The week that has just ended was exceptionally rich in events. But no media were able to report it, because they had all deliberately masked certain of their number in order to protect the story that was being woven by their government. London had attempted to provoke a major conflict, but lost to Russia, President Trump and Syria. By Thierry Meyssan. (Mar. 20, 2018)

Six Questions for A.G. Sulzberger. By Andrew J. Bacevich.

A U.S. soldier watches as a statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein falls in central Baghdad, April 9, 2003.

Bolton has long had President Trump’s ear. He might soon have a top job in his White House. By Zack Beauchamp.

In the remains of the destroyed Tomb of Younis, courtesy of ISIS, researchers have actually discovered the remains of inscriptions, carvings and other materials from the reign of the Neo-Assyrian King Esarhaddon, father of Ashurbanipal and one of the last kings of the kingdom.

The Russian military has threatened action against the U.S. if it strikes Syria's capital city of Damascus, according to multiple news reports. The threat, by Chief of Russia's General Staff Valery Gerasimov, was widely reported by Russia media sites such as state news agency RIA and Tass. It said Gerasimov said Russia had "reliable information" about militants preparing to falsify a government chemical attack against civilians.

With nuclear tensions at a high between Russia and the West, Vladimir Putin has said that he is willing to destroy the world – but only if Russia is threatened. In a two-hour video documentary released in his native Russia, Putin said that he would give the order to launch if Russia was threatened with nuclear missiles. He told the host of World Order 2018, ‘This is called reciprocal strike. If there is this decision to destroy Russia then we have a legal right to respond.’

A primer for our politically charged time: What guns are, how they work, and how to use them safely.

Vladimir Putin's state of the nation address outlines a dangerous nuclear reality and should not be dismissed as political posturing. By Scott Ritter.

A popular thesis since the 1930s is that a natural progression exists from currency wars to trade wars to shooting wars.

Before, troops were convinced they could win the war. After, all they wanted was to go home alive. By Donald Kirk.

West Virginia has been the site of mass labor militancy many times before. Here are some of the highlights. By Branko Marcetic.

Hundreds of Russian soldiers are alleged to have died in U.S. airstrikes at the beginning of February. Reporting by Der Spiegel shows that events were likely very different. By Christoph Reuter.

The Dangerous Diffusion of Basic Infantry Tactics. By Leo Blanken, Kai Thaxton, Michael Alexander.

A senior defense official said Monday that Russia appears to be actively considering the limited use of nuclear weapons, and the Trump administration's nuclear doctrine of "deterrence" will answer the threat.

It has been one of the bloodiest weeks of aerial bombardment in the Syrian war. In the eastern suburbs of Damascus, a region called Eastern Ghouta, nearly 500 people have been killed in a deadly escalation that began Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told The Associated Press. More than 120 of the dead are children, the group says.

The US Africa Command is soon expected to release a series of reports on the October 4, 2017, skirmish in Niger that claimed the lives five Nigeriens and four US soldiers. In the meantime… By Jacob Mundy.

A plethora of events have hit this corner of Syria in the last week in addition to the grinding Turkish-FSA offensive in Afrin...

We never listened.

It's the site of the nation’s single largest armed uprising since the Civil War and its most violent labor insurrection. And coal companies are trying to erase that history. By Ron Soodalter. (Jan. 31, 2018)