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Saudi Arabia Is Destroying an Entire Country — and the US Is Helping Them Do It
Following an air strike in Yemen that killed at least 12 civilians, a senior United Nations official has condemned Saudi Arabia’s actions, asserting the Kingdom has shown a complete disregard for human life. According to Reuters, three women and six children from the same family were killed in their sleep during the dawn air strike conducted the…
Read More‘Mind Your Own Business’: Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei Scolds US After Charlottesville
After the events in Charlottesville last week, Iran’s Supreme Leader has advised the US to get its own house in order before meddling in the affairs of other countries. On Wednesday, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei took to Twitter to advise the US to “manage their country, tackle #WhiteSupremacy rather than meddle in nations’ affairs.” If US has…
Read MoreU.S. Sanctions Bill Adds More Targets To The List; U.S. Set To Sanction Itself Into Isolation
With the new U.S. sanctions bill having been passed by a united Congress and signed by a President allegedly opposed to it, U.S. sanctions are now all over the news. But the sanctions bill was not just a step toward a second Cold War with Russia, the bill was also aimed at North Korea, Iran,…
Read MoreIf America Was Trying to Start a World War, This Is How It Would Happen
Last Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump signed new sanctions into law against Russia, Iran, and North Korea. The legislation was supported so overwhelmingly in Congress that President Trump’s ability to veto the legislation was rendered completely ineffective. Even anti-interventionist Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard voted in favor of the bill, once again proving that Republicans and Democrats always find common ground when it comes…
Read MoreAs Senate Moves Forward on Sanctions, Trump Says He May Scrap Iran Nuclear Deal in September
President Trump, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal last Thursday, said he expects Iran to be non-compliant with the terms of the JCPOA nuclear deal by next September, despite his admission that the Islamic Republic has not violated the deal to date. “We’ve been extremely nice to them in saying they were compliant,”…
Read MoreThe US Has Officially Lost the War in Syria: Report
By ending the “secret” CIA program to arm and train Syrian rebels attempting to topple Bashar al-Assad in Syria, the Trump administration has accepted defeat in Syria, according to the Century Foundation, a prominent New York-based think tank. The Century Foundation believes this signals an end to America’s commitment to achieving regime change in Syria and claims Washington’s…
Read MoreDebunking Neocon Propaganda Line-by-Line
What follows is a response to a July 26 article published at the Washington Post entitled “Why is the Trump Administration Empowering al-Qaeda in Syria?” penned by columnist Marc Thiessen. The article—while its headline sounds like something many non-interventionists would endorse—is so filled with errors, inaccuracies and omissions that it only seemed appropriate to address…
Read MoreThe Daily Sheeple’s Will Porter on the Foreign Policy Focus Podcast #72
Daily Sheeple staff writer Will Porter joins host Kyle Anzalone to discuss a recent column running at the Washington Post on the Trump administration’s current policy in Syria. The offending article is so full of misinformation, omissions and inaccuracies that only a paragraph-by-paragraph rebuttal could begin to correct the spin. Show notes: “Debunking Neocon Propaganda Line-by-Line” – The Daily Sheeple Delivered by…
Read MoreIran to America: Stop Worrying About Us, Your Government Is About to Collapse
Iranian officials have struck back at the Trump administration’s verbal attacks on Iran, suggesting the U.S. should worry about its own domestic problems before turning a critical eye towards them. According to al-Monitor, an arguably pro-Tehran media site: “Iranian officials have condemned US Secretary of Defense James Mattis for calling for regime change in Iran. During an interview with a high school newspaper,…
Read MoreRussia, Syria Respond to White House Chemical Attack Allegation, Threaten Retaliation
The Syrian and Russian governments have responded to allegations by White House officials made earlier this week that the Syrian regime was planning to carry out a chemical weapons attack, with the Russians threatening retaliation to any “preemptive” American strike. “We will react with dignity, in proportion to the real situation that may take place,”…
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