuals. This office collects intelligence that benefits American interests in Yemen, each according to their specialization and field.
Covert Cultural Influence: How the US Embassy’s Cultural Attaché Targets Yemeni Society
Related (J Adam Ereli):
Presenting Yemeni Art to the World [Archives:1997/44/Culture]
Linda Heard speaks with former #US Director of the Office of Press and Public Affairs and Ambassador to Bahrain, #J._Adam_Ereli to get an informed overview of a troubled region undergoing historical transformation.
The President Can Now Assassinate You, Officially
Under this new standard, a president can go on a four-to-eight year crime spree and then retire from public life, never to be held accountable.
Related:
Immunity for Me but Not for Thee
President Obama ordered a drone strike in Yemen to kill Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen and Islamic Imam critical of American foreign policy in the Middle East. Before releasing the drones that killed al-Awlaki and two others, the White House sought and received a Memorandum from the Department of Justice providing legal justification for the attack.
Several questions come to mind. Should the memo from DoJ authorizing the killing of an American citizen abroad without judicial due process immunize President Obama for violating the federal criminal statute that imposes criminal penalties for the extra territorial killing of an American citizen?
Could a subsequent President, a member of the opposing political party, direct a new Attorney General to investigate whether the killing of the U.S. citizen by drone attack in Yemen violated federal criminal law? If an indictment is returned against the now former President for that killing, should President Obama be allowed to claim immunity or be forced to stand trial?
A US aircraft carrier and its crew have fought Houthi attacks for months. How long can it last?
Fatigue is setting in as a U.S. aircraft carrier nears its ninth month waging the most intense running sea battle since World War II
A US aircraft carrier and its crew have fought Houthi attacks for months. How long can it last?
Biden Offers to Turn U.S. Military Personnel Into Saudi Royal Bodyguards
President Joe Biden has made a habit of putting the interest of foreign governments before that of the American people. Like the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Biden Offers to Turn U.S. Military Personnel Into Saudi Royal Bodyguards by Doug Bandow
Flashback (has he forgotten?):
[2019] American Soldiers Are Not Bodyguards for Saudi Royals by Doug Bandow
President Donald Trump believes in America First except when it comes to the Saudi royal family. Then it is Saudi Arabia first.
Inflation and interest rates: the US experience
Once again the US Federal Reserve is in a quandary. Does it cut its policy interest rate soon in order to relieve pressure on debt servicing costs for consumers and businesses and perhaps avoid a stagflationary economy (ie low or no growth alongside higher inflation); or does it hold its current interest rate for borrowing in order to make sure inflation falls towards its target of 2% a year?
Inflation and interest rates: the US experience
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