Search: Barack Obama,United States (9 materials)

Crowdfunding with the enemy

... was living through a new Cold War. In a recent telephone conversation with Russian president Vladimir Putin, US president Barack Obama positioned himself as the moral conscience of the West, asking Russia to stop bombing moderate Syrian rebels who ... ... operational because it is just talk, social conversation. Iran will never agree to align with its enemy Saudi Arabia and its ally, the United States. After the hype Brent Crude on February 16th fell 4% in value. You can click this link to find a graphic example ...

16.02.2016

The smog of war

President Barack Obama, seeking to shape his legacy, said that COP 21 makes the United States, which did not ratify the earlier Kyoto Protocol, “the world leader in fighting climate change.” But Obama will not be around to lead the COP 21 fight, which is not scheduled to start until 2020. By that time another U.S. president ...

23.01.2016

Brazil's impending governability crisis

... Dilma's new communications minister can't hide the fact that Brazil's economy is in big trouble. Jason Furman, chairman of president Obama's Council of Economic Advisers said recently that Brazil shouldn't count on the United States. Folha and other Brazilian media are starting to frame the story as a “governability crisis.” After thirteen years of Workers' Party government servicing the debt to finance the social programs enacted by Dilma and ...

05.07.2015

Brinkmanship for useful idiots

... “leader of the evil empire.” Social media losing credibility as diplomatic tool According to the Guardian, U.S. president Barack Obama “lambasted” Putin. But it was make-believe. This was not a televised debate or an “on the sidelines” ... ... and publicized by CBS News comes into play. CBS has been, historically, an important propaganda asset of the government of the United States dating back to World War II.. The study reveals that the United States since 2008 has been at work creating the ...

10.06.2015

Washington’s Ebola plan creates global sticker shock

A strain of the Ebola virus has killed 5,000 people in a handful of West African nations with Mali the latest addition to the list. Meanwhile, an Ebola strain has spread to the United States, Western Europe and possibly elsewhere. Turning the fear factor into a pandemic greater than Ebola itself, the Washington Post on October 25th, published an article suggesting that Russia and the Soviet Union have manufactured “Ebola” ...

27.10.2014

BRICS and Washington's social pivot to India

... Bharitiya Janata Party (BJP), served as chief minister of Gujarat state until May of this year (13 years). The Obama administration recently removed Modi’s name from the state department “blacklist” that prohibited his entry into the United States over the incident involving the alleged massacre of Muslims, and Sikhs that transpired during his watch. It was a move of convenience similar to Obama’s effort to hold up the conviction of his friend and ally Kenyan president Uhuru ...

02.10.2014

The ISIS Crisis and the faiblesse of global governance

... Internet) is hosting servers for ISIS? http://freebeacon.com/national-security/russian-website-hosts-terror-propaganda/ Having already spent upwards of $3 trillion to “democratize” the Middle East, Washington is spending again, and president Barack Obama has just made a rather lackluster speech to build popular support for an unpopular war that is trending toward becoming popular, which means congressional support for more defense spending. Nobody can even agree on the name of the group the United States coalition is fighting. Obama calls it “ISIL”. The New York Times and USA Today call it “ISIS.” Others just call it “IS.” Is’s all part of what an essay by Brookings, who work in Qatar among the ...

11.09.2014

Obama's "Scare Force" Targets BRICS

... Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry showed the willingness of presidents Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama to dialogue too. But complications involving anti-Assad Islamists supported by U.S. interests, taking part in the ... ... inflamed fears of a full blown front size ground and air war. For now the sanctions regimes being imposed by major powers-- the United States and its NATO allies, and Russia-- has put food exporters in the crossfire of what is destined to become a long and ...

11.08.2014

Containment's Last Hurrah

... France and Brazil. Where will Snowden go? How will the media react if, somehow, the Pulitzer winner is apprehended by the United States or contractors? After all, the Pulitzer is the largest jewel in the crown of the American free press. As the situation ... ... Moscow both seek to maintain their “superpower” status in a multipolar 21st century. In Kiev recently, U.S. president Barack Obama told the people of Ukraine that all men (and women) are created equal. He did not say, however, that in today’s ...

27.04.2014

Poll conducted

  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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