renegadetribune--2020-01-07--After 18 Years of US Occupation, Poll Finds Zero Percent of Afghans Thriving, 85 Percent “Suffering”

American polling firm Gallup has found that Afghans are the saddest people on earth , finding that nearly nine in ten respondents are “ suffering , ” in their own words , with zero percent claiming that they are currently “ thriving.
” When asked to rate their life out of a score of ten , Afghans gave an average answer of 2.7 , a record low for any country studied .
Worse still , when asked to predict the quality of their life in five years , the average answer was even lower : 2.3 .
As the study @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Afghans ’ near-universal lack of optimism.
” In more than a decade of data collection around the world on the topic , this is the first time that any population predicted that their future lives would be worse than their current ones .
This , to Gallup , was “ all the more notable ” due to Afghanistan ’ s very young population ; two-thirds of those interviewed were aged 35 or under .
Less than half of the country said they experienced enjoyment or were treated with respect in the previous day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for much of the day , up 10 percentage points from 2016 .
Remarkably , the study does not mention the 18-year U.S.-led invasion and occupation of the country as a potential explanatory factor for their suffering .
In fact , it explicitly warns against an American withdrawal , arguing that it would “ strengthen the Taliban ’ s grip ” over the country , thus , tacitly endorsing the U.S. government and presenting the military as a force for good in the region .
The United States attacked Afghanistan in October 2001 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 11 attacks on New York City and Washington D.C .
It justified the decision on the inaccurate claim that the Taliban were not willing to negotiate handing over top suspect Osama Bin Laden .
Since 2001 , the occupation and fighting have not stopped , destroying the country in the process and leading to the U.S. spending an estimated $ 2 trillion on the war .
The U.S. military and its allies are the number one killers in the country .
Despite this , the Taliban is now in a stronger position than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decades , controlling more territory than it did in 2001 .
The human cost of the conflict is clear but quantifiable statistics are sparse .
The World Bank estimates that the number of Afghans living in poverty rose from 9.1 million in 2007 to 19.3 million in 2016 .
The average income is less than 2,000 U.S .
Dollars per year , one of the lowest of any country in the world .
This is not the first time that Gallup has downplayed its explosive findings that imply a strongly anti-imperialist message .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ opinion on which country they believed was the greatest threat to world peace .
The overwhelming number one choice was the United States , with a quarter of those polled selecting the U.S. out of nearly 200 countries .
Even in closely allied states like Germany , fear of America was highest .
Pakistan was a distant second , buoyed by a large Indian vote in the survey .
Gallup decided not to ask the question again .
A December poll from the Pew Research Center also showed a majority of Mexicans consider @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country .
In December , the Afghanistan Papers were leaked to the Washington Post .
In what political commentator Kyle Kulinski described as the worst media failure of 2019 , the documents revealed that high-level military officers believed that the war was unwinnable , but that knowledge was kept from the public by the government who deliberately misled the public since the invasion .
Kulinski decried the near “ total lack of coverage ” of the news .
“ We were lied to all throughout the war , every step of the way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we ’ ve been at war…no good has come from it.
” On the Afghanistan Papers , MintPress News contributor Medea Benjamin said : She argued that there is a single premise that Washington “ refuses to learn ” : that the underlying fault is not in how the U.S. tries to change societies through regime change , but in the “ fundamental illegitimacy of regime change itself.
” While the Trump administration has made a few noises about a withdrawal from Afghanistan , successive regimes before it have made similar proclamations .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ extra troops to Iraq , it doesn ’ t appear that the Middle East will have anything to smile about any time soon .
Feature photo | A man repairs the roof of a house on the hills surrounding Kabul , Afghanistan , Nov. 25 , 2019 .
Altaf Qadri | AP Alan MacLeod is a MintPress Staff Writer as well as an academic and writer for Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting .
His book , Bad News From Venezuela : Twenty Years of Fake News and Misreporting was published in April .

By Alan Macleod
American polling firm Gallup has found that Afghans are the saddest people on earth, finding that nearly nine in ten respondents are “suffering,” in their own words, with zero percent claiming that they are currently “thriving.” When asked to rate their life out of a score of ten, Afghans gave an average answer of 2.7, a record low for any country studied. Worse still, when asked to predict the quality of their life in five years, the average answer was even lower: 2.3.
As the study mentioned, “the unprecedented finding highlights Afghans’ near-universal lack of optimism.” In more than a decade of data collection around the world on the topic, this is the first time that any population predicted that their future lives would be worse than their current ones. This, to Gallup, was “all the more notable” due to Afghanistan’s very young population; two-thirds of those interviewed were aged 35 or under. Less than half of the country said they experienced enjoyment or were treated with respect in the previous day, while 52 percent admitted to worrying for much of the day, up 10 percentage points from 2016.
Remarkably, the study does not mention the 18-year U.S.-led invasion and occupation of the country as a potential explanatory factor for their suffering. In fact, it explicitly warns against an American withdrawal, arguing that it would “strengthen the Taliban’s grip” over the country, thus, tacitly endorsing the U.S. government and presenting the military as a force for good in the region.
The United States attacked Afghanistan in October 2001, invading just weeks after the September 11 attacks on New York City and Washington D.C. It justified the decision on the inaccurate claim that the Taliban were not willing to negotiate handing over top suspect Osama Bin Laden. Since 2001, the occupation and fighting have not stopped, destroying the country in the process and leading to the U.S. spending an estimated $2 trillion on the war. The U.S. military and its allies are the number one killers in the country. Despite this, the Taliban is now in a stronger position than at any time in the last two decades, controlling more territory than it did in 2001.
The human cost of the conflict is clear but quantifiable statistics are sparse. The World Bank estimates that the number of Afghans living in poverty rose from 9.1 million in 2007 to 19.3 million in 2016. The average income is less than 2,000 U.S. Dollars per year, one of the lowest of any country in the world.
This is not the first time that Gallup has downplayed its explosive findings that imply a strongly anti-imperialist message. In 2014, it surveyed world public opinion on which country they believed was the greatest threat to world peace. The overwhelming number one choice was the United States, with a quarter of those polled selecting the U.S. out of nearly 200 countries. Even in closely allied states like Germany, fear of America was highest. Pakistan was a distant second, buoyed by a large Indian vote in the survey. Gallup decided not to ask the question again. A December poll from the Pew Research Center also showed a majority of Mexicans consider the U.S. the greatest threat to their country.
In December, the Afghanistan Papers were leaked to the Washington Post. In what political commentator Kyle Kulinski described as the worst media failure of 2019, the documents revealed that high-level military officers believed that the war was unwinnable, but that knowledge was kept from the public by the government who deliberately misled the public since the invasion. Kulinski decried the near “total lack of coverage” of the news. “We were lied to all throughout the war, every step of the way” he said; “18 years we’ve been at war…no good has come from it.”
On the Afghanistan Papers, MintPress News contributor Medea Benjamin said:
The debacle in Afghanistan is only one case in a fundamentally flawed U.S. policy with worldwide consequences. New quasi-governments installed by U.S. “regime change” in country after country have proven more corrupt, less legitimate and less able to control their nation’s territory than the ones the U.S. has destroyed.
She argued that there is a single premise that Washington “refuses to learn”: that the underlying fault is not in how the U.S. tries to change societies through regime change, but in the “fundamental illegitimacy of regime change itself.” While the Trump administration has made a few noises about a withdrawal from Afghanistan, successive regimes before it have made similar proclamations. And with the recent deployment of 4,000 extra troops to Iraq, it doesn’t appear that the Middle East will have anything to smile about any time soon.
Feature photo | A man repairs the roof of a house on the hills surrounding Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 25, 2019. Altaf Qadri | AP
Alan MacLeod is a MintPress Staff Writer as well as an academic and writer for Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. His book, Bad News From Venezuela: Twenty Years of Fake News and Misreporting was published in April.
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renegadetribune--2020-01-07--Australian Fires Biggest In The World And 5 Times Larger Than Amazon Fires

The graphic above , created by Statista , with information provided by the BBC , the New York Times , as well as local fire and rescue organizations , gives a visual illustration of just how big the fires in Australia are .
The graphic also notes that 6.7 million acres of land were burned in Siberia The wildfires that are current ripping across Australia have gotten only passing mentions in the global media , but they are actually far more serious than many similar acts of nature that have happened in recent years .
Very few people around the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these fires , even when compared to the recent , and ongoing fire crisis in the Amazon .
To put the current situation into perspective , about 12 million acres have burned so far in the Australian fires .
Meanwhile , just over 2 million acres of land have been burned so far during this year ’ s fires in the Amazon .
2 million acres is certainly still significant , but it is one part of a wider problem that is impacting ecosystems all over the world .
The fires have become @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disrupted weather patterns across the continent , and has even caused the glaciers of neighboring New Zealand to turn brown .
As Truth Theory reported in early January , nearly a half-billion animals are estimated to have been killed in the fires since they began in September .
Heavy rains last week gave emergency crews a bit of help in some areas , but over 100 fires are still burning across the country .
So far , up to 17 people have died in the fires and an incalculable amount of property damage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last month , the fires in New South Wales could be responsible for wiping out all of the koalas in the region , who were already experiencing dangerously low population levels .
According to a report published last year by WWF Australia and the Nature Conservation Council ( NCC ) , koalas were already on their way to becoming extinct in New South Wales due to deforestation , and this was before the fires even began .

