<?xml  version='1.0'   encoding='UTF-8'  ?><rss  version='2.0'   xmlns:content='http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/'   xmlns:wfw='http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/'   xmlns:dc='http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/'   xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'   xmlns:sy='http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/'   xmlns:itunes='http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'   xmlns:slash='http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/'  ><channel><title>The Unz Review: </title><atom:link href='https://www.unz.com/feed/'  rel='self'  type='application/rss+xml' /><link>https://www.unz.com</link><description>A Collection of Interesting, Important, and Controversial Perspectives Largely Excluded from the American Mainstream Media</description><lastBuildDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:55:10 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en-US</language><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.9</generator>
<item><title>Vivek vs. Acton, by David M. Zsutty</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/vivek-vs-acton/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/vivek-vs-acton/#comments</comments><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:10:51 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[David M. Zsutty]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560719</guid><description><![CDATA[I didn’t think that Vivek Ramascammer could go any lower. But I was wrong. On Monday, October 19, Ohio political blogger D. J. Byrnes publicized a political ad (available here) in which Amy Acton’s mother, Donna Arthur, says “It’s not easy for a mother to say this, but Amy has a serious problem. She is...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>0</slash:comments></item><item><title>Make Amalek Great Again?, by Thomas Zaja</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/make-amalek-great-again/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/make-amalek-great-again/#comments</comments><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:00:54 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Zaja]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560700</guid><description><![CDATA[In the earliest annals of Jewish history a people known as the Amalekites had their name and reputation forever infamed by the kosher chronicles of the Pentateuch. These Hamitic-Arab speakers south of the Negev desert became the first mortal enemies of the Israelites in a neighborhood trend that continues to this day. The Amalekites were...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>4</slash:comments></item><item><title>UK to Push the "Antisemitism" Psyop Even Harder In Schools, by Caitlin Johnstone</title><link>https://www.unz.com/cjohnstone/uk-to-push-the-antisemitism-psyop-even-harder-in-schools/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/cjohnstone/uk-to-push-the-antisemitism-psyop-even-harder-in-schools/#comments</comments><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:00:33 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caitlin Johnstone]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560691</guid><description><![CDATA[The more children Israel kills, the more unpopular it becomes. The more unpopular Israel becomes, the more violently we are throat-fucked with the narrative that “antisemitism” is a major problem in our society. The UK’s Department for Education has released a 107-page review which asserts that much more needs to be done to protect Jewish...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>15</slash:comments></item><item><title>Disaster Is a Possibility, by Paul Craig Roberts</title><link>https://www.unz.com/proberts/disaster-is-a-possibility/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/proberts/disaster-is-a-possibility/#comments</comments><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:00:32 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Craig Roberts]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560698</guid><description><![CDATA[In 13 days Americans will vote on the midterm Congressional elections. The outcome will determine whether the Democrats control Congress, or enough of it, that Trump’s presidency is at an end. Even some MAGA Americans are indifferent, because Trump, rather than end money-draining wars, expanded them by attacking “at Israel’s request,” Iran, which has proven...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>0</slash:comments></item><item><title>How the GOP Is Working to Steal the Midterms (w/ Joel McCleary and Mark Medish), by Chris Hedges</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/how-the-gop-is-working-to-steal-the-midterms-w-joel-mccleary-and-mark-medish/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/how-the-gop-is-working-to-steal-the-midterms-w-joel-mccleary-and-mark-medish/#comments</comments><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:00:28 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Hedges]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560717</guid><description><![CDATA[As the midterm elections loom, analysts Joel McCleary and Mark Medish warn about the panoply of tools the Trump administration is putting in place to potentially control the outcome. Midterm elections in the United States are scheduled for November 3. Concerns that the elections might be canceled, coerced or subverted at any stage of the...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>0</slash:comments></item><item><title>Laurent Guyénot on "What the Christians Did to the Romans", by Kevin Barrett</title><link>https://www.unz.com/kbarrett/laurent-guyenot-on-what-the-christians-did-to-the-romans/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/kbarrett/laurent-guyenot-on-what-the-christians-did-to-the-romans/#comments</comments><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:00:19 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Barrett]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560697</guid><description><![CDATA[Rumble link Bitchute link Laurent Guyénot’s From Yahweh to Zion powerfully argues that Judaism has been a destructive force throughout its 2500-year existence. Now he’s back with another book-length argument upsetting conventional wisdom, this time targeting Christianity. What the Christians Did to the Romans: A critical history of the Christianization argues that traditional accounts of...