Tag: Middle East

Categories World

Top German Court Rules Berlin Can’t Force US Drones Using Ramstein Base to Refrain From War Crimes

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Since 2002, the Pentagon and the CIA have waged much of their Middle Eastern drone warfare campaign using flight control data relayed via German soil, with local activists and opposition politicians criticizing successive governments’ passivity and calling for an immediate end to “illegal drone war” operations. … Read More >Top German Court Rules Berlin Can’t Force US Drones Using Ramstein Base to Refrain From War Crimes

Categories Op-ed

Why There Seems to Be No Sense in Trump’s Proposal to Turn NATO Into NATO-ME

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On 8 January, Donald Trump announced that he would ask NATO to increase its involvement in “the Middle East process” during his address to the nation. International observers have weighed up whether Trump’s “NATO-ME” initiative is what the region and the bloc really need. … Read More >Why There Seems to Be No Sense in Trump’s Proposal to Turn NATO Into NATO-ME

Categories USA

Cheney warns US against Middle East pullout as even Washington Post digs up proof his War on Terror was ‘UNWINNABLE’

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Ultra-hawk former vice president Dick Cheney has reprised his role as head cheerleader for the never-ending war he kicked off nearly 20 years ago. But has the prodigious conflict dragged on too long even for the war-happy MSM? … Read More >Cheney warns US against Middle East pullout as even Washington Post digs up proof his War on Terror was ‘UNWINNABLE’