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First Clinton-Trump debate: Worth a laugh, but not much else

This is the first debate I've watched since the first Obama debate back in 2008. I tuned in to be entertained more than informed. I have to say I was a little bit disappointed in Trump - he tossed out a couple of minor zingers but seemed to be really holding back. Perhaps he is following the "American TV model" where the first episode or two in a season are usually really suspenseful and draw you in, the middle of the season is often...

SOTT News Snapshot: U.S. rages at Russia for attacking its terrorist allies in Syria

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For the second week in a row, developments abroad in Syria have been closely followed by chaos and violence at home in the United States. Yesterday, in a pathetic copy-cat maneuver of the (justified) emergency UN Security Council meeting called by Russia last week following NATO's egregious act of war against Syria, the U.S., UK, and France yesterday called an emergency UNSC meeting over the Syrian Arab Army's "shocking" and "barbaric"...

Behind the Headlines: U.S. had its chance and failed - Syrian war enters new stage

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On the surface, the cessation of hostilities was a failure. But it has its advantages, simply by virtue of the fact that it has exposed the reality of U.S. support for terrorism: the attack on Deir ez-Zor, the attack on the aid convoy in Aleppo, and the failure to separate moderates from extremists. With the cat out of the bag, Syria, Russia and Iran are now relatively free to continue their war on terrorism. One of the most important battles...

Interview with Al-Nusra commander Abu al-Ezz: "The Americans stand on our side"

Bernhard
Moon of Alabama

This interview by Jürgen Todenhöfer was first published in German on September 26 2016 by the Kölner Stadtanzeiger, the major newspaper in the Cologne region. (The interview was copied and translated to English by Bernhard for educational and academic purposes.) Interview with al-Nusra commander "The Americans stand on our side" By Jürgen Todenhöfer It was the seventh trip by my son Frederic and me to the civil war country Syria. We were...

The presidential debate - Mother superior vs ranting schoolboy

Pepe Escobar
Sputnik News

The temptation is irresistible to conceptualize the Clinton Machine's strategy going into the first US presidential debate; let Donald Trump metastasize into a pretzel. Mission not impossible; in fact, accomplished. Sniffin' and slidin', beepin' and sippin', angrily chokin', even swoopin' on the mike to choreograph a blow, "Donald" (as addressed by "Secretary Clinton") fell for every shape and size of bait thrown by a canny, relentlessly...

Blatant subversion: Syria ceasefire deal breakdown shows US under military rule

Finian Cunningham
Sputnik

A schism within US government has come spectacularly into the open, with the Pentagon and CIA militarists seemingly subverting the president's authority over Syria policy. This amounts to a brazen pulling of rank by the militarist elements within the US power structure over the civilian titular head of government. This power struggle came to light dramatically - if briefly - with the US air strike last weekend on the Syrian army base near...