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>20</slash:comments></item><item><title>Riyadh Says Its Oil System Is Intact. the Numbers Say Otherwise., by Larry C. Johnson</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/riyadh-says-its-oil-system-is-intact-the-numbers-say-otherwise/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/riyadh-says-its-oil-system-is-intact-the-numbers-say-otherwise/#comments</comments><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:00:18 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry C. Johnson]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560689</guid><description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, Aramco’s chief executive, Amin Nasser, assured the markets that “our system is intact” and that Saudi Arabia could restore its full 12 million barrels a day of capacity within days. It is a comforting message, and Washington, European capitals and oil traders have every reason to want to believe it. It is...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>1</slash:comments></item><item><title>MBS Needs to Decide: Israel or Turkey and Pakistan, by J. Ricardo Martins</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/mbs-needs-to-decide-israel-or-turkey-and-pakistan-are-we-seeing-the-fall-of-the-house-of-saud/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/mbs-needs-to-decide-israel-or-turkey-and-pakistan-are-we-seeing-the-fall-of-the-house-of-saud/#comments</comments><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:00:11 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[J. Ricardo Martins]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560693</guid><description><![CDATA[The fact that Trump made a comment that Israel has been “very helpful” to Saudi Arabia reveals a strategic dilemma facing Mohammed bin Salman: either to align himself with Israel and thereby offend the Arab and Muslim worlds, or to embrace regional collective security and accept the prospect of a Middle East in which Washington...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>9</slash:comments></item><item><title>Weak Genes or  Strong Germs?, by Chanda Chisala</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/weak-genes-or-strong-germs/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/weak-genes-or-strong-germs/#comments</comments><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:10:39 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chanda Chisala]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560632</guid><description><![CDATA[Thomas Sowell’s “Black Redneck” hypothesis is an intriguing attempt at explaining how the dysfunctional elements of the ghetto Black American culture emerged, and how they came to be socially (mis)identified as authentic “Black culture” (Sowell, 2005). Noting some unmistakable similarities between certain cultural habits and social pathologies associated with modern ghetto Black culture and the...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>15</slash:comments></item><item><title>How They Trick You, by Kevin DeAnna</title><link>https://www.unz.com/ghood/how-they-trick-you/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/ghood/how-they-trick-you/#comments</comments><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:10:26 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin DeAnna]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560692</guid><description><![CDATA[Fighting between Europeans and Americans misses the point. We are both in a desperate situation. President Trump rightly faults France for letting in migrants, but we aren’t much better off, and war in Iran is hardly the solution. In fact, it’s just the latest example of patriotism being exploited for the wrong fight. Plus, Flemish...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>6</slash:comments></item><item><title>Trump and Netanyahu Want to “Finish the Job” on Iran, by Philip Giraldi</title><link>https://www.unz.com/pgiraldi/trump-and-netanyahu-want-to-finish-the-job-on-iran/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/pgiraldi/trump-and-netanyahu-want-to-finish-the-job-on-iran/#comments</comments><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:01:01 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Giraldi]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560681</guid><description><![CDATA[If one were seeking to create something like a modern-day folk tale based on current realities and having the theme of “good versus evil” there are any number of real-life narratives available that could be exploited to invite speculation on actual environments that might have served as models for the fiction. I have found much...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>112</slash:comments></item><item><title>Soccer: White Nationalist Refuge, by Tom Sunic</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/soccer-white-nationalist-refuge/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/soccer-white-nationalist-refuge/#comments</comments><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:00:44 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Sunic]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560674</guid><description><![CDATA[Soccer matches have long been a secular religion for millions across East and Central Europe, often standing in for a suppressed national and racial identity. The aftermath of the recent match between the Croatian soccer club Hajduk Split and the Dutch side Ajax, which is historically associated with the Jewish community, drew widespread condemnation from...