Submitted by Barton Edgerton viaGlobalRiskInsights.com,
For several places around the world, 2017 could be a watershed year, as various territorial disputes threaten to boil over amidst a climate of global uncertainty.
Authored by Paul Craig Roberts,
When I read Trump’s defenders, such as Daniel Lazare, having to balance their defense with denunciations of Trump, I think the CIA’s propaganda is working. In his article, Lazare asks the rhetorical question, “Is a military coup in the works?” He then goes on to describe the CIA and presstitute coup against Trump unfolding before our eyes.
Just yesterday we noted that Julian Assange and his lawyers were seemingly shying away from an offer they previously made to the Obama administration whereby Assange agreed to U.S. extradition in return for clemency for Chelsea Manning (see "Assange's Lawyer Provides An "Out": Says Conditions Not Met For Extradition Deal"). While initial tweets from WikiLeaks implied that the extradition deal was still on, a follow-up from Assange's U.S. attorney seemed to declare a technical breach of "contract."
In a scathing Facebook post, Russia's former president and current Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev (who less than five years ago was assured by Obama that "he would have more flexibility") gave his final assessment of US-Russia relations during the Obama administration, and lashed out at the outgoing US president, accusing him of destroying relations "between the United States and Russia, which are at their lowest point in decades" and predicting that "this is its key foreign policy mistake which will be remembered by history."
The third time behind bars for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman may be the unlucky one: on Thursday, Mexico's most notorious cartel kingpin who twice brazenly escape from prison and spent years on the run as the country's most wanted man, was extradited to the U.S. on Thursday to face drug trafficking and other charges.