The graphic above, created by Statista, with information provided by the BBC, the New York Times, as well as local fire and rescue organizations, gives a visual illustration of just how big the fires in Australia are. The graphic also notes that 6.7 million acres of land were burned in Siberia
The wildfires that are current ripping across Australia have gotten only passing mentions in the global media, but they are actually far more serious than many similar acts of nature that have happened in recent years. Very few people around the world are aware of the magnitude of these fires, even when compared to the recent, and ongoing fire crisis in the Amazon.
To put the current situation into perspective, about 12 million acres have burned so far in the Australian fires. Meanwhile, just over 2 million acres of land have been burned so far during this year’s fires in the Amazon. 2 million acres is certainly still significant, but it is one part of a wider problem that is impacting ecosystems all over the world.
The fires have become so large that the resulting smoke has disrupted weather patterns across the continent, and has even caused the glaciers of neighboring New Zealand to turn brown.
How one country's tragedy has spillover effects: Australian bushfires have created haze in New Zealand with particular impact on the south of the South Island yesterday & now spreading more widely. Impact of ash on glaciers is likely to accelerate melting: https://t.co/U3JRYkqL0F https://t.co/50ExGMdXR6 — Helen Clark (@HelenClarkNZ) January 1, 2020
As Truth Theory reported in early January, nearly a half-billion animals are estimated to have been killed in the fires since they began in September.
Heavy rains last week gave emergency crews a bit of help in some areas, but over 100 fires are still burning across the country. So far, up to 17 people have died in the fires and an incalculable amount of property damage has occurred.
As Truth Theory reported last month, the fires in New South Wales could be responsible for wiping out all of the koalas in the region, who were already experiencing dangerously low population levels.
According to a report published last year by WWF Australia and the Nature Conservation Council (NCC), koalas were already on their way to becoming extinct in New South Wales due to deforestation, and this was before the fires even began.
This article originally appeared on Truth Theory.
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renegadetribune--2020-01-08--Killing Inside Iraq to Punish Iran

Killing Inside Iraq to Punish Iran

President Bill Clinton once launched a mini-cruise-missile-war on targets in Sudan and Afghanistan to serve as a distraction from the Monica Lewinski scandal .
It must be considered that Donald Trump might be doing something similar within the context of his currently ongoing impeachment crisis , but the back story to the two developments is somewhat different .
Clinton may have been a serial philanderer but he appears to have had no particular animus against either the Sudanese or the Afghans .
Donald Trump , however , has expressed unrelenting hostility against Iran since the time when he took office @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ( JCPOA ) , which placed limits on Iranian nuclear programs so as to prevent the development of a nuclear weapon , and since that time sanctions have been added to cripple the Iranian economy .
The JCPOA was good for the United States , supportive of non-proliferation efforts , but Trump , guided by neoconservative advisers , most of whom were Jewish and having close ties to Israel , chose to ignore actual American interests .
In a sense , Iran has from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s no-new-war pledge , a position that might reasonably be directly attributed to his pandering to the expressed needs of Israel ’ s belligerent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu .
Indeed , there is already some speculation that Israel might have done everything but pull the trigger in last Thursday ’ s assassination of Iranian Quds Force commander General Qassem Soleimani and the head of Kata ’ ib Hezbollah Abu Mehdi Muhandis by virtue of a U.S. Reaper drone strike near the Baghdad International Airport .
The two men had just arrived in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attend the funerals of the Iraqi soldiers killed by the U.S. earlier in the week .
Soleimani had also scheduled a meeting with the Iraqi prime minister .
Israel has long been targeting Soleimani and has demonized his relationships with Hezbollah and the Syrian government .
It has also called him the architect of the often cited “ bridge ” of Shi ’ ite dominated states that would run from Iran , through Iraq and Syria , to Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea .
The “ bridge ” has always been an Israeli @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lebanon have never expressed any willingness to become Persian satrapies .
And ironically , the Israeli agitprop that might have led to the assassinations is actually counter-productive as Iraqis were recently demonstrating against Iranian influence .
Now , given the killing of their countrymen and the insult to their sovereignty , they will instead be targeting the United States for its malign influence and Iran gets a free pass .
And the death of Soleimani will also strengthen the Iranian government at home by its exposure of a completely malevolent outside enemy , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the protests that have been sweeping the country in the past weeks .
An Israeli hand in recent developments is not unthinkable and there have already been reports that Soleimani ’ s coordinates were provided to the drone operator by Netanyahu , who was informed of the attack plan in advance .
The Israeli air force has already been bombing targets in Iraq that it conveniently describes as “ Iranian.
” After the assassination , Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke with Netanyahu , which he shared on twitter “ and I just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Iran ’ s malign influence and threats to the region , ” also stating how he was “ always grateful for Israel ’ s steadfast support in defeating terrorism.
” Promoting terrorism would have been more accurate , but Pompeo dares not going there .
In the past , Israel ’ s Mossad has frequently “ shared ” intelligence with the United States relating to possible nefarious activity by Iran .
Often that information has been fabricated in an attempt to get Washington to act as Israel ’ s proxy .
One notable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that surfaced in 2004 that was claimed to be evidence of an Iranian nuclear weapon program .
Can it be far off to suggest that Israel might have been the source of the alleged intelligence suggesting that Soleimani was involved in planning to kill more Americans ?
It is certainly plausible to think so , particularly as it appears the Soleimani might have been in Baghdad to discuss a Saudi proposal to lessen tensions in the region .
Ironically , Donald Trump knew about the proposal and had reportedly encouraged the possibility of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ however , is not interested in lessening tensions and would rather see the United States go to war with and destroy Iran .
Trump ’ s successful presidential campaign included a pledge to disengage from useless Asian wars , a promise that might well have been his margin of victory .
Since that time , he has at least occasionally drawn back from escalating conflicts in places like Syria and Afghanistan , but his supporters have always been quick to point out that he has not actually started anything new .
Though he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a number of countries , that assertion was at least somewhat true until last Thursday .
Having executed a deliberate , planned assassination of a foreign leader , the United States has committed an act of war and is now de facto at war with Iran in a conflict that could easily have been avoided and which will not end well for any of the participants .
If the White House truly believed that Iran was systematically trying to kill Americans , President Trump should have gone to Congress and asked for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opted to assassinate a top foreign government official from a country with which the U.S. is not at war in a third country that America is also was not at war with and which was not aware of the impending killing .
There is nothing to be proud of there .
Though there will be no actual declaration of war coming from either side , the escalation that will develop from the assassinations will shift the long simmering conflict between the two nations into high gear .
It is being reported that there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ medical convoy north of Baghdad while nearly five thousand more U.S. troops are on their way to the Middle East .
Iran can not let the killing of a senior officer go unanswered , even though it knows that it can not directly confront the United States militarily .
But there will be reprisals and Tehran ’ s suspected use of proxies to stage limited strikes will now be replaced by more damaging actions that will be attributable to the Iranian government , though with considerable deniability built in .
As Iran has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Arabia are vulnerable , one can expect that the entire Persian Gulf region will be destabilized .
And there is also the terrorism card , which will come into play .
Iran has an extensive diaspora throughout much of the Middle East and , as it has been threatened by Washington for many years , it has had a long time to prepare for a war to be fought largely in the shadows .
No American diplomat , soldier or even a tourist in the region should consider him or herself to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be an “ open season ” on Americans .
The U.S. has already ordered a partial evacuation of the Baghdad Embassy and has advised all American citizens to leave the country immediately .
Other travel warnings in countries as far away as Nigeria have followed .
Do you feel safer Americans ?
The buck stops with Trump , who made the decision to kill the Iranian and bears full responsibility for what comes next .
The president referred to how Soleimani was preparing “ imminent and sinister ” attacks that would have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but provided no details .
And he also described the Iranian general as a mass murderer who had killed millions , to include thousands of Americans , before finding something humorous in the assassinations , tweeting that “ Iran never won a war , but never lost a negotiation.
” It is not clear what the tweeter-in-chief meant , if he actually meant anything coherent , but it unfortunately was a reflection of how low foreign and national security policy has sunk under the current administration .
The neoconservatives and Israelis are predictably @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that “ Israel stands with the United States in its righteous struggle for peace , security and self-defense.
” Also , Mark Dubowitz of the pro-Israel Foundation for Defense of Democracies enthused that the death of Soleimani is “ bigger than bin Laden…a massive blow to the [ Iranian ] regime.
” Dubowitz , a shill for Israel whose credentials as an “ Iran expert ” are dubious at best , is at least somewhat right in this case .
Qassem Soleimani was , to be sure , charismatic and also very popular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s most powerful military figure and known and respected throughout the region , being the principal contact for proxies and allies in Lebanon , Syria and Iraq .
But what Dubowitz does not understand is that no one in a military hierarchy is irreplaceable .
Soleimani ’ s aides and high officials in the intelligence ministry are certainly more than capable of picking up his mantle and continuing his work .
In reality , the series of foolish attacks initiated by the United States over the past week will only hasten the departure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the region .
The Pentagon and White House have been insisting that Iran was behind an alleged Kata ’ ib Hezbollah missile attack on a U.S. installation that then triggered an F-15 strike by Washington on claimed militia targets in Syria and also inside Iraq that killed 25 Iraqis .
The Iraqis were associated with Kata ’ ib but were also incorporated into the Iraqi Army as Popular Mobilization Forces in the fight against ISIS .
Soleimani was in Baghdad to attend the funerals of the 25 murdered soldiers and also to pass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ request for dialogue to relieve tensions in the region .
Even though the considerable U.S. military presence in Iraq is only possible through the good graces of the country ’ s government , Washington went ahead with its attack in spite of the fact that the Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi said “ no.
” Iraq has a friendly relationship with Iran and the assassination of Soleimani on Iraqi soil has to be viewed by its government as a major compromise of its sovereignty .
To justify the U.S. actions , Mark Esper , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as to insist that “ Iran is at war with the whole world , ” a clear demonstration of just how ignorant the White House team actually is .
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was similarly obtuse , parroting the possibly Israeli sourced claim that Soleimani was planning to kill more Americans , but he characteristically did not provide any credible evidence demonstrating either Iranian or Kata ’ ib involvement in recent developments .
But , inevitably , blood calls for more blood , and the counter-strike that killed the Iraqi soldiers produced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Baghdad .
Those demonstrations were also attributed to Iran by Washington , which claimed that a “ red line ” had been crossed , even though the people in the street were undoubtedly angry Iraqis .
Now that the U.S. has also killed Soleimani and Muhandis in the drone strike at Baghdad Airport , clearly accomplished without the approval of the Iraqi government , it is inevitable that the prime minister will ask American forces to leave even though Trump is threatening sanctions if that demand is actually made .
The Iraqi @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that all foreign forces should leave the country .
That will in turn make the situation for the remaining U.S. troops in neighboring Syria untenable .
And it will also force other Arab states in the region to rethink their hosting of U.S. soldiers , sailors , Marines and airmen as it is now clear that Washington is prone to high-risk initiatives , having foolishly begun a de facto war that serves no one ’ s interests .
And there is no end in sight with Donald Trump now tweeting furiously that if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Soleimani the U.S. will strike 52 targets inside Iran , including cultural sites , a war crime .
Congress will do nothing to stop the carnage because it is just as completely controlled by the Israel Lobby as is the White House .
The blood of the Americans , Iranians and Iraqis who will die in the next few weeks is clearly on Donald Trump ’ s hands as this war was never inevitable and serves no U.S. national interest .
It will surely turn out to be a debacle , as well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And it might well , on top of Afghanistan , Iraq , Syria and Libya , be the long-awaited beginning of the end of America ’ s imperial ambitions .
Trump has had three years to learn the lesson gleaned from Iraq and Afghanistan .
He obviously used that time to learn nothing .
Philip M. Giraldi , Ph.D. , is Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest , a 501 ( c ) 3 tax deductible educational foundation ( Federal ID Number # 52-1739023 ) that seeks a more interests-based @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Website is councilforthenationalinterest.org , address is P.O .
Box 2157 , Purcellville VA 20134 and its email is inform @ cnionline.org .
This article originally appeared on The Unz Review .