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>8</slash:comments></item><item><title>ISW’s Shrinking War and the Drone Launched from Poland, by Larry C. Johnson</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/isws-shrinking-war-and-the-drone-launched-from-poland/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/isws-shrinking-war-and-the-drone-launched-from-poland/#comments</comments><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:00:44 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry C. Johnson]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560671</guid><description><![CDATA[If you get your picture of the war in Ukraine from the Institute for the Study of War, you could be forgiven for thinking Russia has spent 2026 standing still. According to reporting on ISW’s latest assessments, Russia’s actual territorial gains this year come to roughly 100 square kilometers, about 40 square miles, or a...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>13</slash:comments></item><item><title>Trump Continues to Serve Israel at the Expense of Republicans in the Midterm Elections, by Paul Craig Roberts</title><link>https://www.unz.com/proberts/trump-continues-to-serve-israel-at-the-expense-of-republicans-in-the-midterm-elections/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/proberts/trump-continues-to-serve-israel-at-the-expense-of-republicans-in-the-midterm-elections/#comments</comments><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:00:36 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Craig Roberts]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560679</guid><description><![CDATA[“We must complete the elimination of the Iranian regime – that is the main thing. I have discussed this with President Trump more than once, including the day before yesterday.” — Netanyahu The Zionist agenda of Greater Israel marches on. Netanyahu says Hezbollah’s fall will follow Iran’s as the Middle East is cleared of Muslims....]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>0</slash:comments></item><item><title>Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco: Bearing Witness to Gaza As the World Looks Away, by Chris Hedges</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/chris-hedges-and-joe-sacco-bearing-witness-to-gaza-as-the-world-looks-away/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/chris-hedges-and-joe-sacco-bearing-witness-to-gaza-as-the-world-looks-away/#comments</comments><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:00:29 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Hedges]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560680</guid><description><![CDATA[Edited transcript Edited for clarity and readability, preserving the speakers’ meaning. Speaker labels are based on context; uncertain names appear in brackets. Not checked against the rec]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>2</slash:comments></item><item><title>Israel Burns Down France, Blames Muslims &amp; Leftists, by Kevin Barrett</title><link>https://www.unz.com/kbarrett/israel-burns-down-france-blames-muslims-leftists/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/kbarrett/israel-burns-down-france-blames-muslims-leftists/#comments</comments><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:00:16 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Barrett]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560675</guid><description><![CDATA[This has happened so many times even I can’t keep track, and I’m the guy who publishes books about it: 1) Netanyahu threatens France because it backs the two-state solution or doesn’t support genocide enough. 2) Horrific, spectacular violence erupts in France—Jewish-run media blames Muslims. 3) Smirking Netanyahu backhandedly takes credit. Bibi’s goons infiltrating France...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>62</slash:comments></item><item><title>Villains of Judea: Robert Kraft, by Jose Alberto Nino</title><link>https://www.unz.com/jnino/villains-of-judea-robert-kraft/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/jnino/villains-of-judea-robert-kraft/#comments</comments><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 04:20:58 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jose Alberto Nino]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560673</guid><description><![CDATA[When American rapper Macklemore took the stage as Ed Sheeran’s opening act at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on September 4 and 5, he used the platform to make a case for Palestinian liberation before audiences estimated at roughly 80,000. He performed “Hind’s Hall”—a protest song named for Hind Rajab, a 5-year-old Palestinian girl killed...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>11</slash:comments></item><item><title>I Love You Guys, by Caitlin Johnstone</title><link>https://www.unz.com/cjohnstone/i-love-you-guys/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/cjohnstone/i-love-you-guys/#comments</comments><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 04:00:54 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caitlin Johnstone]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560639</guid><description><![CDATA[I don’t really fit in with any group. Too woo-woo spiritual for the Marxists. Too angry for the Buddhists. Too political for the nondualists. Too much of a liberal-hating commie for the witches. Too radical for the socdems or demsocs. Too grown up for the anarchists. If hippies were real I guess I’d be one...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>23</slash:comments></item><item><title>Global Polls Find Israel Is the Least Popular Country On Earth, by Ben Norton</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/global-polls-find-israel-is-the-least-popular-country-on-earth/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/global-polls-find-israel-is-the-least-popular-country-on-earth/#comments</comments><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 04:00:50 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Norton]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560666</guid><description><![CDATA[A huge global survey found Israel is the least popular country on Earth, following its genocide in Gaza. Another poll shows 67% in dozens of countries oppose Israel. Even 62% of Americans dislike it. Comprehensive global polls show Israel is now the most unpopular country on Earth, following its thoroughly documented genocide against the Palestinian...