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Congress must investigate why America was lied to about Afghanistan for all these years – Gabbard Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard pledged to seek a congressional inquiry into the Afghanistan war after a damning report said US officials have been lying about what has been happening there since the US occupation began. Gabbard, a military veteran who runs for the Democratic nomination on an anti-war platform, said there has to be “accountability for the lying” and the lives and taxpayer money lost in the longest military operation in the US history. “The cost of this war and regime change wars and the nation-building that follows is immeasurable in many ways but it’s measurable in the ways that have been detailed in that Washington Post report,” ...

‘The West has violated international law numerous times’ – former Austrian FM Karin Kneissl to RT The West and the EU, which have violated international law numerous times, must decide whether the same rules exist for all before preaching them to others, former Austrian FM Karin Kneissl said. A re-evaluation of its approach towards international law – and the double standards it practices regarding it – is long overdue for the West, Kneissl told RT Deutsch. While the West is quick to condemn any ‘violations’ wherever it feels necessary, it turns a blind eye to its own – like the 2003 invasion of Iraq or the Kosovo war. There were many times when international law was violated, if I may say so, on the part of the EU, on the part of the West. She be...

‘Life’s short, let air pollution kill us!’ India gang-rape & murder convict files ridiculous petition to delay execution One of five perpetrators of a notorious rape and murder in India has made a bizarre last-ditch effort to dodge death penalty, insisting that India’s poor air quality has already shortened his lifespan enough. The absurd petition, written in rudimentary English, was recently submitted to the Supreme Court through the inmate’s lawyer. “Everyone is aware of what is happening in [New Delhi] with regard to water and air. Life is going from short to [shorter], then why the death penalty?” asked the convict, Akshay Singh, adding that air in the city is “like a gas chamber” and “full of poison.” And terrible grammar. This...

Trump’s ‘favorable’ policy instincts obstructed by neocons, foreign interests & the arms lobby at every turn – Ron Paul Despite President Trump’s periodic calls to scale back some of America’s “endless wars,” they continue unabated thanks to pressure from an elite sect of pro-war interests in Washington and beyond, former lawmaker Ron Paul told RT. While the president “wants to back away from some of the interventions that have been dragging [on] for many, many years,” Paul said there are “different factions in our country” that put up fierce resistance to even the prospect of non-intervention. If [Trump] does move in this direction, there are neocons here who would get hysterical over it and they do not think that we should give an inch. It is...

Plenty of REAL issues on US-Russia agenda, seek truth about 2016 ‘election meddling’ in secret Obama cables – Lavrov Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said he did not discuss ‘election meddling’ with his US hosts, but that Moscow is willing to publish communications with the Obama administration showing that nothing happened in 2016. After meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the State Department, Lavrov also sat down with President Donald Trump at the Oval Office. The White House readout of their meeting said that Trump had “warned against any Russian attempts to interfere in United States elections.” //www.youtube.com/embed/Wr9QfHGcvM4 “We did not discuss the election,” Lavrov told r...

‘Obama policies continue’: US Congress doing everything to destroy relations with Russia, says Lavrov Some US lawmakers are doing everything they can to prevent normalization of US-Russia relations, which would benefit both countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said while visiting Washington. Lavrov spent Tuesday in meetings with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the State Department and Trump at the Oval Office. At a press conference later in the day, he was asked if Russia saw Trump as a reliable partner. While Trump sincerely understands the benefits of good relations with Russia for both countries, Lavrov said, “Congress, in my opinion, is doing everything to destroy our relations,” continuing the policies of the Obama administration...