Politics

The SAS have a new deadly weapon in their fight against ISIS terrorist attacks on UK soil. The elite special forces of the British Army could deploy to any part of the UK in the event of a terror attack using a tilt-rotor multi-mission military aircraft nicknamed the “Transformer,” capable of vertical take-off and landing. The Mail On Sunday reports: In the event of an attack, the UK’s elite fighting force will swoop into action on a £43 million heli-plane nicknamed the ‘Transformer’.

The US has deployed around 350 airmen and a dozen F-15C fighter jets to Iceland and the NetherlanDs as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve (OAR). The Pentagon’s is attempting to demonstrate a show of force, designed to deter what the US  has called ‘Russian aggression’ against Europe. However, Moscow says the Western hawks are simply using the perceived Russian threat in order to justify greater military spending.

Authored by Paul Craig Roberts,

Anyone who pays attention to American “news” can see how “news” is used to control our perceptions in order to ensure public acceptance of the Oligarchy’s agendas.

When Hillary Clinton decided to run for President again, it is safe to assume that she didn’t spend much time (if any) worrying about whether or not a 74 year old Senator from Vermont named Bernie Sanders was going to get in her way. The polished ex-First Lady and her camp must have thought her nomination to represent the Democratic Party in the upcoming election was a mere formality. However, the road to her nomination has been anything but, and now that she has lost the last five consecutive states, she’s starting to get nervous.

Submitted by Pepe Escobar via TheSaker.is,

Color revolutions would never be enough; Exceptionalistan is always on the lookout for major strategic upgrades capable of ensuring perpetual Empire of Chaos hegemony.   The ideological matrix and the modus operandi of color revolutions by now are a matter of public domain. Not so much the concept of Unconventional War (UW).

UW was spelled out by the 2010 Special Forces Unconventional Warfare manual. Here’s the money quote: