International

Unholy Trinity? Neoliberalism – 9/11 – Afghanistan

by Wolfgang Effenberger1

(24 October 2021) On 30 August – one day before the definitive withdrawal of the USA from Afghanistan – the pro-war article “Für Dich zieh ich in den Krieg” (I'm going to war for you) by Anne Applebaum, a writer for “The Atlantic”, appeared in the “ipg-journal” of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Germany [associated with the Social Democratic Party of Germany, edit.]. It was preceded by the picture below with the caption: “Enough talking”.

Has Biden Now Lost Saudi Arabia?

by William Engdahl*

(3 October 2021) The ignominious US withdrawal from Afghanistan has blown a global hole in the post-1945 American Century system of elaborate world domination, a power vacuum that likely will lead to irreversible consequences. The immediate case in point is whether Biden’s Washington strategists – as he clearly makes no policy – have already managed to lose the support of its largest arms buyer and regional strategic ally, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Since the first days of Biden’s inauguration in late January, US policies are driving the Saudi monarchy to pursue a dramatic shift in foreign policy. The longer-term consequences could be enormous.
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Biden “Forgets” What War Is

“War is over. Welcome to the new war.”

by Joe Lauria, USA*

(3 October 2021) Joe Biden, in his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, told world leaders Tuesday: “I stand here today, for the first time in 20 years, with the United States not at war.”

Is the defeat in Afghanistan aimed at embarrassing Russia and China?

by Thierry Meyssan*

(30 September 2021) The mainstream media are divided between two ways of interpreting the fall of Kabul. For some, the Democrats are cowards and the departure from Afghanistan discourages the allies. For others, they have played well and placed a thorn in the side of the Russians and the Chinese. These two views correspond to the traditional paradigm of the American Empire. But for Thierry Meyssan, Washington is, since September 11, 2001, in the hands of the followers of the Rumsfeld/Cebrowski doctrine.

Dissolve this NATO!

by Willy Wimmer*

(20 September 2021) We have actually been warned since NATO’s war of aggression against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the spring of 1999, which was contrary to international law and vulgar. If the United States wants to wage war for its own interests, then neither the NATO Treaty nor the Charter of the United Nations with its outlawing of war are of any interest.

Afghanistan – a second Vietnam?

by Robert Seidel

(20 September 2021) The images of the hasty withdrawal of the US Army from Kabul evoke memories of the withdrawal 46 years ago from the South Vietnamese capital Saigon. By comparing the two U.S. wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan, an attempt is made to draw possible consequences for a more peaceful international policy.