Tehran’s Calculated Overture: Iran Dares Washington to Prove It’s Not a Vassal of Tel Aviv

by The Islander [4-15-2025 published]. In Muscat, Oman, history’s curtain cracked open, just enough to reveal the absurdity of American diplomacy. Iran, ever the scapegoat of Washington’s Zionist-scripted foreign policy, made a move that looked naive on the surface, but in reality was a masterstroke of strategic jiu-jitsu. Tehran said it is willing to allow…

Beijing Grounds the Empire: China Tells Airlines to DUMP Boeing Amid Trade War Escalation

by The Islander [4-15-2025 published]. (This is what happens when you act impulsively without thinking things through. In the end, Trump’s tariff gamble is probably going to seriously hurt our economy & standard of living without accomplishing any of his original objectives. Maybe China will buy commercial planes from Russia or build their own? –…

Trump’s War Cabinet Fractures Over Moscow: The Battle Behind the Peace Table

by The Islander [4-15-2025 published]. (Let’s hope that Trump chooses peace instead of a war that he & NATO simply can’t win!!! – RAD) Inside the White House, the knives are out, not for war, but for peace. As Washington postures and backchannels its way through the endgame in Ukraine, a brutal internal rift is…

Lavrov: Russia Won’t Beg — Sanctions Made Us Stronger While the West Implodes

by The Islander [4-14-2025 published]. (Short and definitely spot on! Most of the West still doesn’t understand the seismic change that has backfired on them. – RAD) Sergey Lavrov just sent a message to Washington, and the entire Western elite: Russia doesn’t want your sanctions lifted, because your sanctions made us stronger. In his latest…

Scott Ritter talks about his New Book “Highway to Hell: The Armageddon Chronicles, 2015-2024”

by Issues that Matter with Cynthia Pooler [4-11-2025 published] Scott Ritter(bio). (Both the above video discussion & the following article about Highway to Hell illustrate how important our First Amendment really is. Under Biden, our government was prepared to wage nuclear war against Russia, which would have destroyed ALL of humanity. Biden thought we could…

Pepe Escobar & Nima Alkhorshid: Russia, Iran, China Join Forces – US in the Crosshairs?

by Dialogue Works [4-10-2025 published] Pepe Escobar(bio), Nima R. Alkhorshid(bio). (I’m not going to try & summarize all of the key points, since there are so many. Trump’s team has a lot to learn about interactions with Russia, Iran, China & diplomacy, else there will be serious consequences. It is obvious that Russia, Iran &…

Trump Brags About Weapons No One Else Has. But Here’s a Twist: America Is Not the Only One

by SPUTNIK [4-10-2025 published]. (Maybe Trump should stop bragging, since the US doesn’t have demonstrated defenses against the following. Notice that Iran was able to penetrate the combined Israel & US defenses. Keep in mind that some of these missiles could sink any US aircraft carrier. – RAD) These weapons are sending CHILLS worldwide. 1.…

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answers to the media questions during his remarks at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum

by The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation [4-12-2025 published]. (We can all learn a lot about real diplomacy from Sergey Lavrov. He speaks excellent English, so you can either listen to the above video, or read the following transcript. If you have never heard Lavrov speak, I would encourage you to at…

The Last Tariff: How China Ended the Empire’s Trade War With a Whisper

by TheIslanderNews [4-12-2025 published]. (It looks like Trump has no real cards to play. How is he going to handle this? China doesn’t really need our trade, yet we don’t have alternate sources for some critical products purchased from China. – RAD) It happened with no fanfare. No saber-rattling. No choreographed press conference. Just one quiet…

Lessons Trump could learn from the last Soviet leader

by Tarik Cyril Amar [4-10-2025 published]. (Many of us already understand that the US is facing serious challenges. Yet, many in the MAGA crowd expect that Trump will be able to restore our country back to a “golden age” with “tariffs” and other “magic” that ignores the fundamental world changes. Trump touts his huge military…

Larry Johnson – Iran Prepping for Negotiations with the US; Russia and China Have Iran’s Back

by Larry C. Johnson [4-8-2025 published] Larry C. Johnson(bio). While most of media and public attention in the West are fixated on Trump’s tariff attack on the global economy, the Chinese and Iranians flew to Moscow and met with senior Russian officials. The meeting is described as, “expert-level consultations on the Iranian nuclear program.” This…

Danny Haiphong, Larry Johnson, Ray McGovern, Glenn Diesen: Yemen, Tariffs, Trump Ignites WW3, Putin, Iran & China HIT BACK, N Korea

by Danny Haiphong [4-9-2025 published] Larry C. Johnson(bio). (This is an excellent discussion that helps us understand the history, conflicts & possible solutions. Trump’s erratic behavior is pushing more & more countries towards BRICS & away from the $dollar. The US military conflicts in Ukraine & Yemen are showing that the US military isn’t as…