President Bill Clinton once launched a mini-cruise-missile-war on targets in Sudan and Afghanistan to serve as a distraction from the Monica Lewinski scandal. It must be considered that Donald Trump might be doing something similar within the context of his currently ongoing impeachment crisis, but the back story to the two developments is somewhat different. Clinton may have been a serial philanderer but he appears to have had no particular animus against either the Sudanese or the Afghans. Donald Trump, however, has expressed unrelenting hostility against Iran since the time when he took office. One of his first acts was to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which placed limits on Iranian nuclear programs so as to prevent the development of a nuclear weapon, and since that time sanctions have been added to cripple the Iranian economy.
The JCPOA was good for the United States, supportive of non-proliferation efforts, but Trump, guided by neoconservative advisers, most of whom were Jewish and having close ties to Israel, chose to ignore actual American interests. In a sense, Iran has from the beginning been the exception to Trump’s no-new-war pledge, a position that might reasonably be directly attributed to his pandering to the expressed needs of Israel’s belligerent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Indeed, there is already some speculation that Israel might have done everything but pull the trigger in last Thursday’s assassination of Iranian Quds Force commander General Qassem Soleimani and the head of Kata’ib Hezbollah Abu Mehdi Muhandis by virtue of a U.S. Reaper drone strike near the Baghdad International Airport. The two men had just arrived in the city by a commercial flight to attend the funerals of the Iraqi soldiers killed by the U.S. earlier in the week. Soleimani had also scheduled a meeting with the Iraqi prime minister.
Israel has long been targeting Soleimani and has demonized his relationships with Hezbollah and the Syrian government. It has also called him the architect of the often cited “bridge” of Shi’ite dominated states that would run from Iran, through Iraq and Syria, to Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea. The “bridge” has always been an Israeli fantasy concoction as Iraq, Syria and Lebanon have never expressed any willingness to become Persian satrapies. And ironically, the Israeli agitprop that might have led to the assassinations is actually counter-productive as Iraqis were recently demonstrating against Iranian influence. Now, given the killing of their countrymen and the insult to their sovereignty, they will instead be targeting the United States for its malign influence and Iran gets a free pass. And the death of Soleimani will also strengthen the Iranian government at home by its exposure of a completely malevolent outside enemy, quite likely leading to the suspension of the protests that have been sweeping the country in the past weeks.
An Israeli hand in recent developments is not unthinkable and there have already been reports that Soleimani’s coordinates were provided to the drone operator by Netanyahu, who was informed of the attack plan in advance. The Israeli air force has already been bombing targets in Iraq that it conveniently describes as “Iranian.” After the assassination, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke with Netanyahu, which he shared on twitter “and I just spoke and underscored the importance of countering Iran’s malign influence and threats to the region,” also stating how he was “always grateful for Israel’s steadfast support in defeating terrorism.”
Promoting terrorism would have been more accurate, but Pompeo dares not going there. In the past, Israel’s Mossad has frequently “shared” intelligence with the United States relating to possible nefarious activity by Iran. Often that information has been fabricated in an attempt to get Washington to act as Israel’s proxy. One notable example of intelligence fraud was the laptop that surfaced in 2004 that was claimed to be evidence of an Iranian nuclear weapon program. Can it be far off to suggest that Israel might have been the source of the alleged intelligence suggesting that Soleimani was involved in planning to kill more Americans? It is certainly plausible to think so, particularly as it appears the Soleimani might have been in Baghdad to discuss a Saudi proposal to lessen tensions in the region. Ironically, Donald Trump knew about the proposal and had reportedly encouraged the possibility of some form of detente. Israel, however, is not interested in lessening tensions and would rather see the United States go to war with and destroy Iran.
Trump’s successful presidential campaign included a pledge to disengage from useless Asian wars, a promise that might well have been his margin of victory. Since that time, he has at least occasionally drawn back from escalating conflicts in places like Syria and Afghanistan, but his supporters have always been quick to point out that he has not actually started anything new. Though he has in fact expanded military involvement in a number of countries, that assertion was at least somewhat true until last Thursday.
Having executed a deliberate, planned assassination of a foreign leader, the United States has committed an act of war and is now de facto at war with Iran in a conflict that could easily have been avoided and which will not end well for any of the participants. If the White House truly believed that Iran was systematically trying to kill Americans, President Trump should have gone to Congress and asked for a declaration of war. Instead, he opted to assassinate a top foreign government official from a country with which the U.S. is not at war in a third country that America is also was not at war with and which was not aware of the impending killing. There is nothing to be proud of there.
Though there will be no actual declaration of war coming from either side, the escalation that will develop from the assassinations will shift the long simmering conflict between the two nations into high gear. It is being reported that there have been additional U.S. airstrikes against a medical convoy north of Baghdad while nearly five thousand more U.S. troops are on their way to the Middle East.
Iran cannot let the killing of a senior officer go unanswered, even though it knows that it cannot directly confront the United States militarily. But there will be reprisals and Tehran’s suspected use of proxies to stage limited strikes will now be replaced by more damaging actions that will be attributable to the Iranian government, though with considerable deniability built in. As Iran has significant resources locally and countries like Saudi Arabia are vulnerable, one can expect that the entire Persian Gulf region will be destabilized.
And there is also the terrorism card, which will come into play. Iran has an extensive diaspora throughout much of the Middle East and, as it has been threatened by Washington for many years, it has had a long time to prepare for a war to be fought largely in the shadows. No American diplomat, soldier or even a tourist in the region should consider him or herself to be safe, quite the contrary. It will be an “open season” on Americans. The U.S. has already ordered a partial evacuation of the Baghdad Embassy and has advised all American citizens to leave the country immediately. Other travel warnings in countries as far away as Nigeria have followed. Do you feel safer Americans?
The buck stops with Trump, who made the decision to kill the Iranian and bears full responsibility for what comes next. The president referred to how Soleimani was preparing “imminent and sinister” attacks that would have cost “hundreds of American lives” but provided no details. And he also described the Iranian general as a mass murderer who had killed millions, to include thousands of Americans, before finding something humorous in the assassinations, tweeting that “Iran never won a war, but never lost a negotiation.” It is not clear what the tweeter-in-chief meant, if he actually meant anything coherent, but it unfortunately was a reflection of how low foreign and national security policy has sunk under the current administration.
The neoconservatives and Israelis are predictably cheering the deaths. Netanyahu commented afterwards that “Israel stands with the United States in its righteous struggle for peace, security and self-defense.” Also, Mark Dubowitz of the pro-Israel Foundation for Defense of Democracies enthused that the death of Soleimani is “bigger than bin Laden…a massive blow to the [Iranian] regime.” Dubowitz, a shill for Israel whose credentials as an “Iran expert” are dubious at best, is at least somewhat right in this case. Qassem Soleimani was, to be sure, charismatic and also very popular in Iran. He was Iran’s most powerful military figure and known and respected throughout the region, being the principal contact for proxies and allies in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. But what Dubowitz does not understand is that no one in a military hierarchy is irreplaceable. Soleimani’s aides and high officials in the intelligence ministry are certainly more than capable of picking up his mantle and continuing his work.
In reality, the series of foolish attacks initiated by the United States over the past week will only hasten the departure of much of the U.S. military from the region. The Pentagon and White House have been insisting that Iran was behind an alleged Kata’ib Hezbollah missile attack on a U.S. installation that then triggered an F-15 strike by Washington on claimed militia targets in Syria and also inside Iraq that killed 25 Iraqis. The Iraqis were associated with Kata’ib but were also incorporated into the Iraqi Army as Popular Mobilization Forces in the fight against ISIS. Soleimani was in Baghdad to attend the funerals of the 25 murdered soldiers and also to pass on to the prime minister a Saudi request for dialogue to relieve tensions in the region. Even though the considerable U.S. military presence in Iraq is only possible through the good graces of the country’s government, Washington went ahead with its attack in spite of the fact that the Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi said “no.”
Iraq has a friendly relationship with Iran and the assassination of Soleimani on Iraqi soil has to be viewed by its government as a major compromise of its sovereignty. To justify the U.S. actions, Mark Esper, Secretary of Defense, went so far as to insist that “Iran is at war with the whole world,” a clear demonstration of just how ignorant the White House team actually is. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was similarly obtuse, parroting the possibly Israeli sourced claim that Soleimani was planning to kill more Americans, but he characteristically did not provide any credible evidence demonstrating either Iranian or Kata’ib involvement in recent developments.
But, inevitably, blood calls for more blood, and the counter-strike that killed the Iraqi soldiers produced the mass demonstrations against the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Those demonstrations were also attributed to Iran by Washington, which claimed that a “red line” had been crossed, even though the people in the street were undoubtedly angry Iraqis.
Now that the U.S. has also killed Soleimani and Muhandis in the drone strike at Baghdad Airport, clearly accomplished without the approval of the Iraqi government, it is inevitable that the prime minister will ask American forces to leave even though Trump is threatening sanctions if that demand is actually made. The Iraqi parliament has already passed a resolution demanding that all foreign forces should leave the country. That will in turn make the situation for the remaining U.S. troops in neighboring Syria untenable. And it will also force other Arab states in the region to rethink their hosting of U.S. soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen as it is now clear that Washington is prone to high-risk initiatives, having foolishly begun a de facto war that serves no one’s interests.
And there is no end in sight with Donald Trump now tweeting furiously that if the Iranian government seeks to retaliate for Soleimani the U.S. will strike 52 targets inside Iran, including cultural sites, a war crime. Congress will do nothing to stop the carnage because it is just as completely controlled by the Israel Lobby as is the White House.
The blood of the Americans, Iranians and Iraqis who will die in the next few weeks is clearly on Donald Trump’s hands as this war was never inevitable and serves no U.S. national interest. It will surely turn out to be a debacle, as well as devastating for all parties involved. And it might well, on top of Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya, be the long-awaited beginning of the end of America’s imperial ambitions. Trump has had three years to learn the lesson gleaned from Iraq and Afghanistan. He obviously used that time to learn nothing.
Philip M. Giraldi, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest, a 501(c)3 tax deductible educational foundation (Federal ID Number #52-1739023) that seeks a more interests-based U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Website is councilforthenationalinterest.org, address is P.O. Box 2157, Purcellville VA 20134 and its email is inform@cnionline.org.
This article originally appeared on The Unz Review.


