Deteriorating Sino/US Relations: From Engagement to Containment and Confrontation by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) On Thursday during testimony before Senate Foreign Relations Committee members, Pompeo continued his militantly hostile war of words on China. See below. Commenting on his Chinaphobic remarks last week, former US diplomat who accompanied Richard Nixon on... Continue Reading →

Congress Fails to Agree on Extending Aid to Jobless Americans by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) On Thursday, I emailed the  information below to a retired physician/health and fitness expert friend I’ve known since the 1940s, explaining the following: Like earlier coronavirus outbreaks (SARS-Cov 2002-04, MERS 2012), SARS-Cov-2 hysteria will pass in... Continue Reading →

Transatlantic China Bashing by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Once when asked what he thought of Western civilization, Gandhi said “I think it would be a good idea.” Gandhi died over 72 years ago. What he called a “good idea” didn’t exist as he envisioned a just society and clearly doesn’t now... Continue Reading →

Sino/US Relations: The Great Unravelling by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Until this year, Trump hailed what he called “tremendous progress in our relationship” with China — boasting about an “outstanding” bond between him and President Xi Jinping. He claimed that a “giant trade deal” in the making would enhance US relations... Continue Reading →

The Diabolical GOP HEALS Act by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) The vast majority in Washington are indifferent toward public health, safety and welfare. Dems and Republicans share guilt, two sides of the same dirty business as usual coin. Ahead of November presidential and congressional elections, Dems pretend concern about ordinary Americans... Continue Reading →

US Bears Full Responsibility for Heightened Tensions with China by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) US war on China by other means risks pushing the envelope toward unthinkable confrontation between two nations able to turn each other’s cities to smoldering rubble. The South China Morning Post (SCMP) addressed the threat in a... Continue Reading →

Iranian Military Exercises Prepare to Counter Aggression if Occurs by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Iran is the leading Middle East proponent of peace, stability, and cooperative relations with other countries. It hasn’t attacked another nation in centuries, threatening none now except in retaliation against aggression by a foreign power if occurs... Continue Reading →

Diabolical NYT War on China and Russia by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) On issues of national security, the NYT operates as a press agent for US preemptive wars on nonthreatening nations by hot and other means. China, Russia and Iran are Washington’s prime targets — nonbelligerent nations that pursue cooperative relations... Continue Reading →

Pompeo Gives New Meaning to the Ugly American by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Judge him by his actions and rhetoric, defining the menace he represents. Time and again, he shows that he’s mentally unbalanced, recklessly dangerous, arrogant and contemptuous of the rule of law. He’s also able to manipulate geopolitical know-nothing... Continue Reading →

Trump Regime Commission for Unalienable Rights? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) In early July, notoriously hostile to fundamental human rights Pompeo announced the formation of what he called a Trump regime “Commission on Unalienable Rights.” Claiming he wants it modeled after the “nation’s founding principles (sic) and Universal Declaration of Human... Continue Reading →