Gareth Porter – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Corporate media stirred global terror hysteria to push postwar hostility toward new Afghan govt

Posted on September 27, 2021September 27, 2021By Editor

The media’s latest ahistorical freak-out over Afghanistan is further evidence of its de facto merger with the U.S. national security state … Read More >Corporate media stirred global terror hysteria to push postwar hostility toward new Afghan govt

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Afghanistan collapse reveals Beltway media’s loyalty to permanent war state

Posted on September 2, 2021September 2, 2021By Editor

Biden’s popular and long overdue withdrawal from Afghanistan triggered a big media meltdown that exposed its de facto merger with the military. … Read More >Afghanistan collapse reveals Beltway media’s loyalty to permanent war state

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How Washington’s top Taiwan specialist embraced separatist party leader and opened new cross-Strait crisis

Posted on July 28, 2021July 28, 2021By Editor

Known as “America’s leading Taiwan hand,” Richard C. Bush has helped preserve peace between Beijing and Taipei. But as Washington moved toward conflict, he suddenly shifted his position. … Read More >How Washington’s top Taiwan specialist embraced separatist party leader and opened new cross-Strait crisis

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Eisenhower rejected military chiefs’ demand for nuclear war on China, classified account of ’58 Taiwan Strait crisis reveals

Posted on May 31, 2021May 31, 2021By Editor

Fearing a new conflict over Taiwan, Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg has released a shocking account showing how the Joint Chiefs pressed Eisenhower to launch a nuclear war on China. … Read More >Eisenhower rejected military chiefs’ demand for nuclear war on China, classified account of ’58 Taiwan Strait crisis reveals

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How the US military subverted the Afghan peace agreement to prolong an unpopular war

Posted on March 18, 2021March 18, 2021By Editor

In an exclusive interview with The Grayzone, Col. Douglas Macgregor, a former senior advisor to the acting secretary of defense, revealed that President Donald Trump shocked the US military only days after the election last November by signing a presidential order calling for the withdrawal of all remaining US troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year. … Read More >How the US military subverted the Afghan peace agreement to prolong an unpopular war

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Biden admin’s coercive Iran policy threatens serious new regional crisis

Posted on January 28, 2021January 28, 2021By Editor

Team Biden is planning to hold on to what it apparently sees as its “Trump card”— the Trump administration’s sanctions against Iran oil exports that have gutted the Iranian economy. … Read More >Biden admin’s coercive Iran policy threatens serious new regional crisis

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How CENTCOM Chief McKenzie manufactured an Iran crisis to increase his power

Posted on January 16, 2021January 16, 2021By Editor

Seeking prestige and power within the military, CENTCOM chief Gen. Kenneth McKenzie has deployed a series of bureaucratic and PR moves to drive the latest episode in US-Iran tensions. … Read More >How CENTCOM Chief McKenzie manufactured an Iran crisis to increase his power

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How Israel deployed an intelligence deception to justify killing Mohsen Fakhrizadeh

Posted on December 3, 2020December 3, 2020By Editor

Israel’s Mossad has spent years on a propaganda campaign aimed at convincing the world Iran possessed a nuclear weapons program – and legitimizing its assassinations of Iranian academics. … Read More >How Israel deployed an intelligence deception to justify killing Mohsen Fakhrizadeh

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FBI and DOJ prepared takedown of ‘Iranian’ American Herald Tribune website with years of legal chicanery

Posted on November 23, 2020November 23, 2020By Editor

The new powers claimed by the FBI to seize “Iranian” outlets could have serious implications for the basic American freedom to publish and access news and opinion. … Read More >FBI and DOJ prepared takedown of ‘Iranian’ American Herald Tribune website with years of legal chicanery

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How DHS and FBI officials spun a dubious Russian election threat days before voting

Posted on November 4, 2020November 4, 2020By Editor

A Department of Homeland Security election alert spawning new Russia fears was so incoherent and inconsistent with previous findings, it suggested a state of political panic inside the agency. … Read More >How DHS and FBI officials spun a dubious Russian election threat days before voting

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