renegadetribune--2020-01-08--Top CIA Analyst May McGovern Explains Israel’s Destructive Role in US Policies

Ray McGovern served as a CIA analyst for 27 years , from the administration of John F. Kennedy to that @ @ @ @ @ .
Ray ’ s duties included chairing National Intelligence Estimates and preparing the President ’ @ @ @ @ @ he briefed one-on-one to President Ronald Reagan ’ s five most senior national security advisers @ @ @ @ @ He received the Intelligence Commendation Medal at his retirement .

Ray McGovern served as a CIA analyst for 27 years, from the administration of John F. Kennedy to that of George H. W. Bush. Ray’s duties included chairing National Intelligence Estimates and preparing the President’s Daily Brief, which he briefed one-on-one to President Ronald Reagan’s five most senior national security advisers from 1981 to 1985. He received the Intelligence Commendation Medal at his retirement.
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renegadetribune--2020-01-08--76 Evidence-Based Health Benefits of Noni

Noni fruit , an ancient Polynesian healing remedy , has at least 76 potential health benefits backed by recent scientific evidence Noni , a fruit grown from the Morinda citrifolia tree and a member of the coffee family , is a tropical fruit native to the Pacific Islands .
Noni has been used for thousands of years as a natural healing remedy .
[ i ] In recent years , however , noni ’ s extract and juices have been proven to lower blood pressure , improve immunity , speed wound healing and increase physical endurance , among other health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ benefits are diverse , but here are 10 benefits of noni juice that have been well researched : Gout is a painful form of arthritis caused by a buildup of uric acid in the joints .
Noni juice lowers uric acid in the blood , reducing buildup and preventing the occurrence of gout .
Noni juice has also been shown to inhibit the activity of xanthine oxidase , an enzyme that increases inflammation in the joints .
For these reasons , noni juice is considered a powerful therapeutic and preventative measure against gout @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The high amount of flavonoids and coumarins ( a type of phytochemical used to prevent degenerative diseases ) contained in noni juice exhibit anti-inflammatory properties , making noni juice a powerful antidote for inflammation .
[ iv ] [ v ] Similarly , noni fruit juice has been shown to inhibit cytokines related to intestinal inflammation , reduce systemic inflammation in cigarette smokers and those exposed to secondhand smoke , and decrease inflammation related to osteoarthritis .
[ vi ] [ vii ] Obesity levels in the U.S. have reached unprecedented levels .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of health problems including metabolic dysfunction and diabetes , many diet and exercise programs promote unsafe methods for weight management .
Recently , Morinda citrifolia ( noni ) has been researched as a potential weight management supplement .
In multiple studies , morinda citrifolia supplementation had positive effects on the regulation of body weight and fat deposits while improving metabolic pathways .
Furthermore , noni supplementation did not suppress appetite or produce any negative side effects .
[ viii ] [ ix ] Noni juice has significant antioxidant activity , which likely comes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and vitamin C. Phenolic compounds are most abundant in fruits and vegetables and are responsible for protecting the body from oxidative stress .
Vitamin C also acts as an antioxidant , protecting cells from free radicals that scavenge the body by neutralizing free radicals .
[ x ] [ xi ] The immune-activating effects of noni juice have been observed in several studies , partially due to the high antioxidant effects of noni juice .
In one study , eight weeks of noni juice consumption led to a decrease in malondialdehyde , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ levels of IFN-gamma , a cytokine responsible for stimulating immune response .
[ xii ] [ xiii ] Research indicates that noni consumption may modulate and regulate the immune system by activating various immune responses in healthy individuals .
[ xiv ] Osteoporosis , which reduces the density and quality of bone health , is a serious health concern , especially in postmenopausal women .
In several studies , women taking noni juice experienced decreased bone resorption ( the breakdown of bone tissue ) and better bone health .
[ xv ] In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and increased bone marrow proliferation in estrogen-deficient rats .
[ xvi ] [ xvii ] These results indicate that noni juice could provide powerful benefits to aging and menopausal women at risk for osteoporosis .
7 .
Noni Extract May Lower Pain Associated With Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain from rheumatoid arthritis ( RA ) can be debilitating and decrease quality of life amongst arthritis patients .
Hydrocortisone , a topical steroid medication , is often used to decrease pain in patients with RA .
Noni has powerful anti-inflammatory effects that could help reduce RA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ management and joint destruction as hydrocortisone .
[ xviii ] [ xix ] A human study of the effect of noni juice on blood pressure confirmed that consumption of noni juice lowers both systolic and diastolic blood pressures .
Additionally , participants experienced a reduction in heart rate and blood glucose levels , which may contribute to lowered blood pressure .
[ xx ] Used in Polynesian medicine for thousands of years as a traditional treatment of wounds , bruises and cuts , it ’ s no surprise that noni extract contains high @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plays an important role in wound healing .
[ xxi ] In several studies , noni leaf extract accelerated wound healing in mice and rats and reduced would closure time by half .
Researchers theorize that the high amount of ethanol contained in noni leaf is responsible for the faster healing .
[ xxii ] [ xxiii ] Recent studies indicate that noni may protect the brain from stress-related impairment of cognitive function by preventing decreases in blood-vessel density in the brain .
Noni is also known to improve brain energy metabolism and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reduced cognitive impairment .
[ xxiv ] [ xxv ] In addition to these 10 benefits , noni has been shown to have positive effects on at least 66 more of the following conditions .
To learn more about each , please visit GMI ’ s noni research database , which covers the following conditions : More research is being done to assess the optimal dosage of noni extract for each specific condition , but it ’ s clear from current data that noni has powerful medicinal benefits that warrant further study .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , researchers have conducted numerous tests , none of which have found any adverse effects of noni juice consumption .
In one double-blind study , participants consumed between 30 milliliters ( mL ) and 750 mL of noni juice daily for 28 days , and experienced fewer adverse effects than the placebo group .
[ xxvi ] Similarly , researchers tested the safety of noni juice in pregnant women and found no harmful side effects — in fact , noni juice facilitated fetal development and seemed to increase maternal health .
[ xxvii @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these studies , noni juice is currently considered a safe medicinal treatment and has been declared a “ novel food ” by the European Union and a “ nutritional supplement ” in the U.S. [ xxix ] , [ xxx ] How to Safely Incorporate Noni Juice Into Your Diet To safely incorporate noni juice into your diet and reap its full benefits , consider buying an organic and 100 % pure noni juice with no added sugars or filler ingredients .
As always , start with small doses and be aware of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with any food , it ’ s best to enjoy noni juice in moderation .
Finally , listen to your body to determine if any new food or supplement is right for you

