Kyle W. Orton“Zionism is Making Us Stupid”: The Russian Relationship with Israel from the Soviets to PutinINTRODUCTION50 min read·Dec 12, 2018--2--2
Kyle W. OrtonLingering Questions About 9/11In less than a week, it will be the seventeenth anniversary of al-Qaeda’s “Plane’s Operation”, the assault on the United States. It is a…31 min read·Sep 5, 2018----
Kyle W. OrtonThe Legacy of Kofi AnnanKofi Annan, the Secretary-General of the United Nations between 1997 and 2006, died yesterday aged 80. Annan and the U.N. received the…7 min read·Aug 19, 2018----
Kyle W. OrtonScandinavian Fascists Fight for Russia and the Regime in SyriaThe Norwegian news portal AldriMer reported on 11 May about a group of far-Right Scandinavians who fought under Russian command for the…4 min read·May 17, 2018--1--1
Kyle W. OrtonRussia Needs the Islamic State to Save AssadAfter a coalition supporting the regime of Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad conquered the city of Palmyra from the Islamic State (IS) in late…23 min read·Jun 21, 2016--1--1
Kyle W. OrtonThe Riddle of Haji BakrSamir al-Khlifawi, a former intelligence officer in Saddam Hussein’s regime, is said to have controlled ISIS since 2010. Did he?30 min read·Nov 10, 2015----
Kyle W. OrtonSaddam’s Salafists and Laying the Foundations of ISISBook Review: The Weight of a Mustard Seed: The Intimate Life of an Iraqi Family During Thirty Years of Tyranny (2009) by Wendell Steavenson20 min read·Oct 24, 2015----
Kyle W. OrtonHow Russia Manipulates Islamic TerrorismLast year I wrote about the murky role Russia was playing in the Syrian war, bolstering the Assad tyranny while facilitating the rise of…18 min read·Sep 8, 2015----
Kyle W. OrtonNukes and Empire: The West is on the Brink of Giving Iran Everything it WantsThe United States and Iran are seemingly days from signing an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program that has been brought about by a series…9 min read·Jul 6, 2015----