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>18</slash:comments></item><item><title>The French Protests Are Being Misunderstood, by Paul Craig Roberts</title><link>https://www.unz.com/proberts/the-french-protests-are-being-misunderstood/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/proberts/the-french-protests-are-being-misunderstood/#comments</comments><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 04:00:41 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Craig Roberts]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560645</guid><description><![CDATA[The French protests that are spreading over Europe are not receiving proper attention. The explanation that students all over France, with the disturbances spreading into Italy and Belgium, are burning down historic buildings and looting businesses because they are dissatisfied with the conditions of their school buildings is not a convincing narrative. Some suspect the...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>0</slash:comments></item><item><title>Another Round Against Iran Will Break What Is Left of the Gulf, by Larry C. Johnson</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/another-round-against-iran-will-break-what-is-left-of-the-gulf/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/another-round-against-iran-will-break-what-is-left-of-the-gulf/#comments</comments><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 04:00:40 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry C. Johnson]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560626</guid><description><![CDATA[Washington and Israel are talking again about “finishing the job” in Iran. Before they do, someone should take a hard look at the bill for the jobs already done. My friend Karl Miller, who has called this region correctly more often than most of the people paid to do it, sent me his latest assessment...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>13</slash:comments></item><item><title>Ice Agents Break Bones—and the Constitution, by Kevin Barrett</title><link>https://www.unz.com/kbarrett/ice-agents-break-bones-and-the-constitution/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/kbarrett/ice-agents-break-bones-and-the-constitution/#comments</comments><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 04:00:28 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Barrett]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560641</guid><description><![CDATA[Rumble link Bitchute link I just finished an interview with Press TV about ICE agents breaking a U.S. citizen’s arm in Long Beach, California. The interviewer asked me whether this might be justified, or whether ICE was out of control. They’re out of control. This is a symptom of the authoritarianism that has exploded in...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>67</slash:comments></item><item><title>The 'War of Grand Design' Transforms to More Narrowly Bolster US Hegemony, by Alastair Crooke</title><link>https://www.unz.com/acrooke/the-war-of-grand-design-transforms-to-more-narrowly-bolster-us-hegemony/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/acrooke/the-war-of-grand-design-transforms-to-more-narrowly-bolster-us-hegemony/#comments</comments><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 04:00:26 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alastair Crooke]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560660</guid><description><![CDATA[To preserve its supremacy, Washington is pushing Europe to the front line against Russia, even at the risk of nuclear escalation The paradigm shifts. The networked supra-national stratum that long has pursued its global ‘grand design’ through manufacturing public consent for wars of imposed compliance has, at last, run up against the limits to power....]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>62</slash:comments></item><item><title>One Kurdish Peace Deal Could Ignite Another Middle Eastern Conflict, by James Durso</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/one-kurdish-peace-deal-could-ignite-another-middle-eastern-conflict/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/one-kurdish-peace-deal-could-ignite-another-middle-eastern-conflict/#comments</comments><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 04:00:24 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Durso]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560667</guid><description><![CDATA[Former PKK fighters could join Iran’s Kurdish insurgency, strengthening PJAK and threatening to destabilize the Iran–Iraq–Türkiye border region. Iraq and Türkiye face growing security risks, as renewed Kurdish militancy could undermine Ankara’s peace process, Iraqi sovereignty, and regional energy infrastructure. Washington faces a strategic dilemma, as supporting Kurdish militants against Iran could alienate NATO ally...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>3</slash:comments></item><item><title>Why France Is Burning, by David Skrbina</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/why-france-is-burning/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/why-france-is-burning/#comments</comments><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 04:00:09 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Skrbina]]></dc:creator><guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=560652</guid><description><![CDATA[It is hardly news to observe that many of the European nations are struggling at the moment. Inflation, unemployment, budgetary crises, and high energy costs are all taking their toll. Many governments are also suffering a crisis of credibility, as they take extreme and anti-democratic action to ward off “the far right”—and in doing so,...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/postmeta-holder/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>31</slash:comments></item></channel></rss>