Noni fruit, an ancient Polynesian healing remedy, has at least 76 potential health benefits backed by recent scientific evidence
Noni, a fruit grown from the Morinda citrifolia tree and a member of the coffee family, is a tropical fruit native to the Pacific Islands. Noni has been used for thousands of years as a natural healing remedy.[i] In recent years, however, noni’s extract and juices have been proven to lower blood pressure, improve immunity, speed wound healing and increase physical endurance, among other health benefits.
10 Top Benefits of Noni Fruit
Noni’s potential therapeutic benefits are diverse, but here are 10 benefits of noni juice that have been well researched:
1. Noni Reduces the Risk of Gout
Gout is a painful form of arthritis caused by a buildup of uric acid in the joints. Noni juice lowers uric acid in the blood, reducing buildup and preventing the occurrence of gout. Noni juice has also been shown to inhibit the activity of xanthine oxidase, an enzyme that increases inflammation in the joints. For these reasons, noni juice is considered a powerful therapeutic and preventative measure against gout.[ii] [iii]
2. Noni Has Potent Anti-Inflammatory Properties
The high amount of flavonoids and coumarins (a type of phytochemical used to prevent degenerative diseases) contained in noni juice exhibit anti-inflammatory properties, making noni juice a powerful antidote for inflammation. [iv] [v]
Similarly, noni fruit juice has been shown to inhibit cytokines related to intestinal inflammation, reduce systemic inflammation in cigarette smokers and those exposed to secondhand smoke, and decrease inflammation related to osteoarthritis.[vi] [vii]
3. Noni Juice Aids in Weight Management
Obesity levels in the U.S. have reached unprecedented levels. While unhealthy weight can cause a myriad of health problems including metabolic dysfunction and diabetes, many diet and exercise programs promote unsafe methods for weight management.
Recently, Morinda citrifolia (noni) has been researched as a potential weight management supplement. In multiple studies, morinda citrifolia supplementation had positive effects on the regulation of body weight and fat deposits while improving metabolic pathways. Furthermore, noni supplementation did not suppress appetite or produce any negative side effects. [viii] [ix]
4. Noni Juice Has Antioxidant Effects
Noni juice has significant antioxidant activity, which likely comes from its high concentration of phenolic compounds and vitamin C. Phenolic compounds are most abundant in fruits and vegetables and are responsible for protecting the body from oxidative stress. Vitamin C also acts as an antioxidant, protecting cells from free radicals that scavenge the body by neutralizing free radicals. [x] [xi]
5. Noni Improves and Increases Immune Function
The immune-activating effects of noni juice have been observed in several studies, partially due to the high antioxidant effects of noni juice. In one study, eight weeks of noni juice consumption led to a decrease in malondialdehyde, a marker of oxidative stress, and increased levels of IFN-gamma, a cytokine responsible for stimulating immune response. [xii] [xiii]
Research indicates that noni consumption may modulate and regulate the immune system by activating various immune responses in healthy individuals.[xiv]
6. Noni Consumption Maintains Bone Density
Osteoporosis, which reduces the density and quality of bone health, is a serious health concern, especially in postmenopausal women. In several studies, women taking noni juice experienced decreased bone resorption (the breakdown of bone tissue) and better bone health.[xv]
In other studies, noni improved bone regeneration and increased bone marrow proliferation in estrogen-deficient rats.[xvi] [xvii] These results indicate that noni juice could provide powerful benefits to aging and menopausal women at risk for osteoporosis.
7. Noni Extract May Lower Pain Associated With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Pain from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can be debilitating and decrease quality of life amongst arthritis patients. Hydrocortisone, a topical steroid medication, is often used to decrease pain in patients with RA. Noni has powerful anti-inflammatory effects that could help reduce RA pain and is as effective in pain management and joint destruction as hydrocortisone. [xviii] [xix]
8. Noni Juice Consumption Lowers Blood Pressure
A human study of the effect of noni juice on blood pressure confirmed that consumption of noni juice lowers both systolic and diastolic blood pressures. Additionally, participants experienced a reduction in heart rate and blood glucose levels, which may contribute to lowered blood pressure. [xx]
9. Noni Leaf Has Proven Wound-Healing Benefits
Used in Polynesian medicine for thousands of years as a traditional treatment of wounds, bruises and cuts, it’s no surprise that noni extract contains high amounts of Nrf2, a protein that plays an important role in wound healing. [xxi]
In several studies, noni leaf extract accelerated wound healing in mice and rats and reduced would closure time by half. Researchers theorize that the high amount of ethanol contained in noni leaf is responsible for the faster healing. [xxii] [xxiii]
10. Noni Reduces Stress and Improves Cognitive Function
Recent studies indicate that noni may protect the brain from stress-related impairment of cognitive function by preventing decreases in blood-vessel density in the brain. Noni is also known to improve brain energy metabolism and may have neuroprotective effects, leading to reduced cognitive impairment. [xxiv] [xxv]
66 More Reasons to Love Noni
In addition to these 10 benefits, noni has been shown to have positive effects on at least 66 more of the following conditions. To learn more about each, please visit GMI’s noni research database, which covers the following conditions:
Oxidative stress Dyslipidemias Nicotine/Tobacco toxicity Smoking C-Reactive protein Leishmaniasis Nausea: post-operative Post-operative recovery Breast cancer Carcinoma: Non-small-cell lung Lung cancer Athletic performance DNA damage Athletic performance: Recovery Brain ischemia Breast cancer: Triple negative Cancer metastasis Cancers: All Candida infection Cardiovascular disease Cerebral ischemia Chemically-induced liver damage Chemotherapy-induced liver toxicity Cholesterol: LDL/HDL ratio Cognitive decline/dysfunction Colitis Diabetes mellitus: Type 1 Gastric ulcer Gastroesophageal reflux HDL: Low High cholesterol High fat diet Hyperglycemia Hyperlipidemia Hypertension Lipopolysaccharide-induced toxicity Live cancer Liver fibrosis Memory disorders Neurodegeneration: Dentate gyrus Parasitic diseases Parkinson’s disease Prenatal nutrition Sarcoma Tumors Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Advanced glycation end products Anxiety disorders Aspergillosis Cholera Colorectal cancer Dental caries Enterococcus infections Epstein-Barr virus infections Gastrointestinal inflammation Generalized anxiety disorder Gram-positive bacterial infections Hepatitis C Inflammatory bowel diseases Laryngeal cancer Liposarcoma Metabolic diseases Neuroblastoma Streptococcus infections Tuberculosis Vibrio infections
More research is being done to assess the optimal dosage of noni extract for each specific condition, but it’s clear from current data that noni has powerful medicinal benefits that warrant further study.
Is Noni Safe?
To test the safety of noni juice, researchers have conducted numerous tests, none of which have found any adverse effects of noni juice consumption. In one double-blind study, participants consumed between 30 milliliters (mL) and 750 mL of noni juice daily for 28 days, and experienced fewer adverse effects than the placebo group. [xxvi]
Similarly, researchers tested the safety of noni juice in pregnant women and found no harmful side effects — in fact, noni juice facilitated fetal development and seemed to increase maternal health.[xxvii],[xxviii] Based on these studies, noni juice is currently considered a safe medicinal treatment and has been declared a “novel food” by the European Union and a “nutritional supplement” in the U.S.[xxix],[xxx]
How to Safely Incorporate Noni Juice Into Your Diet
To safely incorporate noni juice into your diet and reap its full benefits, consider buying an organic and 100% pure noni juice with no added sugars or filler ingredients. As always, start with small doses and be aware of any side effects you experience. As with any food, it’s best to enjoy noni juice in moderation. Finally, listen to your body to determine if any new food or supplement is right for you
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renegadetribune--2020-01-08--Stephen Colbert “Jokes” About Eating Babies

Stephen Colbert is buddies with John Podesta and all of his Pizzagate pals , which makes these awful “ jokes @ @ @ @ @ serious .

