Daily Archives: January 7, 2022

2022-01-07: News Headlines

_____ (2022-01-07). US Adjusts its Strategy in Central Asia. journal-neo.org In the current situation, after the withdrawal of the US military contingent from Afghanistan and the Taliban (the movement is banned in Russia) came to power in this country, Washington is actively making adjustments to its strategy in Central Asia. As can be seen from the changes in the actions of the White House, on …

Aaron Maté (2022-01-06). US war lobby fuels conflict in Russia, Ukraine, and Syria: ex-Pentagon advisor. thegrayzone.com Col. Doug Macgregor, an ex-Pentagon advisor, on how the US war lobby fuels conflict from Ukraine to Syria. Washington, DC, he says, is "occupied territory. It's occupied by corporations, by lobbies." Douglas Macgregor, a retired US Army Colonel and former Pentagon senior advisor, analyzes the US-Russia standoff in Ukraine; the aftermath of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan; Trump's failure to act on 2016 campaign anti-interventionist rhetoric, only to surround himself with neocons; and the ongoing, overlooked US military occupation of …

WSWS (2022-01-06). Afghans protest Washington's starvation strategy. wsws.org With its draconian sanctions and illegal seizure of financial assets, Washington threatens to kill more Afghans by hunger in the coming months than were slaughtered in 20 years of war.

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