E.U. May Deploy Economic ‘Bazooka’ If Trump Demands Greenland
If used, the “Anti-Coercion Instrument” (ACI) would hammer the finances of some of Trump’s leading wealthy supporters,
Greece Imf
By Cliff Montgomery – June 29th, 2011″Germany was forced to agree to bail out Greece for the second time in a year,” stated The London Guardian on June 17th, “under…
War Of Terror Costs
By Cliff Montgomery – June 24th, 2011The War of Terror has cost American taxpayers about $1.3 trillion so far and may cost $1.8 trillion by 2021, even as essential U.S.…
Free Speech In Iraq
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 30th, 2011Americans were told numerous lies as a justification for the fruitless nation-building of Iraq. Among those lieswas the boast that our armed forces invaded…
Us Failures Shape Afghan War
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 25th, 2011The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in February issued a little-known–yet absolutely fascinating–report on the true state of America’s Afghan War.“No allied…
Congress Report On Japan Earthquake
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 18th, 2011In late March, The Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a preliminary study on the recent earthquake and tsunami that has crippled Japan.CRS reports are…
Egyptian Army
By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 11th, 2011An Egyptian populace in open revolt has broken much of the oppressive power structure in its country, forcingformer President Hosni Mubarak into retirement and…
Pakistan Nuke Controls
By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 19th, 2011Control of Pakistan’s nuclear warheads remains a serious concern despite a number of reforms in that country since Sept. 11th, 2001, according to a…
Contractors In Iraq And Afghanistan
By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 1st, 2010The Pentagon seriously needs to restructure its oversight of contractors involved in military engagements like Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a Congressional study released…
Obama Keeps Bush Foreign Spending
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 12th, 2010The Obama Administration pushes for Congress to fund many of the foreign operations begun or supportedby George W. Bush, according to a recently released…
War On Terrorism Costly
By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 11th, 2010The so-called “war on terrorism” is the most costly military engagement in American history, with over onetrillion dollars appropriated for operations in Iraq, Afghanistan…
Us China Military Contacts
By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 4th, 2010″Skeptics and proponents of military exchanges with [China]…have debated whether the contacts havesignificant value for achieving U.S. objectives, and whether the contacts have contributed…
Obama Widens Special Ops Use
By Cliff Montgomery – Jun 6th, 2010The Obama Administration has greatly increased the worldwide activities of U.S. Special Operations militaryforces, The Washington Post stated this Friday.Obama is pitting the Special…
Possible Thailand Civil War
By Cliff Montgomery – May 16th, 2010Thai protesters are continuing their fervent protests in Bangkok, as troops loyal to Prime Minister AbhisitVejjajiva move in to quash the center of a…
Afghanistan Public Opinion
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 24th, 2010Wikileaks recently made available an interesting CIA analysis written in March of this year. It reveals just how governments work to shape issues in…
Us Arms Exports
By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 31st, 2010The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) is a government watchdog group which “warn[s] the public and policy leaders of potential dangers from scientific and…
Us Taliban
By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 29th, 2009A number of Taliban members should be recruited for U.S. ends, say some within the Obama Administration.Their central idea is that such deals with…
Arms Transfer Agreements
By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 26th, 2009The United States was responsible for over 70% of the industrial world’s arms transfer agreements withdeveloping nations in 2008 , reveals a Congressional Research…
Pentagon Contractors Afghanistan
By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 1st, 2009 U.S. Defense Department contractors in Afghanistan now outnumber the uniformed American military personnel in that country, declares a recent study from the Congressional…
House Members Bailout Firms
By Cliff Montgomery – June 26th, 2009Top U.S. representatives had large holdings in the very financial institutions which received billions in taxpayerbailouts last year, declares recently released financial disclosure reports.From…
Health Care Is A Human Right
By Cliff Montgomery – June 22nd, 2009A U.N. legal interpretation released in 2000 states that health care is a basic human right recognized by international law, declaring that “the right…
Us Government Dual Use Technology
By Cliff Montgomery – June 7th, 2009″Terrorists and foreign governments regularly [find ways] to obtain sensitive dual-use and military technologyfrom manufacturers and distributors within the United States,” according to a…
Afghanistan
By Cliff Montgomery – May 20th, 2009A May Government Accountability Office report on Afghanistan reveals that the U.S. emergency responseprogram intended to rebuild the war-torn nation is in trouble, and…
Private Soldiers In Iraq
By Cliff Montgomery – May 14th, 2009A Congressional Research Service report from 2008 discussed a matter which has barely received noticefrom America’s corporate press: The United States’ unprecedented use of…