Stephen Colbert is buddies with John Podesta and all of his Pizzagate pals, which makes these awful "jokes" even that much more serious.


renegadetribune--2020-01-08--Lie America Into War And Get Rich Doing It

Bloomberg News is reporting that National Security Council official Richard Goldberg , who was “ central ” to the Trump administration ’ s “ hawkish Iran policies , ” was receiving a salary from a Sheldon Adelson-funded pro-Israel think tank throughout his time at the White House .
From Bloomberg , Jan 3 , “ U.S .
Official Central to Hawkish Iran Policies Departs NSC ” : Richard Goldberg , the U.S. National Security Council official who clashed with other members of the administration over his push for a more hawkish stance toward Iran , is leaving the job after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ person familiar with the matter said .
[ … ] Former National Security Adviser John Bolton created Goldberg ’ s job — director for countering Iran ’ s weapons of mass destruction — explicitly for him .
The goal was to counter what Bolton saw as a desire at the departments of State and Treasury to weaken the “ maximum pressure ” campaign against Iran .
Tension over that issue flared in March as the administration mulled whether to extend waivers allowing Iran to sell a limited amount of oil .
The waivers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fight was only one of the administration ’ s internecine battles related to Iran and underscored the influence wielded by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies , the think tank where Goldberg previously worked , in pushing for a tougher line against Iran .
Goldberg will return to FDD , which continued to pay his salary during his time on the National Security Council .
Here ’ s a video of Goldberg ( with a total 91 views despite being up since Feb 2019 ) shilling for regime change in Iran : From @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Defense of Democracies : In 2011 , ThinkProgress , a progressive advocacy organization , published FDD ’ s Form 990 documents that revealed where FDD funding came from , from 2001 to 2004 .
Donors included : Roland Arnall : $ 1,802,000 Edgar M. and Charles Bronfman : $ 1,050,000 Michael Steinhardt : $ 850,000 Abramson Family Foundation ( of Leonard Abramson ) : $ 822,523 Bernard Marcus : $ 600,000 Lewis Ranieri : $ 350,000 Paul Singer and Sheldon Adelson are also major donors .
ThinkProgress concluded , “ Most of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ pro-Israel ’ causes both in the U.S. and internationally .
With the disclosure of its donor rolls , it becomes increasingly apparent that FDD ’ s advocacy of U.S. military intervention in the Middle East , its hawkish stance against Iran , and its defense of right-wing Israeli policy is consistent with its donors ’ interests in ‘ pro-Israel ’ advocacy ” .
Adelson , Singer and Marcus are all top donors to the GOP and Trump despite largely snubbing him during the election .
Pro-Israel activist Nikki Haley , who compared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , has also got on the Trump train and is pushing for regime change in Iran .
She was just recently rewarded with a position on Boeing ’ s board of directors .
Presumably , Haley will be helping them in their super-successful quest to outsource all our jobs to India .
It ’ s worth noting that President Kushner is pushing for Haley to replace Mike Pence as Trump ’ s VP for 2020 .
In November , Haley received the Theodor Herzl Award from World Jewish Congress president Ron Lauder .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump called Lauder up in late December to “ yell ” at him to “ support ” him with campaign cash because he has “ done more for Jews than any other president ” and “ could still lose the Jewish vote ” … Read the rest

By Chris Menahan
Bloomberg News is reporting that National Security Council official Richard Goldberg, who was “central” to the Trump administration’s “hawkish Iran policies,” was receiving a salary from a Sheldon Adelson-funded pro-Israel think tank throughout his time at the White House.
President Trump’s national security staff member Richard Goldberg, whose job was shaping Iran policy, had a salary paid by pro-Israel think tank FDD while working at the White House https://t.co/vcLeVClvBh — Lee Fang (@lhfang) January 4, 2020
From Bloomberg, Jan 3, “U.S. Official Central to Hawkish Iran Policies Departs NSC”:
Richard Goldberg, the U.S. National Security Council official who clashed with other members of the administration over his push for a more hawkish stance toward Iran, is leaving the job after one year for personal reasons, a person familiar with the matter said. […] Former National Security Adviser John Bolton created Goldberg’s job — director for countering Iran’s weapons of mass destruction — explicitly for him. The goal was to counter what Bolton saw as a desire at the departments of State and Treasury to weaken the “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran. Tension over that issue flared in March as the administration mulled whether to extend waivers allowing Iran to sell a limited amount of oil. The waivers were eventually ended in May. That fight was only one of the administration’s internecine battles related to Iran and underscored the influence wielded by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, the think tank where Goldberg previously worked, in pushing for a tougher line against Iran. Goldberg will return to FDD, which continued to pay his salary during his time on the National Security Council.
Here’s a video of Goldberg (with a total 91 views despite being up since Feb 2019) shilling for regime change in Iran:
From Wikipedia’s entry on the Foundation for Defense of Democracies:
In 2011, ThinkProgress, a progressive advocacy organization, published FDD’s Form 990 documents that revealed where FDD funding came from, from 2001 to 2004. Donors included: Roland Arnall: $1,802,000
Edgar M. and Charles Bronfman: $1,050,000
Michael Steinhardt: $850,000
Abramson Family Foundation (of Leonard Abramson): $822,523
Bernard Marcus: $600,000
Lewis Ranieri: $350,000
Paul Singer and Sheldon Adelson are also major donors. ThinkProgress concluded, “Most of the major donors are active philanthropists to ‘pro-Israel’ causes both in the U.S. and internationally. With the disclosure of its donor rolls, it becomes increasingly apparent that FDD’s advocacy of U.S. military intervention in the Middle East, its hawkish stance against Iran, and its defense of right-wing Israeli policy is consistent with its donors’ interests in ‘pro-Israel’ advocacy”.
Adelson, Singer and Marcus are all top donors to the GOP and Trump despite largely snubbing him during the election.
FDD was founded to advance Israel’s interests in the US. The group led the effort to defeat the Iran nuclear deal and according to this New Yorker piece coordinated with an Israeli intelligence contractor to gather surveillance on US critics of Israel https://t.co/ORhjM1pDqq — Lee Fang (@lhfang) January 4, 2020
Pro-Israel activist Nikki Haley, who compared Trump to Dylann Roof during the election, has also got on the Trump train and is pushing for regime change in Iran.
“The only ones mourning the loss of Soleimani are our Democrat leadership and Democrat Presidential candidates.” pic.twitter.com/IZJJqpxkBE — Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) January 7, 2020
She was just recently rewarded with a position on Boeing’s board of directors.
There is almost always a direct profit motive with these creeps. https://t.co/TL1fYvCKG9 — Michael Tracey (@mtracey) January 7, 2020
Presumably, Haley will be helping them in their super-successful quest to outsource all our jobs to India.
It’s worth noting that President Kushner is pushing for Haley to replace Mike Pence as Trump’s VP for 2020.
In November, Haley received the Theodor Herzl Award from World Jewish Congress president Ron Lauder.
.@NikkiHaley on calling out anti-Semitism: "Whether it comes from Iran’s Supreme Leader, or the leader of Britain’s Labor Party, or a Congresswoman from Minnesota, or white supremacists on the internet… it must be called out for the dangerous bigotry that it is." pic.twitter.com/YjUC50GjtL — Team Haley (@TeamHaley) November 8, 2019
The New York Times reported Sunday that Trump called Lauder up in late December to “yell” at him to “support” him with campaign cash because he has “done more for Jews than any other president” and “could still lose the Jewish vote”… Read the rest
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renegadetribune--2020-01-08--UK Soccer Star Facing Investigation for ‘Racism’ After Tweeting About Rothschild Power

First off , I know it ’ s called “ football ” over there , but most of our readers are from America , where football means something quite different .
Tom Pope is a forward for Port Vale in England , who recently scored a goal in a match against Manchester City .
Then a few hours later , he tweeted about current geopolitical events , giving his “ conspiracy theory ” as to what will transpire .
Pope would go on to say that the Rothschilds family ’ s ownership of banks is “ fact ” .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could be seen as racist and anti-semitic .
He responded : One user , likely a hasbarat , explained to Pope why he is not allowed to talk about Rothschild power as a goy .
Because Rothschild conspiracies have been used throughout history as a way of smearing the Jewish community and have quite rightly been identified as anti-Semitic… This myth in particular is one of the most commonly used and has been debunked thousands of times.
” According to the Press Association , it appears Pope will be investigated by the Football @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the matter .
”

First off, I know it’s called “football” over there, but most of our readers are from America, where football means something quite different.
Tom Pope is a forward for Port Vale in England, who recently scored a goal in a match against Manchester City. Then a few hours later, he tweeted about current geopolitical events, giving his “conspiracy theory” as to what will transpire.
We invade Iran then Cuba then North Korea then the Rothchilds [sic] are crowned champions of every bank on the planet – the end”.
Pope would go on to say that the Rothschilds family’s ownership of banks is “fact”.
I mentioned them owning the banks which is fact and now I’m facing all this”.
He was told by users that his tweet could be seen as racist and anti-semitic. He responded:
How is it racist?? Seriously is someone out to destroy me or what?”
One user, likely a hasbarat, explained to Pope why he is not allowed to talk about Rothschild power as a goy.
Because Rothschild conspiracies have been used throughout history as a way of smearing the Jewish community and have quite rightly been identified as anti-Semitic… This myth in particular is one of the most commonly used and has been debunked thousands of times.”
According to the Press Association, it appears Pope will be investigated by the Football Association, which “is looking into the matter.”
Source: https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/port-vale-forward-tom-pope-faces-possible-fa-investigation-over-rothschild-conspiracy-tweet-1.494990
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Onward, Christian Soldiers!

