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This is pretty incendiary in that UN Ambassador Haley apparently went around US Secretary of State Tillerson. The question is who is running US foreign policy, the secretary of state or an ambassador?If this is true and Tillerson has any cojones, he will resign and let Trump appoint Haley, to whom he initially offered the position of secretary of state.At this point, Tillerson is not only damaging his reputation but he is also looking like a fool. He should bow out.Oh, and it gets worse....

The voice of the Establishment speaks. Haass is president of CFR.Project SyndicateThe US Cannot Go It Alone On IranRichard N. Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, previously served as Director of Policy Planning for the US State Department (2001-2003), and was President George W. Bush's special envoy to Northern Ireland and Coordinator for the Future of Afghanistancrossposted at Asia Times also Trump Is Strengthening Iran’s Radicals Abbas Milani

The American Century? Or Twilight of the Empire?The Vineyard of the SakerTrump goes full shabbos-goyThe Saker

Where does one begin to counter such lies and misrepresentations? Who has been the most destabilizing force in the Middle East over the last 27 years? I would suggest that the United States multiple invasions of Iraq, military action in Libya and our decision to help arm and train Islamic rebels keen on overthrowing Syria's President Assad qualifies us as the biggest meddlers and chaos makers. One of the recurring big lies being pushed in the media--by Republicans and Democrat as well as...

The US again shows itself unable to keep its agreements. Who is going to make agreements with a country like that?Sic Semper TyrannisWho Wrote Trump's Decertification Speech Part 1 Col. W. Patrick Lang, US Army (ret.) At the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lang was the Defense Intelligence Officer (DIO) for the Middle East, South Asia and counter-terrorism, and later, the first Director of the Defense Humint Service. At the DIA, he was a member of the Defense Senior Executive Service. He...

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has spoken out repeatedly against Trump’s likely step, but his latest comments aimed to spell out the impact it would have in starker terms.“It’s imperative that Europe sticks together on this issue,” Gabriel, a Social Democrat, told the RND German newspaper group. “We also have to tell the Americans that their behavior on the Iran issue will drive us Europeans into a common position with Russia and China against the USA.” ReutersTrump's Iran plans...

What has happened is that the Trump administration has changed the narrative from being about a technical, nuclear-centered agreement, to one that encompasses Iran’s geopolitical reach in Syria, Iraq and Yemen, as well as its missile program and cyber operations – all non-nuclear issues that Mogherini herself stressed were “outside the scope” of the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action)....So for all practical purposes, the Trump administration wants a completely different deal, or it...

Backgrounder.Graham E. FullerThe Future of the KurdsGraham E. Fuller | adjunct professor of history at Simon Fraser University, formerly vice chairman of the National Intelligence Council at the CIA, and a former senior political scientist at RAND

Assisting Tehran with sidestepping an ongoing Washington sanctions regime against the country, China has opened a $10 billion line of credit intended to finance energy, transportation, water and other key Iranian infrastructure projects.… The significant credit line will primarily use euros and yuan to bypass the US sanctions.... Sputnik InternationalUS Sanctions Continue to Backfire: China Opens $10 Billion Credit Line for Iran

Sic Semper Tyrannis Is this what is driving US Kurdish policy?Col. W. Patrick Lang, US Army (ret.), former military intelligence officer at the US Defense Intelligence Agency