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John Wightis the author of a politically incorrect and irreverent Hollywood memoir --Dreams That Die -- published by Zero Books. He's also written five novels, which are available as Kindle eBooks. You can follow him on Twitter at @JohnWight1
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, September 19, 2016 US Massacre of Syrian Soldiers Exposes Washington's Mendacity
If Americans sincerely held the well-being of the Syrian people as a priority in this conflict, they would have already joined with Russia, the Syrian government, and its allies in defeating Daesh, Nusra, and the various other groups of religious and sectarian fanatics. The enemy of the American people is not Russia, Syria or Iran. The enemy of the American people is the hypocrisy of their own government.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, September 16, 2016 British MPs Blame David Cameron for the Destruction of Libya
The burning question a world interested in justice has long demanded an answer to is when are these so-called leaders and democrats, members of a ruling elite dripping in the blood of millions, ever going to be held accountable for the vast human suffering they have and continue to sow across the world?
(10 comments) SHARE Friday, September 9, 2016 Why the Syrian People Won't Accept a Deal to Remove Assad
Vladimir Putin and Russia have staked too much in the outcome of the conflict in Syria to allow Assad to be thrown under the bus in service to a contrived and transparent attempt to depose him under the guise of a peace plan. This is not to claim that Assad should lead Syria in perpetuity. It is, however, to claim that the government of Syria is a matter for the Syrian people.
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, May 18, 2016 NATO exercises on Russian border: Are these people actually mad?
Why is the West and NATO intent on pursuing a cold war strategy when it comes to Russia? How can it possibly profit Western countries and their citizens to experience a return to the decades of enmity previous generations endured, with all the dangers that such a state of mutual antagonism brings?
(5 comments) SHARE Tuesday, July 14, 2015 Behind the Mask of Democracy Lurks European Tyranny
Events in Greece have succeeded in ripping the mask of democracy off the face of the EU to reveal a cold, callous, and brutal tyranny of blind economic forces.
Not since the end of the Second World War has a people and nation in Western Europe been forced to endure the economic hardship and privation that Greece and its people are suffering today. T