by Paul Craig Roberts, Paul Craig Roberts:

The extensive menu I prepared for readers today can wait until tomorrow.  The interview with Michael Hudson brilliantly explains the past, present, and future.  Read it three times.  PCR

Washington Has Decided that a Dominant US Presence in the Middle East Is the Key to US Hegemony and Much More Important than Palestinian Lives

“To the United States, Israel is its landed aircraft carrier in the Near East. Israel is the takeoff point for America to control the Near East.” — Michael Hudson