Pepe Escobar summarizes and contextualizes the transition from the War On Terror hype to a new 21st century cold war scenario that this time around has much more potential to turn hot, as in nuclear hot, than the old style cold war.
Is John McCain the P.T. Barnum of politics? Or the Charlie McCarthy of politics?
August 21, 2008 – 9 min 24 sec
Pepe Escobar: Welcome to the New Cold WarPepe Escobar, born in Brazil is the roving correspondent for Asia Times and an analyst for The Real News Network. He’s been a foreign correspondent since 1985, based in London, Milan, Los Angeles, Paris, Singapore, and Bangkok. Since the late 1990s, he has specialized in covering the arc from the Middle East to Central Asia, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has made frequent visits to Iran and is the author of Globalistan and also Red Zone Blues: A Snapshot of Baghdad During the Surge both published by Nimble Books in 2007.
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because people quit buying, so maybe dusting off and resurrecting godless commies bent on world domination will help John McCain in his quest for world domination?