From the very beginning of God ’ s Word , He tells us , “ I will bless those who bless you , and I will curse him who curses you ; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed ” ( Genesis 12:3 ) .
Throughout history there has never been a nation who prospered by mistreating Israel .
Even if you are unable to visit the land of Israel , you can still support her.
” ~ Hagee Ministries Do you think that American “ patriots ” would wholeheartedly fight wars in the Middle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it weren ’ t for America ’ s Christian composition ?
While most flavors of judeo-Christianity hold “ Israel ” ( and the Hebrews in general ) up as Yahweh ’ s Chosen people , the United States has some of the most judeo-centric religious fervor possibly imaginable .
Christians United for Israel bills itself as “ the largest pro-Israel grassroots organization in the United States.
” On their homepage , the organization states : Beyond just the 8 million members in CUFI , most modern Christians in America are 100 % beyond @ @ @ @ @ @ @ based largely on their religious affiliation .
Supporting “ our greatest ally ” is also seen as a great “ conservative ” value , which appeals to many of these duped White Americans .
The various wars that have been waged at the behest of world jewry have all been framed in very moralistic , good vs. evil terms .
The evil “ Nazis ” were seen as a great Satanic , heathen power , especially because of the way they had treated the chosenites .
In our world today , doing anything @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sin imaginable .
Without the gullible Christians supporting and fighting in jewry ’ s wars , the jewish supremacists would be largely impotent on the world stage .
Christian soldiers are the attack dogs and human shields for those who consider themselves collectively as God .
Although the demographics of the military are changing , and more people are fighting simply because the average young American has very few job opportunities , there still are quite a few who sign up because it is considered their patriotic “ Christian ” duty .
Many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a savior who is portrayed as a pacifist , who says to “ love your enemy , ” while also feeling compelled to join the military .
There are plenty of Christian thought-leaders out there who justify ZOG ’ s wars to the malleable minds .
In the fourth century , Augustine became the first major Christian theologian to express the idea that there could be such a thing as a “ just war ” to which Christians might lend their support and in which they could conscientiously participate .
As submissive citizens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Christians have an obligation to cooperate with governing authorities in their efforts to “ execute wrath on those who practice evil ” ( Romans 13:1-4 ) .
He also maintained that killing in warfare is something very different from murder , and thus is not forbidden by the commandment we ’ re given in Exodus 20:13 .
The vast majority of contemporary evangelicals seem to agree with the second point of view .
They believe that there are times when Christians are justified in going to war if the cause is righteous .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the War against Terrorism is a case where the biblical and theological justifications for the use of force are fairly obvious .
( Focus on the Family ) When you ’ re fighting for jews , you ’ re fighting for God !
The Bible is filled with God-honoring military members .
It ’ s clear that the military can be a noble profession for a believer ; it is not against the Bible to be a member of the armed forces of a legitimate , sovereign nation .
God put civil authorities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of that responsibility is military defense .
It is biblical for nations to defend themselves through warfare… .
The authorities of a nation have the God-given right to defend their nation .
Soldiers under that authority are in their rights to kill.. ( Compelling Truth ) It ’ s like Bibi always says , “ we have the right to defend ourselves !
” ( after mass murdering men , women , and children with banned weapons like white phosphorous ) .
As the war with Iran ramps up , the moral arguments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ support the mass murder of Persians and Arabs in the Middle East will become even more aggressive .

From the very beginning of God’s Word, He tells us, “I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed” (Genesis 12:3). Throughout history there has never been a nation who prospered by mistreating Israel. Even if you are unable to visit the land of Israel, you can still support her.” ~ Hagee Ministries
Do you think that American “patriots” would wholeheartedly fight wars in the Middle East for “Greater Israel” if it weren’t for America’s Christian composition? While most flavors of judeo-Christianity hold “Israel” (and the Hebrews in general) up as Yahweh’s Chosen people, the United States has some of the most judeo-centric religious fervor possibly imaginable.
Christians United for Israel bills itself as “the largest pro-Israel grassroots organization in the United States.” On their homepage, the organization states:
Israel and the Jewish people are under attack. Christians United for Israel’s (CUFI) 8 million members are defending Israel and combating anti-Semitism in communities, the media, on campus, and in our nation’s capital. Join us in making Israel stronger and the Jewish people safer.
Beyond just the 8 million members in CUFI, most modern Christians in America are 100% beyond the jewish terrorist state of Israel, based largely on their religious affiliation. Supporting “our greatest ally” is also seen as a great “conservative” value, which appeals to many of these duped White Americans.
The various wars that have been waged at the behest of world jewry have all been framed in very moralistic, good vs. evil terms. The evil “Nazis” were seen as a great Satanic, heathen power, especially because of the way they had treated the chosenites. In our world today, doing anything to oppose jewry is considered the greatest sin imaginable.
Without the gullible Christians supporting and fighting in jewry’s wars, the jewish supremacists would be largely impotent on the world stage. Christian soldiers are the attack dogs and human shields for those who consider themselves collectively as God.
Although the demographics of the military are changing, and more people are fighting simply because the average young American has very few job opportunities, there still are quite a few who sign up because it is considered their patriotic “Christian” duty.
… at least 66 percent of the military is Christian. (source)
Many young Christians have conflicted feelings about following a savior who is portrayed as a pacifist, who says to “love your enemy,” while also feeling compelled to join the military. There are plenty of Christian thought-leaders out there who justify ZOG’s wars to the malleable minds.
In the fourth century, Augustine became the first major Christian theologian to express the idea that there could be such a thing as a “just war” to which Christians might lend their support and in which they could conscientiously participate. As submissive citizens of the state, he argued, Christians have an obligation to cooperate with governing authorities in their efforts to “execute wrath on those who practice evil” (Romans 13:1-4). He also maintained that killing in warfare is something very different from murder, and thus is not forbidden by the commandment we’re given in Exodus 20:13. The vast majority of contemporary evangelicals seem to agree with the second point of view. They believe that there are times when Christians are justified in going to war if the cause is righteous. In addition, many feel strongly that the War against Terrorism is a case where the biblical and theological justifications for the use of force are fairly obvious. (Focus on the Family)
When you’re fighting for jews, you’re fighting for God!
The Bible is filled with God-honoring military members. It’s clear that the military can be a noble profession for a believer; it is not against the Bible to be a member of the armed forces of a legitimate, sovereign nation. God put civil authorities in place to rule mankind. Part of that responsibility is military defense. It is biblical for nations to defend themselves through warfare…. The authorities of a nation have the God-given right to defend their nation. Soldiers under that authority are in their rights to kill.. (Compelling Truth)
It’s like Bibi always says, “we have the right to defend ourselves!” (after mass murdering men, women, and children with banned weapons like white phosphorous).
As the war with Iran ramps up, the moral arguments for American Christians to join in and support the mass murder of Persians and Arabs in the Middle East will become even more aggressive.
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renegadetribune--2020-01-09--Moloch – The Ancient God of Israel

