The Swedish government is ruling out making a bid to join NATO:
Sweden will not make a formal bid to join NATO for fear of escalating further the already tense situation that exists between the West and Russia over the annexation of Crimea and the continued crisis in Ukraine, the country’s defence minister said on 17 May.
The Russian Defense Minister has proposed that the US-led coalition fighting against ISIS in Iraq and Syria should fly joint missions with Russia in Syria. Sergey Shoigu told journalists: “Taking such a step would help the progress of the peace settlement in Syria. Of course such measures have been agreed with the Syrian Arab Republic. Yesterday we started negotiating these measures with our colleagues in Oman and Geneva,” referring to a US center for peace negotiations based in the Jordanian capital and the city in Switzerland, where UN-backed peace negotiations are under way.
You know the CIA was involved with some of the least savory aspects of the Iraq War.
But the NSA got its hands dirty, as well.
The Intercept reports:
In the first months of the Iraq War, SIDtoday [an internal NSA newsletter] articles bragged about the NSA’s part in the run-up to the invasion and reflected the Bush administration’s confidence that Saddam Hussein had hidden weapons of mass destruction.
NATO have formally outlined their plans for going to war with Russia, saying that if Russia counter their attempts to surround the country with troops, they will respond with an all-out war. Rinf.com reports: On May 18th, Britain’s Guardian headlined “West and Russia on course for war, says ex-Nato deputy commander” and reported that the former deputy commander of NATO, the former British general Sir Alexander Richard Shirreff (who was Supreme Allied Commander in Europe from 2011-2014), expressed outrage that Britain isn’t urgently preparing for war against Russia, and also reported that “
Even the best and the brightest within the United States are now contradicting each other on what happened to EgyptAir Flight MS804.
Earlier today, reports came out that US Intel saw evidence of an explosion, meaning a terrorist attack had taken down the flight.
Scoop: NBC News reporting that US intel sees evidence of explosion on Egypt Air MS804
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) May 19, 2016