By professing support for Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act after opposing it for years, Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence has just told America it’s the same old imperium after all. Read here...

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AS`AD AbuKHALIL: A History
of Foreign Intrigue in Lebanon

The U.S. took advantage of a changing regional and domestic environment to make a favorable arrangement for itself this time. But the notion that it can drag Lebanon into the pro-Israeli orbit of the Gulf will prove illusory. Read here...

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Craig Murray: US Pet Now President of Lebanon

That General Joseph Aoun is the U.S. and Israel’s man is not in doubt. This is no doubt another defeat for Hezbollah following its disastrous ceasefire agreement, which led to the same-day start of the assault on their ally Assad. Read here...

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