- US cannot afford conflict with China by Elif İlhamoğlu from United World (based in Turkey). (Note: This is based on an article appearing in Foreign Affairs, a publication of the Council on Foreign Relations which I believe is the primary secretive organ of the US Deep State. As such, it is very important, but it does not necessarily represent the Council as a whole. It represents the thinking of at least a section of the Council.)
- Blowback From The Soleimani Assassination Increases As Iraq Reveals How Trump Tried To Steal Its Oil by Bernhard from his weblog Moon of Alabama.
- Soleimani assassination only one of many (and not the most consequential) US acts of war against Iran by Stephen Gowans from his weblog. (Note: I can't agree with Gowans that the recent assassination of the beloved Iranian leader is not the "most consequential", but he does remind of us of the longtime aggressive acts against Iran conducted by the US government and the CIA.)
- Lies, the Bethlehem Doctrine, and the Illegal Murder of Soleimani by Craig Murray from his weblog.
- In Redux of Iraq War Run Up, Media Cheers on Assassination of Soleimani by Alan Macleod from Mint Press News. (Note: I can't agree that corporate media was uniform in its approval of the assassination. What I saw is the core of the ruling class--Council on Foreign Relations and their media, the NY Times, Washington Post, etc, and the Democratic Party--as reporting this event as narrowly tied to Trump thereby adding fuel to their drive of ousting Trump. To be sure, they always falsely painted Suleimani as a prime terrorist who is guilty of many deaths.)
- On The Idiotic Partisan Debate Over Regime Change In Iran Or Syria by Caitlin Johnstone from her weblog.
- BREAKING: U.S Announces Movement out of Iraq – Trump Threatens Sanctions from Fort Russ News.