Dylann Roof, The Last Rhodesian – Or Ulsterman
In the wake of the racially-motivated massacre at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, by DylannContinue Reading
Tag: United States of America
Don’t Hate The Gays, Hate The Mothers Who Made Them Gay
The recent decision by a majority of voters in Ireland to support the inclusion of marriage-equality in our constitution continues to echo around the world,Continue Reading
Substituting Numbers For Results In Iraq And Syria
From a report last week by Reuters, republished throughout the “Western” news media: “More than 10,000 Islamic State militants haveContinue Reading
The Conspiracy To Impose Homo-Fascism On Ireland
Well away from public scrutiny, is this the nonsense the base of the “No” campaign is comforting itself with inContinue Reading
The Fallen Of World War II
The “Fallen of World War II” is a data-driven feature examining the human cost of the Second World War, measuring the losses incurred to otherContinue Reading
Palestine’s Right To Defend Itself
The oft-stated right of the Israelis to “defend themselves” against their enemies, both near and far, is a claim encounteredContinue Reading
Rachel Maddow On The Plutocratic Oversight
Very few people in Ireland will have heard of Rachel Maddow, a centre-left American journalist and author who presents aContinue Reading
The New Scramble For Africa Spawns More Human Misery
If you remember your late 19th and early 20th century history you will surely have heard or read about the geo-political phenomenonContinue Reading
9/11 Or The Saudi Arabian Terrorist Attack That Wasn’t
The New York Post newspaper carries more information on the investigations carried out by the FBI in the wake of theContinue Reading
How The United States’ Both Destroyed And Saved The Taliban
In the latter half of 2001 the United States of America, supported by Britain, and later in co-operation with a resurgent United IslamicContinue Reading
The Paramilitary Wing Of The CIA And The Russian Cybermilitary
Here is an interesting peek at the increasing militarisation of the Central Intelligence Agency or CIA, the premier espionage service of theContinue Reading
American Reporting On Ireland Plays Like An Episode Of The Sons Of Anarchy
As feared the short piece on the Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams by 60 Minutes, the primetime current affairs show for the CBSContinue Reading
Gerry Adams, CBS’ 60 Minutes And The Journalism Of Stereotype
I’ve stated before on ASF that the vast majority of “Western” career journalists don’t know their arse from their elbow whenContinue Reading
The United States, Whistling Past The Graveyard Of Empires
To consider the political, diplomatic, military and financial quagmire that Afghanistan has proved to be for the United StatesContinue Reading
Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie
Quick post to highlight two related articles from Tom’s Dispatch that I think are well worth reading. The first, by NanContinue Reading
Barack Obama: ISIL… Grew Out Of Our Invasion
Related to my post on the rise of Iran as a regional superpower in the Middle East as a consequenceContinue Reading
Iran Emerges From The US War On Terror As A Regional Superpower
One of the more interesting if unintended outcomes of the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 has been the elevationContinue Reading
Oil Troubles
If you don’t follow the blog “Tom’s Dispatch” by the American journalist and editor Tom Engelhardt you are missing out on someContinue Reading
Sinn Féin And The United States
It’s party conference time in Ireland and the two governing coalition partners, Fine Gael and Labour, have just ended theirContinue Reading
Bill O’Reilly And America’s Reporting Of The Troubles
Do you remember the days when editors and producers working in the newsrooms of New York, Washington or Los AngelesContinue Reading
The United States’ Perpetual Groundhog Day
The team at Tom’s Dispatch have done another excellent job of highlighting the seemingly perpetual nature of the United States’ military misadventures in theContinue Reading
6000 Islamic State Fighters Killed In US-Led Attacks?
Back in October of 2014 the CIA estimated that the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq had a militaryContinue Reading
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