Enfurecido por el plan saudita de comprar el S-400 ruso, el administrador de Trump explota la desaparición de Khashoggi para obligar a los sauditas a "comprar estadounidenses"

La respuesta de la administración Trump y de muchos políticos estadounidenses a la desaparición de Khashoggi se debe en gran medida al complejo militar-industrial, en este caso Lockheed Martin, pero se hace pasar por una respuesta motivada por los "derechos humanos".

Whitney Webb
Por Whitney Webb
Jamal Khashoggi Saudi Arabia

ISTANBUL -- The disappearance and alleged murder of Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi continues to strain relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia. On Saturday, President Donald Trump warned the Saudis of “severe punishment” if the Saudi government was found to have been responsible for the journalist’s

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The US Is Flooding the Planet With High Tech Weapons; What Could Go Wrong?

This year will undoubtedly be a banner year for arms companies.  The only question is: Might it also mark the beginning of a future movement to roll back unconstrained weapons expenditures?

William D. Hartung
Por William D. Hartung
Poll: 62% Of Americans Oppose Giving F-35 Jets To Israel

As Donald Trump might put it, major weapons contractors like Boeing, Raytheon, and Lockheed Martin cashed in “bigly” in his first year in office. They raked in tens of billions of dollars in Pentagon contracts, while posting sharp stock price increases and healthy profits driven by the continuation and expansion of Washington’s post-9/11 wars. But

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US General to Congress: US Would Struggle to Win War Against North Korea

The U.S. since Vietnam has grown famous for underestimating the difficulties and dangers of the wars it wages or sponsors. As in Iraq and Syria, a retired general now warns that a U.S. war on North Korea would not be quick or easy, and in fact would set off — at minimum — an enormous casualty and refugee crisis.

Whitney Webb
Por Whitney Webb
In this April 15, 2017, photo, soldiers goose-step across Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, during a parade to celebrate the 105th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, the country's late founder and grandfather of current ruler Kim Jong Un. The message of the parade is clear: North Korea is, or is near to being, able to launch a pre-emptive strike against a regional target. It is preparing to withstand a retaliatory follow-up attack if it does, and it is building the arsenal it needs to then launch a second wave of strikes, this time at the U.S. mainland. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Earlier this month, the Pentagon offered scant details to a group of concerned lawmakers regarding its assessment of casualties that could result from a military conflict with North Korea. However, last week, the Pentagon’s assessment was repudiated by one of its own, when retired Lt. General Jan-Marc Jouas penned a letter with a different take to

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Trump Wants $6 Billion Boost In Military Spending, Citing North Korea Threat

President Trump is talking up more US deployments in the region and is asking Congress to tack another $5.9 billion in spending to the already record military budget for 2018.

Richard Lardner | AP
Por Richard Lardner | AP
Trump wants to bolster military spending, citing threats from North Korea & Afgan troop deployments, adding to a record 2018 defense budget

The Trump administration is seeking nearly $6 billion in military spending to pay for urgent missile defense improvements to counter the threat from North Korea, increased U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan and fast repairs to Navy ships in the Asia-Pacific theater. The budget request delivered to Capitol Hill on Monday coincided with tough words

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South Korea: US Was Only Supposed To Install One Missile Defense Launcher This Year

Shortly after his election, South Korea’s president announced that he’d learned the US had sent four additional un-approved launchers to the site.

Jason Ditz
Por Jason Ditz
South Korean protesters stage a rally to oppose the plan to deploy the advanced U.S. missile defense system called Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, April 29, 2017 (AP/Ahn Young-joon)

In an interview today, South Korean President Moon Jae-in offered more details on the ongoing dispute over the US THAAD missile defense installed in the south of his country, a controversial deployment that he’s been critical of. Moon today revealed that the original diplomatic deal on THAAD, reached before his election, was to deploy a single

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S. Korea’s President Orders Probe Over Increasingly Unpopular US Missile Launchers

Many of South Korean President’s supporters don’t want the missile system, which Donald Trump suggested Seoul should pay for.

Associated Press
Por Associated Press
South Korean protesters stage a rally to oppose the plan to deploy the advanced U.S. missile defense system called Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, April 29, 2017 (AP/Ahn Young-joon)

Calling it a "very shocking" incident, South Korea's new president on Tuesday demanded an investigation into why his office wasn't told by defense officials about the arrival of several additional launchers for a contentious U.S. missile defense system meant to cope with North Korea's nuclear threat. Before taking office on May 10, Moon Jae-in

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