Articles by Mike Whitney
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The Great Chessboard: China’s Economic Rise and the Collapse of the USA
Mike Whitney | Unz Review – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jul 2023
12 Jul 2023 – The One Chart That Explains Everything
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China’s Turn
Mike Whitney | The Unz Review – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Mar 2023
1 Mar 2023 – The U.S. Hyper-Financialized Economic System Is No Match for China’s Government-Directed Investment Model–Regrettably, China’s Explosive Growth Is Pushing a Desperate Washington Closer to War
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Nord Stream: What Hersh Got Wrong
Mike Whitney | Unz Review – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 – There’s something not-quite-right about Sy Hersh’s report on the destruction of Nord Stream 2. There are a number of inconsistencies in the piece that lead me to believe that Hersh was less interested in presenting ‘the unvarnished truth’ than relaying a version of events that advance a particular agenda.
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The Stage Is Set for US Combat Troops in Ukraine
Mike Whitney | The Unz Review - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2022
11 Nov 2022 – If US forces join the fighting, the calculus for winning could change dramatically, but the strategic objectives would remain the same. No nation can be expected to live at peace when a gun is pointed at its head. That is why Putin opposed NATO membership for Ukraine, and that is why the current war is being fought.
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The War in Ukraine: Made in Washington Not Moscow
Mike Whitney | Global Research - TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2022
No American president would allow a potential adversary to deploy their nuclear missiles to sites along the Mexican-American border. The risks to national security would be far-too great. In fact, Washington would remove those missile sites through force-of-arms without batting an eye. We all know that. So, why isn’t that same standard applied to Russia?
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The COVID-19 Vaccine; Is the Goal Immunity or Depopulation?
Mike Whitney | Unz Review – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Dec 2020
4 Dec 2020 – This is the state of affairs in America today. All real power has been conceded to a globalist oligarchy that operates behind the curtain of corrupt government officials and public health experts. This begs the question of whether the hoopla surrounding the Coronavirus emerged as a spontaneous and appropriate reaction to a lethal and fast-spreading pandemic or whether the hysteria has been greatly exaggerated to implement a transformational political-social agenda.
→ read full articleWhat the Media Isn’t Telling You about North Korea’s Missile Tests
Mike Whitney - CounterPunch,
11 Sep 2017
What the media failed to mention was that, for the last three weeks, Japan, South Korea and the US have been engaged in large-scale joint-military drills on Hokkaido Island and in South Korea. These needlessly provocative war games are designed to simulate an invasion of North Korea and a “decapitation” operation to remove (Re: Kill) the regime.
→ read full articleWorst Joke Ever? U.S. Spy Chief Gives Saudi Prince Highest Award for “Fighting Terrorism”
Mike Whitney - CounterPunch,
20 Feb 2017
On Friday [10 Feb 2017], the Director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo, used his first trip abroad to present Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef with the CIA’s highest award for fighting terrorism, the George Tenet Medal… One thing is certain, you’re not going to win the war on terror by handing out medals to the prime suspects.
→ read full articleThe Broken Chessboard: Zbigniew Brzezinski Gives Up on Empire
Mike Whitney – CounterPunch,
5 Sep 2016
25 Aug 2016 – Brzezinski, who was the main proponent of the US hegemony idea and who drew up the blueprint for imperial expansion in his 1997 book, has done an about-face and called for a revising of the strategy: “As its era of global dominance ends, the United States is no longer the globally imperial power.”
→ read full articleDestroying Syria to Create Sunnistan
Mike Whitney - CounterPunch,
14 Dec 2015
What is the connection between the US bombing of a Syrian military base in Ayyash, Syria, and the Turkish invasion of northern Iraq? Both of these seemingly isolated events are part of a larger plan to Balkanize the Middle East, to strengthen Washington’s grip on dwindling resources, to draw Russia into a costly and protracted war, and to ensure that ME oil remains denominated in US dollars.
→ read full articleThe Brookings Institute Plan to Liquidate Syria
Mike Whitney - CounterPunch,
10 Aug 2015
When is regime change not regime change? When the regime stays in power but loses its ability to rule. This is the current objective of US policy in Syria, to undermine Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s ability to govern the country without physically removing him from office. The idea is simple: Deploy US-backed “jihadi” proxies to capture-and-hold vast sections of the country thereby making it impossible for the central government to control the state.
→ read full articleIronman Varoufakis’s Revolutionary Plan for Europe
Mike Whitney – CounterPunch,
23 Feb 2015
The ongoing dispute between the German and Greek governments is nothing less than a democratic revolution against German hegemony and the attempt of the Germans and their paladins in the EU to dictate Greek domestic policy.” Varoufakis’s plan in a nutshell: Revolution from within. Just don’t tell anyone in Berlin.
