Gore Vidal "Understanding America's Terrorist Crisis."

Battle for Syria (Journeyman Pictures)

Gwenyth Todd "Untold Truth: War on Iran." (Press TV)

Chris Hedges "Third World America."

The Finer Arts of Diplomacy in the Post-9/11 World

 By Gene Ogorodov

In the years since 9/11 the United States has trapped itself in the endless cycle of fighting the chimera of Terrorism. Fueled by rabid anti-Semitism against Arabs and Muslims and horror of popular self-determination the American Empire has replaced the worthy adversary of Communism with an enemy so clearly imaginary that the Republic must send its armies to the antipodes to illegally violate the sovereignty foreign nations openly trampling over international law just to find partisans willing to engage in half-hearted attempts to attack it.

High-handedness, dishonesty, and ball-faced treachery now characterized every single political action undertaken by the United States. It has become unthinkable for the US to honor its treaty obligations and behave in a manner that attempted to achieve its will without coercion. The finer arts of diplomacy have been surrendered in favor of drones and cluster-bombs.

Michael Chossudovsky "The Toronto Hearings on 9/11: Uncovering Ten Years of Deception."

In spite of the title this is NOT a 9/11 conspiracy theory flick. (So, if our reader is looking for planned demolition, nano-thermite, cruse missiles, etc. I apologize. However, I comforted by the fact that there are many blogs out there that will satisfy that desire.) Michael Chossudovsky is renowned economist and political theorist. His speech at the Toronto Hearing on 9/11 conference is a synthesis of conclusions drawn from demonstrable facts. It goes without saying I do not agree with everything he says, but his analysis of geopolitics puts an interesting interpretation on the Global War on Terror that is, at least, worth hearing. Enjoy.

An Open Letter to Sec. of State John Kerry

Dear Sec. Kerry:

American warmongering is becoming quite tiresome. Between the illegal wars, covert wars, rumors of wars, acts of war, and penchant for provoking the rest of the world your credibility is somewhat tarnished. This is not to say that your justification for going to war is a ball-faced lie; it is just a little bit strange that you can justify going to war with a different country every six months. Should the people of the world really feel sorry for the Obama Administration in not being allowed to enjoy the blessings of peace by malevolent parties, or should we just assume that certain paranoid psychopathy that hijacked US foreign policy during the Bush years has continued unabated. 

Nonetheless, American bombardment of Syria is possibly the worst imaginable response to the recent chemical attack in Damascus. To be frank, I don't believe you that your intelligence has confirmed that the Assad regime was responsible. However, logically there are only three possible culprits--you (through your common friends with Al-Qaeda, the Syrian Rebles), Assad, or none of the above. I will ignore "none of the above" because the potential wider ramifications of that are literally infinite.

RT -- "The War on Iran Begins...in Syria."

By Gene Ogorodov

Earlier this week RT published at op-ed by Eric Draister on the immanent US et al. direct military intervention in Syria entitled "The War on Iran Begins...in Syria." Justifiably pessimistic, Draister exposes what will inevitably be called "humanitarian intervention" as imperialistic warmongering.  I hope that this does not turn into a much broader conflict, but I believe as Draister does that a US military strike in Syria could lead down a similar path with dire consequences. 

It is notable that what might be the most significant political action in the 21st Century has gone virtually unnoticed, obfuscated by a lack of coverage and impenetrable propaganda. The Pax Americana is over, and there is nothing that bullying Syria, Iran, or China will do to preserve it. Washington needs to recognize that fact and not waist the blood and treasure of the United States fighting for the impossible. Furthermore, the US has chronic and sever internal problems that need to be addressed.