Author Archives: Jan Oberg

Distance yourself from US Iran policies or be responsible for the next catastrophe in the Middle East

Remember President Trump’s tweet and accompanying statements by the Trump administration officials concerning Iran—as reported here by CNN on May 19, 2019? Continue reading

Before you get too excited about Russia’s meddling in US politics

We’ve witnessed a sustained Western media attention to the alleged interference by Russia (Putin) in American politics in favour of President Trump’s election. The same media seem to find it less interesting to write about US meddling in the political affairs, including elections, in other countries. But scattered articles—good ones—do exist. Continue reading

The world’s most dangerous document hits the front pages . .

The mainstream media are totally irresponsible in their priorities. At the moment of writing, five hours after the world’s most dangerous document was presented, no major Western media has featured it prominently. This means it won’t be. No chance it would go viral. The increasing risk of nuclear war isn’t important. Continue reading