Authored by Patrick Buchanan via Buchanan.org,
If the crown prince of Saudi Arabia has in mind a war with Iran, President Trump should disabuse his royal highness of any notion that America would be doing his fighting for him.
Mohammed bin Salman, or MBS, the 32-year-old son of the aging and ailing King Salman, is making too many enemies for his own good, or for ours.
At a moment of widespread acknowledgement that the short-lived Islamic State is no longer a reality, and as ISIS is about to be defeated by the Syrian Army in its last urban holdout of Abu Kamal City in eastern Syria, the US is signalling an open-ended military presence in Syria. On Monday Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon that the US is preparing for a long term military commitment in Syria to fight ISIS "as long as they want to fight."
Last night, the Washington Post reported Attorney General Jeff Sessions is considering whether to appoint another special counsel to investigate the Clintons and other Obama-era officials. This morning, the AG will face questions from Democrats when he testifies before the House Judiciary Committee. According to Reuters, the questions will likely focus on whether Sessions lied about communications between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.
Israel’s Foreign Agents Are Not Required To Register Under the Foreign Agents Registration Act
RT, a news organization, has been forced by Washington to register as a foreign agent. But the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, a real foreign agent, is a US tax-exempt public foundation that raises money in the US for the Israeli military.
http://www.unz.com/pgiraldi/israels-money-machine/
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Washington Intends to Control the Explanations You Receive
Implications of forcing RT to register as a “foreign agent” are not clear. But most people who rely on RT will continue to do so. They know who tells the lies—CNN, NYTimes, Washington Post, etc.
http://stephenlendman.org/2017/11/us-naked-aggression-russia-inevitable/
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