Observations on the human condition
There is something almost unbearable about watching people celebrate the death of other people’s children. Yet across the world, on every side of every current conflict, that is what is happening — on screens, in comment sections, in living rooms. People who would describe themselves as decent, compassionate human beings are finding themselves flooded with … Read more
I was asked to join Press TV’s Spotlight programme to discuss the arbitrary threat of 25% tariffs being imposed on those who trade with Iran, thereby exposing the US administration’s bad faith in the recent nuclear weapons negotiations. Press TV Spotlight-US Threats Against Iran (video 24 minutes 51 seconds) As I often say in interviews, … Read more
I was asked to comment on conflict in the world, with particular focus on the recent missile strikes on Iran. Hidayat TV Global Peace And Justice – 2025.06.26 (video 18 minutes 31 seconds) The full 41 minute discussion is available here; although it has the wrong title, the content is fine:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGwV66lFuHY We are, albeit indirectly, … Read more
Amid the social media frenzy that emerged in recent days, there is some cool headed analysis of what is happening in Syria. From the outset of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, Jacques Baud, a retired colonel in the Swiss intelligence service, provided cogent analysis on that conflict which has been borne out by subsequent … Read more
Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad…
While talking heads and armchair pundits in the media wrangle with the political implications of the recent assassination of Iranian Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani in Iraq, it becomes ever clearer that the Structural Elite are playing the war card to head off humanity before people awaken to their plans. In a recent post, I suggested that in 2020 things are going to get worse before they get better.