Listen HERE Had I been in the room with Trump, Netanyahu, and that truckload of applauding sycophants bussed in from the Israeli Embassy, and had been forced to sit down in the front row and listen to Trump-and-Bibi’s “Deal of the Century” bullshit, I could easily have suicide-bombed the whole place without needing an explosive vest—since just listening to the live feed made me so angry I almost went up in a 100 megaton fireball while merely sitting at my desk ; – ) But seriously, folks, we have a serious problem with evil in high places. Today’s show features…
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Cynthia McKinney on US War on Iran & More
Listen HERE First 40 minutes: Cynthia McKinney Ph.D., former six-term Congressional representative and Green Party Presidential candidate has just returned to the United States from Bangladesh, where she teaches at North South University. During her trip the news broke about Trump ordering the assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, effectively declaring war on Iran. In this conversation we discuss the Iran situation and related issues, including the power of the Israel lobby in the United States—a topic on which Dr. McKinney has been quite outspoken. Toward the end of the interview, we ask: What would it take to transform the current awareness…
FULL ARTICLEU S envoy to UN asks Security Council to act if N Korea refuses to engage with West
Will Trump re-ignite tensions with North Korea? Not likely in an election season.
FULL ARTICLEIranian scientist back home after one year in US jail
Press TV interview with Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today Editor Masoud Soleimani received a warm welcome in Tehran by his family members and Iranian officials. Soleimani left Iran on a sabbatical last year. But he was detained upon arrival in Chicago and transferred to a prison in Georgia.
FULL ARTICLEUS says has right to “defend” (plunder) Syria oilfields
Donald Trump plays the Ugly American role to perfection Press TV interview featuring Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today Editor “The Pentagon claims that revenues from US-controlled oilfields in northeastern Syria are channeled into (terrorist) forces backed by the US in the country.” -Press TV Smedley Butler, who would have founded Veterans Today if the internet had existed back then, famously said “War Is a Racket.” Normally US presidents don’t admit that. They say they’re defending democracy, human rights, oppressed minorities—anything but oil and gangsters and corporate profits. Donald Trump, with his tasteless, charmingly psychopathic lack of hypocrisy, has changed all that. From…
FULL ARTICLEWill Yemeni David defeat Saudi Goliath?
Video above courtesy of Press TV; below is my interview with the Iranian newspaper Kayhan –Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today Editor 1) Houthis have attacked the vital source of world energy which has resulted in worldwide shock. By this act they shocked the global economy for few days. How did they reach this point of strength after 5 years of conflict with Saudis? The success of the Houthi-led Yemeni resistance illustrates the importance of morale in military affairs. The formerly Saudi-Emirati (now just Saudi) invaders of Yemen boast a combined military budget of almost $100 billion per year. The Republic of…
FULL ARTICLEDebating the Iran Nuclear Deal vs. DC Insider Brent Budowsky
Press TV Debate featuring Veterans Today Editor Kevin Barrett vs. Brent Budowsky of The Hill (WARNING: IT GETS HEATED!) This edition of the program is about the new Irans reduction of JCPOA commitments. The third phase, which deals with modern centrifuges being installed, is reversible like the last two phases provided the Europeans hold up their end of the bargain. Its stated repeatedly that Irans course of action to counter the USs breach and the EUs lack of will is totally within the framework of the deal.
FULL ARTICLEHezbollah shattered Israel’s sense of impunity: Expert
Press TV Debate featuring Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today Editor An American author and Middle East expert tells Press TV’s The Debate that Hezbollah’s recent response to Israel’s aggression signals limitation in the apparent impunity, with which the regime would attack others expecting little to no retaliation. On Sunday, Hezbollah struck an Israeli military vehicle, reporting casualties, including possible death of a general heading Israel’s Northern Command. Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah had earlier said his group would increase its defensive measures in the face of Israeli incursions after Israel killed two Hezbollah members fighting terrorists in Syria and crashed…
FULL ARTICLETrump should go back to Israel, where he comes from: Analyst
Press TV If US congresswomen from other descents need to go back to their countries as US President Donald Trump has suggested, then the American head of state himself should go to Israel where his allegiance lies, says an American scholar. Dr. Kevin Barrett, an academic and political scholar based in Wisconsin, made the remarks in the aftermath of racist tweets by Trump, who has called on several female lawmakers critical of his policies to return to their countries of origin. In a series of tweets on Monday, Trump said the congresswomen — three of them Muslims — were “spewing” “racist…
FULL ARTICLEOman tankers attacked: Yet another false flag?
Press TV interview with Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today Editor and Mohammad Marandi, Professor, University of Tehran Who’s messing with the Persian Gulf oil trade? Pompeo’s blaming Iran. Is Bolton trying to gin up a war before he’s kicked out the door? -KB PressTV-US blames Iran for tanker attacks in Sea of Oman The Trump administration has blamed Iran for attacks on two oil tankers in the Sea of Oman without providing any evidence to back up the accusation. On Thursday morning, Iranian rescuers rushed to the assistance of the two oil tankers in the Sea of Oman, transferring all of their 44 crew…
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