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It appears that Bolton was still pushing the idea within the administration earlier this month. The Washington Free Beacon reported on May 10 that a three-page paper outlining a regime-change strategy from a small far-right organisation called the Security Studies Group, with which Bolton is said to have close ties, was circulated among NSC officials. The quotes from the paper in the story make it clear that the strategy is based largely on seeking to exploit ethnic and religious conflicts...

In an interview with DER SPIEGEL, former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer talks about the danger of war against Iran, the deterioration of trans-Atlantic relations under U.S. President Donald Trump and the serious need for Germany to invest massively in the European Union's future.  Spiegel Online'The U.S. President Is Destroying the American World Order'Interview former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer conducted by Mathieu von Rohr and Christoph Schult

The insider scoop.Asia TimesTehran eyes path ahead after US withdrawal from nuclear pact Pepe Escobar interviews Ahmad Bahmani, Europe and Americas adviser to Ali Akbar Velayati, the top foreign policy adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

The art of the deal, when practiced for 2,500 years, does lead to the palace of wisdom. I had hardly set foot in Tehran when a diplomat broke the news: “Trump? We’re not worried. He’s a bazaari (merchant trader)” – implying a political compromise will eventually be reached. Asia TimesThe other art of the deal, Tehran-style Pepe Escobar

The prosecution of Mehmet Hakan Atilla has further strained relations between US and Turkey.… A US judge sentenced Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a banker at Turkey's state-controlled Halkbank, to 32 months in prison on Wednesday after he was convicted earlier this year of taking part in a scheme to help Iran evade US sanctions.... The case has further strained diplomatic relations between the United States and Turkey, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned it as a political...

Iran’s feud with the US is set to get worse after Tehran announced yesterday that it will start reporting foreign currency amounts in euros rather than US dollars, as part of the country’s effort to reduce its reliance on the American currency due to political tension with Washington. Central bank governor Valiollah Seif said last week that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had welcomed his suggestion of replacing the dollar with the euro in foreign trade, as the “dollar has no place...

Now that is really upping the ante on economic warfare. Its' not even disguised anymore. Ironic after Alan Greenspan let the banks "terrorize" not only Americans but the world, and Ben Bernanke did nothing about it either.AntiwarUS Imposes New Sanctions on Iran, Labels Central Bank Head a Terrorist Jason Ditz

Exposé. Bolton again, and more.TruthdigTrump Team May Be Focusing on Odd, Obscure Iran Plan Max Blumenthal

The low down on John Bolton, and it is really low down – as in bottom feeder. Here we go again. Moon of AlabamaCountdown To War On Iran bSee alsoExposé. Bolton again.TruthdigTrump Team May Be Focusing on Odd, Obscure Iran Plan Max Blumenthal

But there is irony in this [false flag] action. Israel used a ploy that Hitler's Nazi Germany wielded. Hitler and the Wehrmacht were keen on coming up with a casus belli for war against Poland. I grant you that the Nazi invasion of Poland is in another league from what Israel did in Syria against Iranians. But we should not ignore the possibility that Israel's unprovoked attacks are likely to spawn future retaliation by the Iranians. When that happens Israeli leaders will be under pressure...