A link to a discussion from Consortium News; other published material is accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up or down for today’s MEDIA, IRAN and UKRAINE, and down for SYRIA 8-22-26.) — MCM

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FROM AUG. 22  Neo-Israelites vs. neo-Ottomans. Joe Lauria of Consortium News talks with retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern and former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter — for more than two and a half hours — about the nature of Ukraine’s defense industry; who’s “really in charge” in Washington; the Western media; the Stars and Stripes and the firing of its publisher, its editor and a Middle East correspondent; interrelations between Turkey, Israel, Syria, Russia, Gaza, Hamas; and other topics. Click HERE before for text of intro by Lauria and video of talk.

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