→ read full articleThe Oil Coup – US-Saudi Subterfuge Send Stocks and Credit Reeling
Mike Whitney - CounterPunch,
22 Dec 2014
Washington has persuaded the Saudis to flood the market with oil to push down prices, decimate Russia’s economy, and reduce Moscow’s resistance to further NATO encirclement and the spreading of US military bases across Central Asia. The US-Saudi scheme has slashed oil prices by nearly a half since they hit their peak in June.
→ read full articlePutin Gobsmacks Obama and Euro-Leaders with Surprise Gas Deal – Talking Turkey
Mike Whitney - CounterPunch,
8 Dec 2014
Putin has once again outmaneuvered the US on both the energy and geopolitical fronts adding to his long list of policy triumphs. Here’s a brief summary.
→ read full articleDoes the Name “Strauss-Kahn” Ring a Bell? – Trotsky at the IMF
Mike Whitney – CounterPunch,
1 Dec 2014
Let’s face it; Strauss-Kahn was headed in a direction that wasn’t compatible with the interests of the cutthroats who run the IMF. That much is clear. Now whether these same guys concocted the goofy “honey trap” at the Sofitel Hotel, we may never know.
→ read full articleIt’s No Accident: Afghan Opium Production Hits All-Time High
Mike Whitney - CounterPunch,
24 Nov 2014
The proliferation of drugs helps to keep the “little people” in line so the adults can get on with the business of looting.
→ read full articleThe University of Al-Qaeda? America’s “Terrorist Academy” in Iraq Produced ISIS Leaders
Mike Whitney – CounterPunch,
13 Oct 2014
“Since 2003, Anglo-American power has secretly and openly coordinated direct and indirect support for Islamist terrorist groups linked to al-Qaeda across the Middle East and North Africa. This ill-conceived patchwork geostrategy is a legacy of the persistent influence of neoconservative ideology, motivated by longstanding but often contradictory ambitions to dominate regional oil resources, defend an expansionist Israel, and in pursuit of these, re-draw the map of the Middle East.”
→ read full articleWashington’s “Pivot” Hits a Brick Wall: Obama’s “Catastrophic Defeat” in Ukraine
Mike Whitney - CounterPunch,
1 Sep 2014
Barack Obama has pushed Ukraine to the brink of political, economic and social collapse. Now he wants to blame Russia for the damage he’s done. It’s absurd. That’s all Washington’s doing, just as Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and now Syria were Washington’s doing.
→ read full articleSomething Sinister Going On? – The Unanswered Questions of MH17
Mike Whitney - CounterPunch,
4 Aug 2014
Why hasn’t Washington been more forthcoming with the information they have? Why are they basing their judgment on the nonsense they’ve gleaned from social media and Twitter feeds instead of spy-in-the-sky photos and satellite imagery? Why are they dragging their feet and obstructing the investigation?
→ read full articleMission Accomplished, Indeed – Iraq: The Biggest Petroleum Heist in History?
Mike Whitney - CounterPunch,
26 May 2014
These are the ‘best of times’ for the oil giants in Iraq. Production is up, profits are soaring, and big oil is rolling in dough. Face it: No one gives a flying fu** about Iraq. A million people were killed so a few rich fu**ers could get even richer. That’s a hell of a legacy.
→ read full articleCaught Red-Handed: Secret Tape Reveals US-backed Plot to Topple Ukraine’s Democratically-Elected President
Mike Whitney - CounterPunch,
17 Feb 2014
The taped conversation demonstrates in clear detail that while Secretary of State John Kerry decries any foreign meddling in Ukraine’s internal affairs, his State Department is virtually managing the entire process.
→ read full articleShifty Shinzo’s Corporate Welfare Program: Boosting Profits While Wages Sag
Mike Whitney - CounterPunch,
2 Dec 2013
Abenomics is based on the idea that if you give rich people a lot of money, they’ll spend it and the economy will get better. There are a few minor flaws to the theory, however, like the fact that it doesn’t work.
→ read full articleEurope’s “Troubled Assets” Bank Bailout: Germany’s Chancellor Merkel Pushes for a Eurozone “Banktatorship”
Mike Whitney – Global Research,
12 Sep 2011
The Bundestag will have one chance to stop Angela Merkel’s plan to provide hundreds of billions of dollars to underwater EU banks that made bad bets on sovereign bonds. If the German parliament fails to block Merkel on September 23, then–under the “expanded powers” of the European Financial Security Facility (EFSF)– insolvent banks will be bailed out and the costs will be passed on to eurozone taxpayers.
