The US uses economic sanctions as a weapon against states which choose a development path independent of US global domination. Sanctions can take the form of blocking a nation’s financial and trade transactions, not allowing financial institutions to process them. The US can also freeze the assets of another country.
The US Plan to Imprison Businesspeople in other Countries for “Violating” Illegal US Sanctions: The Cases of Alex Saab, Meng Wanzhou, Mun Chol Myong
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Media outlets must not let George W. Bush shake off his responsibility for Trumpism
Media outlets must not let George W. Bush shake off his responsibility for Trumpism
Bush should know something about the problem of “misinformation” permeating American society, considering that he began the Iraq War based on intelligence that was not only false but for which he and other administration figures contradicted expert analysis. He also redefined torture as “enhanced interrogation” and lied about useful information being gained from it.
They forgot to mention Roger Stone:
Roger Stone’s dirty tricks helped sway the 2000 Florida recount
How the ‘Brooks Brothers Riot’ killed the 2000 recount in Miami
US Intelligence Walks Back Claim Russia Paid Bounties for US Troops in Afghanistan
US Intelligence Walks Back Claim Russia Paid Bounties for US Troops in Afghanistan
Despite the fact that the Russian bounty story has zero credibility, the Biden administration is still using it to advance hawkish Russia policies. When announcing a series of sanctions on Moscow and the expelling of Russian diplomats on Thursday, the State Department cited “reports of bounties on US soldiers in Afghanistan.”
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If well-paid US columnists start becoming preoccupied with human rights in your country, it is a pretty good sign that you are about to get bombed. It is also remarkable how quickly those same pundits will lose their acute interest in human rights in a nation after a US intervention. Therefore, the next time you hear freedom, human rights and democracy in another country being endlessly discussed, be on your guard for ulterior motives; these cold-blooded media figures may just be crying crocodile tears in the service of empire.
Free-dumb and Demon-ocracy!
Need a Quote From an Official Enemy Denouncing Democracy? Do Like the New York Times and Make It Up
You know you’re in for a hard sell when the New York Times (3/29/21) publishes an article under the headline “An Alliance of Autocracies? China Wants to Lead a New World Order.”
Need a Quote From an Official Enemy Denouncing Democracy? Do Like the New York Times and Make It Up
What the US is really doing to Iraq and other nations
The Mauritanian: 14 years in Guantánamo detention camp—the horrifying reality of America’s “war on terror”
In an interview with Forbes, the filmmaker talked about Barack Obama not closing Guantánamo—one of his election promises. “Most of the people in Guantánamo—the vast majority—were just farmers. They were people sold down the river by somebody they thought was a friend who accused them of being al-Qaida for $50,000 or $100,000. I think something like 80 percent of the people sent to Guantánamo were basically just victims of that.”
Related:
Lt. Col. Stuart Couch on His Refusal to Prosecute Abused Prisoner
Guantánamo Diary author released after 14 years in illegal detention
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