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Brutal, Chaotic War – Norms, Conventions and Laws of Conduct Are Being Erased We stand on the cusp of what might be termed  Chaotic War.  Not the formula used by Israel often in the past to intimidate adversaries; this is different. Israeli reporter Eddie Cohen said, in the wake of the attack on the Iranian Consulate:  “We are very clear that we want to start a war with Iran and Hezbollah. Do you still not understand?” “ Israel wants to drag Iran into a full-scale war in order to be able to strike at Iran’s nuclear facilities ”, though these facilities are beyond American and Israeli reach, buried beneath mountains. Cohen, and of course, Israel’s military leadership, will know that; but Israel nonetheless is locking itself into a logic that can only lead to defeat. Iran’s nuclear facilities are safe from Israeli assault. The destruction of civilian Iranian infrastructure, which is out in the open, may kill many, but will not,  per se,  collapse the Iranian state. Trita Parsi  places  I

  THE U.S. NAVY IS UNPREPARED FOR A PROLONGED WAR WITH YEMEN by  Larry Johnson   Aegis Missile Defense System It looks like the United States, along with 9 allies — Great Britain, Italy, Bahrain, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles and Spain — are on the verge of entangling itself in a new Middle East quagmire as an international armada assembles in the international waters around Yemen. The mission? Stop Yemen from threatening cargo and oil tankers headed to Israel. Tiny Yemen has surprised the West with its tenacity and ferocity in attacking ships trying to ferry containers and fuel to Israel. Yes, this is a violation of international law and the West is fully justified in trying to thwart Yemen. On paper it would appear that Yemen is outnumbered and seriously outgunned. A sure loser? Not so fast. The U.S. Navy, which constitutes the majority of the fleet sailing against Yemen, has some real vulnerabilities that will limit its actions. Before explaining the risks, you

  Nuclear Smoke and Mirrors HANS VOGEL Just a few days ago, marking the 78 th  anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres ordered his Japanese Under-Secretary General Izumi Nakamitsu to read a  statement  in his name. Curiously, no mention is made of of the perpetrator, the US. Nor was the US mentioned in  Japan  during the commemoration of the Hiroshima bombing. Nevertheless the whole world knows that on 6 August 1945, the crew of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Enola Gay” dropped “Little Boy,” the nuclear device that devastated Hiroshima, killing at least 135.000 of its inhabitants. Little Boy fell from his mother’s womb and helped the US win the War in the Pacific (no pun intended). The name of the airplane, Enola Gay, after its commander’s mother, seems chosen with remarkable foresight, since today eight decades after the Second World War, the US is the self-proclaimed champion of gay rights, as well as of those of all other sexual deviancies. A f

  US Biolabs in Georgia - An Investigative Documentary US funds hundreds of similar biolabs in many countries including Ukraine, Middle East and other locations. SASHA LATYPOVA I am often asked about the biolabs in Ukraine. This is a very good investigative documentary about such activity in the country of Georgia. I am certain the same playbook and the same types of activities are/were happening in Ukraine. There are approximately 1000 biolabs in the world, including 300 inside the United States. US funds most of them. The Pentagon especially prefers to outsource most dangerous and prohibited/illegal work to other countries. The countries on the border with Russia are perfect for many reasons. US agents use diplomatic immunity to shuttle all sorts of dangerous cargo without any checks or inspections. Note that this particular biolab, Luger Lab, likely works on both biological and chemical weapons. At some point the local residents mention the smell of decaying grass as one of the nigh