Moloch – The Ancient God of Israel

Renegade Editor ’ s Note : I think Yahweh is actually Moloch in disguise .
By B.Z .
Goldberg From The Sacred Fire [ 1930 ] MOLOCH was the mighty , gluttonous god .
He bestowed his bounty upon mankind , but he wished a taste of all that he gave .
Moloch gave only to be gifted in return .
There was no altruistic hypocrisy in his little divine circle .
He was not saving the world ; he was not serving mankind .
He cared for neither the praise nor the glory that others might give him .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ masculine god .
He defied the weaker sex even in love .
He had no women himself , nor did he wish his worshippers coming to his temple to trail their women along .
He wanted none of their weakness , gentleness , delicacy , or romanticism .
He was the god of muscle and belly .
If cannibals were looking for a god , none could please them so much as Moloch , and Moloch could wish himself no better class of worshipper .
His temple was out in the open , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ polished ways of living .
It was an immense , low structure with an enormous figure of Moloch at its end .
Like the modern industrial plant with its towering chimney rising to the clouds , .
the god himself appeared before his worshippers—a colossal giant of a man with a bull ’ s head and tremendous virile power .
His arms he held outstretched as if he were forever demanding sacrifices .
There were seven huge mouths to his belly , all appropriate receptacles for the offerings that might be brought to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cast in bronze and merged with a large furnace that served as its pedestal .
Whatever was fed to the god immediately landed in the fiery oven .
Moloch the glutton would take no chances with his priests who might put away a sacrifice for themselves or share with him the fat of the land .
As the sun was setting , the worshippers left their homes and wives , and , loaded with sacrifices , they betook themselves to the warm abode of their god .
While they were on their way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the pit of the furnace , and as they entered the temple , flames reflected through the bronze figure of the divinity .
Cold , cruel , and metallic Moloch had become incandescent , aflame with the fire of life .
Moloch was the fire that does burn the bush and everything else ; he was the fire that devours .
As the tongues of flame shot through the monstrous figure , the worshippers yelled for joy .
They danced about it , emitting terrific cries and , in frenzy , hurled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fiery god .
There may have been products of the soil , fruits of the farm , a calf or a sheep , even a cat or a dog .
One may have thrown his own cloak into the gaping mouth when he had nothing else to give .
When the signal was given , the eunuch priests of Moloch marched into the temple and about the radiant figure .
They came to serve this cruel , relentless god , as the priestesses paid homage to a goddess more loving and generous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , sexual passion persisted and seemed all the more fired because of the absence of women ; and beautiful , beardless young men , their bodies soft and fragrant from the use of oils and perfumes , sold themselves to the adorers of their god , depositing on the altar of the idol the money thus earned .
Within the temple , too , there were dogs trained for the same purpose and the coins received from the rental or sale of these animals , called the “ price of a dog , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The eunuch priests constituted a caste or sect with their own rites of initiation .
These were held at night in the depths of the forest .
There , in the heat of frenzy and stirred by wild music , they gashed their own bodies and ran about with blood streaming from their wounds , falling over each other as they did so .
Women were excluded from this sheer masculine world of Moloch and his tribe .
But the wives of the Molochites clamored for a god and for Moloch .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but the high priest of Moloch knew better .
He saw additional revenue for the temple with a sect of women doing for themselves what the men had been doing alone .
Thus women , too , came to serve Moloch .
They had their priestesses , who prostituted themselves to the women worshippers as the eunuch priests did to the males .
The priestesses dwelled in gay colored tents about the temple of Moloch , burning incense , playing soothing music , and preparing love charms and potions .
Both men @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , two human races with no direct emotional contact , yet not without some influence upon each other .
For the frenzied desire of the women for their priestesses reflexively aroused the passions of the men for the objects of their love .
When the women came to offer their sacrifices , they cast into the devouring belly of Moloch whatever there was upon them or within their arms .
The greater the sacrifice , the more exaltation the devotee derived .
In the heat of her ever-increasing passion , she brought the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It was then that Moloch first tasted the flesh and blood of the infants thrown within him by mothers gone mad with desire .
Moloch was the contrary god .
he was contrary to all the refinements that human society had developed in its march of civilization .
He was contrary to human nature in love and sex .
In Moloch , man revolted against his better self .
In Moloch , he turned his face on his own humanity .
He quickly ran down the ladder up which he had struggled so @ @ @ @

Renegade Editor’s Note: I think Yahweh is actually Moloch in disguise.
By B.Z. Goldberg
From The Sacred Fire [1930]
MOLOCH was the mighty, gluttonous god. He bestowed his bounty upon mankind, but he wished a taste of all that he gave. Moloch gave only to be gifted in return. There was no altruistic hypocrisy in his little divine circle. He was not saving the world; he was not serving mankind. He cared for neither the praise nor the glory that others might give him.
Moloch was a fierce, self-satisfied, masculine god. He defied the weaker sex even in love. He had no women himself, nor did he wish his worshippers coming to his temple to trail their women along. He wanted none of their weakness, gentleness, delicacy, or romanticism. He was the god of muscle and belly. If cannibals were looking for a god, none could please them so much as Moloch, and Moloch could wish himself no better class of worshipper.
His temple was out in the open, far from city or village with their polished ways of living. It was an immense, low structure with an enormous figure of Moloch at its end. Like the modern industrial plant with its towering chimney rising to the clouds,. the god himself appeared before his worshippers—a colossal giant of a man with a bull’s head and tremendous virile power. His arms he held outstretched as if he were forever demanding sacrifices. There were seven huge mouths to his belly, all appropriate receptacles for the offerings that might be brought to him.
The figure of Moloch was cast in bronze and merged with a large furnace that served as its pedestal. Whatever was fed to the god immediately landed in the fiery oven. Moloch the glutton would take no chances with his priests who might put away a sacrifice for themselves or share with him the fat of the land.
As the sun was setting, the worshippers left their homes and wives, and, loaded with sacrifices, they betook themselves to the warm abode of their god. While they were on their way, a huge fire was being prepared in the pit of the furnace, and as they entered the temple, flames reflected through the bronze figure of the divinity. Cold, cruel, and metallic Moloch had become incandescent, aflame with the fire of life. Moloch was the fire that does burn the bush and everything else; he was the fire that devours.
As the tongues of flame shot through the monstrous figure, the worshippers yelled for joy. They danced about it, emitting terrific cries and, in frenzy, hurled whatever they had into the mouths of the fiery god. There may have been products of the soil, fruits of the farm, a calf or a sheep, even a cat or a dog. One may have thrown his own cloak into the gaping mouth when he had nothing else to give.
When the signal was given, the eunuch priests of Moloch marched into the temple and about the radiant figure. They came to serve this cruel, relentless god, as the priestesses paid homage to a goddess more loving and generous.
While the fair sex was excluded, sexual passion persisted and seemed all the more fired because of the absence of women; and beautiful, beardless young men, their bodies soft and fragrant from the use of oils and perfumes, sold themselves to the adorers of their god, depositing on the altar of the idol the money thus earned. Within the temple, too, there were dogs trained for the same purpose and the coins received from the rental or sale of these animals, called the “price of a dog,” went to the priests of Moloch.
The eunuch priests constituted a caste or sect with their own rites of initiation. These were held at night in the depths of the forest. There, in the heat of frenzy and stirred by wild music, they gashed their own bodies and ran about with blood streaming from their wounds, falling over each other as they did so.
Women were excluded from this sheer masculine world of Moloch and his tribe. But the wives of the Molochites clamored for a god and for Moloch. The husbands would have none of it, but the high priest of Moloch knew better. He saw additional revenue for the temple with a sect of women doing for themselves what the men had been doing alone.
Thus women, too, came to serve Moloch. They had their priestesses, who prostituted themselves to the women worshippers as the eunuch priests did to the males. The priestesses dwelled in gay colored tents about the temple of Moloch, burning incense, playing soothing music, and preparing love charms and potions.
Both men and women danced about the blazing Moloch, two human races with no direct emotional contact, yet not without some influence upon each other. For the frenzied desire of the women for their priestesses reflexively aroused the passions of the men for the objects of their love.
When the women came to offer their sacrifices, they cast into the devouring belly of Moloch whatever there was upon them or within their arms. The greater the sacrifice, the more exaltation the devotee derived. In the heat of her ever-increasing passion, she brought the greatest sacrifice a mother could offer. It was then that Moloch first tasted the flesh and blood of the infants thrown within him by mothers gone mad with desire.
Moloch was the contrary god. he was contrary to all the refinements that human society had developed in its march of civilization. He was contrary to human nature in love and sex. In Moloch, man revolted against his better self. In Moloch, he turned his face on his own humanity. He quickly ran down the ladder up which he had struggled so hard to ascend.
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renegadetribune--2020-01-09--Paintings of Everyday Life in Germany

Paintings of Everyday Life in Germany

There was a movement in German art to portray the everyday Germans , rather than just the aristocrats and their @ @ @ @ @ popular under National Socialism .
Gallery via NS Europa .

There was a movement in German art to portray the everyday Germans, rather than just the aristocrats and their activities, which was especially popular under National Socialism. Gallery via NS Europa.
Julius Engelhard (1883–1964) – Mädchen mit Hunden (1943) Girl with Dogs (1943) Udo Wendel (1906–1945) – Die Kunstzeitschrift (1939/40) The Art Magazine (1939/40) Anton Hans Karlinsky (1872–1945) – Die Bläservereinigung der Wiener Philharmoniker bei der Probearbeit (1939) The Brass Association of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra During Rehearsals (1939) Hans Schachinger (1888–1952) – Steirisches Trachtenpaar (1938) Styrian Costumed Couple (1938) Hans Schachinger (1888–1952) – Musikanten (1940) Musicians (1940) Julius Engelhard (1883–1964) – Spitzentanz (1941) Lace Dance (1941) Julius Engelhard (1883–1964) - Begegnung (1942) Encounter (1942) Heinrich Kralik von Meyrswalden (1887–1958) – Ferien in Tirol (1939) Vacation in Tirol (1939) Angelo Jank (1868–1940) – Reiterjugend (1939) Young Riders (1939) Hans Schachinger (1888–1952) – Schulbub (1943) Schoolboy (1943) Wilhelm Hempfing (1886–1948) – Mädchen mit Küchenstilleben (1941) Girl with Kitchen Still Life (1941)
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