Authored by Finian Cunningham via The Strategic Culture Foundation,
Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the International Arctic Forum this week on the real and present dangers from falsifying history. He said such deliberate distortion of history erodes international law and order, creating chaos and leading to further conflict.
Authored by Paul Craig Roberts,
Having selected several key excerpts from Donald Trump's lengthy AP interview earlier, we urge readers looking for fascinating yet surreal bedtime reading to give the full, nearly 8,000 word transcript a try, as it contains bizarro excerpts such as this:
AP: You did put out though, as a candidate, you put out a 100-day plan. Do you feel like you should be held accountable to that plan?
First it was his interview with the FT, in which Trump warned China that the US was ready to take North Korea unilaterally; this was followed by the far more dramatic interview in the WSJ where the president flipped on his strong dollar policy, and reversed his stance on interest rates, Janet Yellen and the the Ex-Im bank.
Shortly after the news that later on Sunday, president Trump would hold a phone call with China president Xi and Japan's PM Abe, the White House said in an advance schedule that on April 26 it will hold a briefing for senators with its “four principals” on North Korea "as the administration considers its options for dealing with saber-rattling from Pyongyang" according to Bloomberg. Among those present will be Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.