Israel Pushes Trump to Wider Wars Robert Parry reports that “Russia-gate is empowering Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to strong-arm President Trump into escalating the Syrian war by abandoning a recent cease-fire and challenging Iran and Russia.” http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/47472.htm Netanyahu intends to use the US to overthrow Syria and Iran in order to end those governments’ military and financial support for Hezbollah,…

Behold, A Pale Horse: Its Rider Is Named Neocon And Hell Follows Him Glenn Greenwald finds the implications of the reunion of the Democratic Party with the neoconservatives to be “profound and long-term.” Essentially, it means more expensive wars for Americans who lack health care and pensions, leading to direct military confrontation between the US and Russia and China, which…