→ read full article“Business is Booming”: Wall Street’s Role in Narco-trafficking
Mike Whitney – Information Clearing House,
6 Jun 2011
Repeat: “Every major bank in the US has served as an active financial partner of the murderous drug cartels…” The War on Drugs is a fraud. This isn’t about interdiction; it’s about control. Washington provides the muscle so the banks can rake in the big doe. One hand washes the other, just like the Mafia.
→ read full articleNGOs in Haiti: “The Handmaidens of Imperial Domination”
Mike Whitney – Information Clearing House,
31 Jan 2011
An Interview with Ashley Smith
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Mike Whitney – Information Clearing House,
24 Jan 2011
His enemies call him a tyrant and a dictator, but he is neither. Hugo Chavez is a tireless champion of the poor and a committed Christian socialist. The only difference between Chavez’s type of Christianity and Barack Obama’s, is that Chavez walks the walk.
→ read full articleMemo to Ireland: “Tell the EU and the IMF to ‘Shove It'”
Mike Whitney – Information Clearing House,
29 Nov 2010
The Irish people are left with no choice but to resist. Presently the Cowen government is collapsing. Bravo…. Economist Dean Baker sums it up like this in an article in The Guardian: “Even a relatively small country like Ireland has options. Specifically, they could drop out of the euro and default on their debt….Like Ireland, Argentina had also been a poster child of the neoliberal crew before it ran into difficulties…. The Irish people didn’t struggle through centuries of famine and foreign occupation so they could be debt-peons in the EU’s corporate Uberstate.
→ read full articleChina Has Tied Bernanke’s Hands
Mike Whitney - ICH,
22 Nov 2010
The Least We Can Do Is Be Grateful. Bernanke went on and on about how mean China is and how they manipulate their currency to gain competitive advantage. It was surreal; like listening to a serial arsonist complain about his wife smoking in bed…. If the last 10 years have taught us anything, it’s that the unipolar world–where one country dominates politically, economically and militarily–is not good for anyone. It’s time for a change. “Let a thousand flowers bloom,” as Mao would say.
→ read full articleThe Jews of Iran are Far Better off than Palestinians of Gaza
Mike Whitney - Pravda,
13 Sep 2010
There are 25,000 Jews in Iran, which is the largest Jewish population in the Middle East outside Israel. Iranian Jews are not persecuted or abused, in fact, they are protected under the Iranian constitution. They are free to practice their religion and to vote in elections. They are not stopped and searched at checkpoints, are not brutalized by an army of occupation and are not confined in a densely populated penal colony (Gaza) where they are deprived of the basic means of subsistence. Iranian Jews live in dignity and enjoy the benefits of citizenship.
→ read full articlePEDOPHILIA IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: COVERUP OPERATION AT THE VATICAN?
Mike Whitney – Global Research,
2 Apr 2010
Pope Ratzinger’s Swan Song Pope Benedict should do everyone a favor and resign. By hanging on, he’s just making matters worse. Who does he think he’s fooling anyway? Everyone knows that he was involved in the sex-scandal cover up. Does he really think that a few papal apologies will make a difference? He was in […]
→ read full articleEXPOSED: BERNANKE’S “SKIMMING OPERATION”
Mike Whitney – Information Clearing House,
3 Feb 2010
The banks didn’t care if the loans were repaid because they got their money "up front" on volume originations. That’s why they were so eager to issue mortgages to people with no income, no collateral, no job, and a bad credit history. It was all a gigantic skimming operation, where banks and brokers got their […]
→ read full article(100-DAY MARK) PINTER TO OBAMA: “SMASH THE MIRROR”
Mike Whitney,
30 Apr 2009
“Come and see the blood in the streets.Come and seethe blood in the streets.Come and see the bloodin the streets”! — Poem by Pablo Neruda About a month before Barack Obama announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States, former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski appeared on PBS’s Charlie Rose Show and was […]
→ read full articleSOMALIA: ANOTHER CIA-BACKED COUP BLOWS UP
Mike Whitney,
4 Dec 2008
"The Ethiopian invasion, which was sanctioned by the US government, has destroyed virtually all the life-sustaining economic systems which the population has built for the last fifteen years." Abdi Samatar, professor of Global Studies at the University of Minnesota, Democracy Now Up until a month ago, no one in the Bush administration showed the least […]
→ read full articleTHE NEW AMERICAN CENTURY: CUT SHORT BY 92 YEARS
Mike Whitney,
6 Oct 2008
America’s time as a superpower is coming to an end. The financial crisis was just the last straw. Whatever good faith was left after the invasion of Iraq, the shrugging off of international treaties and the shameless disregard for human rights, is now gone. The United States has polluted the global economic system with worthless […]
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