(2021-11-26). U.S., Russia Top Generals Hold Critical Talks Amid Dangerous Tensions… Can Pentagon Chiefs Call Out Politicization of Intel Inciting War? strategic-culture.org It behooves the Pentagon chief and his aides to scrutinize the alleged U.S. intel and to weigh up the political games of who is playing who. | The two most senior military commanders of the United States and Russia engaged in phone talks this week as dangerous tensions between the nuclear superpowers escalate. | A shaky ceasefire in Ukraine between U.S.-backed Kiev regime forces and Russia-backed separatists is parlously close to outright collapse while NATO warships and warplanes increase aggressive maneuvers in the Black Sea on Russia's southern flank. | For the top-level talks on the American side was Chairman…
(2021-11-25). US is Building an Anti-Iranian Alliance, Backed Up by a Propaganda Campaign. journal-neo.org 
At the end of WWII Washington began to establish its Hub-and-Spoke system of alliances between the USA — the "hub" — and its key strategic allies. The system has remained largely unchanged to this day. This alliance system was originally established in response to the Pentagon's fears that certain Asian countries might leave the US's …
(2021-11-25). CENTCOM Says Military 'Prepared' If Iran Nuclear Deal Talks Fail. news.antiwar.com Gen. Frank McKenzie, the head of US Central Command (CENTCOM), "The diplomats are in the lead on this, but Central Command always has a variety of plans that we could execute, if directed," McKenzie said. | US officials often speak of the potential for failure in negotiations with Iran and like to portray Tehran as the difficult party. But it was the US that withdrew from the JCPOA in…
(2021-11-25). IAEA Chief Grossi Says 'No Progress' Made in Iran Visit. news.antiwar.com Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), "In terms of the substance … we were not able to make progress," Grossi told reporters. He said that while the talks were "constructive," they were "inconclusive." | Grossi's gripe stems from Iran's move to stop voluntarily complying with the Additional Protocol, an aspect of the JCPOA th…
(2021-11-25). Rockets Fired at US Base in Eastern Syria. news.antiwar.com A flurry of rockets were fired at the Locals said that US warplanes were very active in the skies after the rockets, though there was no word of the US forces launching any sorties yet. | Syrian media suggested the rockets were fired by "pro-Iran militias," which in this part of the country almost always means Iraqi Shi'ites. Those groups are h…
(2021-11-25). Prestigious weaponry expert censored after demonstrating that a deadly poison gas attack—blamed on the Syrian government—was really a false-flag operation by U.S.-funded terrorists. mronline.org 
Theodore Postol, a physicist with a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering, he is Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology, and International Security at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a former top policy adviser to the chief of naval operations.