VAST INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF THREE COUNTRIES BOMB EMPTY SYRIAN ROOMS

by Trad News

A vast international coalition of nations, spanning the world from Washington to London, over the English Channel to Paris, and then back to Washington again, has taken action to show its opposition to unverified videos of children having water poured on them and crying.

HEAVEN FORBID PEACE SHOULD BREAK OUT BETWEEN THE U.S. AND NORTH KOREA!

by Antonius Aquinas

As long as the US Empire can be funded and maintained on the backs of its taxpaying public, the chance of a de-escalation of tensions not only on the Korean peninsula, but throughout the world are practically nil. And, as long as the nation’s current interventionist ideology holds sway, it will only be through a financial meltdown that the US’s role as global policeman will come to a much-needed end. The most recent example of the world’s biggest bully escalating matters is its on-again, off-again badgering of North Korea.

THE LIMITS OF COMPASSION AND THE MORALITY OF NATIONALISM

by Bay Area Guy

In my last post, I used an image from a humorous meme called "Islamic Rage Boy," which uses well-timed photos to regale us with hilarious facial expressions. As funny as the pictures are, the man behind the meme, Kashmiri activist Shakeel Ahmad Bhat, has lived a rather harrowing life. It's no wonder he's so angry. If I were illiterate, crippled on account of being tortured, and had watched my sister get thrown out of a window, I too would be enraged; and to top it all off, the poor man is now an object of international ridicule.

The reason why I bring up someone like Islamic Rage Boy is because he made me ponder immigration, nationalism, and the supposed obligation that Western countries have to allow destitute people like Bhat to emigrate and seek a better life. Obviously, the nationalistic alt right would prefer that the likes of Bhat stay put in their home countries. But in my opinion, for nationalism to function as a truly powerful force, it requires more than a defensive fear about immigration and shifting demographics – as rational as such fear may be.

TRUMP AND IRAN

Trump: a mere pawn in a more intricate chess match?

At the insightful site www.anolen.com, an intriguing explanation is given for the success of the "Donald Trump for president" phenomenon thus far, with regard to the mogul-turned-politician's tough talk on illegal immigration, and the subsequent runaway popularity he has been able to obtain.