Links — 20 August 2021

Strategic Culture Foundation

What to Do? – The European Dilemma

Patrick Armstrong

Moon of Alabama
Britain Wants A Rerun Of The War On Afghanistan

RT
China gives green light to new law protecting personal data amid privacy violation concerns

TASS
Chinese MPs adopt amendment allowing families to have up to three children [and be eligible for childcare benefits]

Taliban invites countries to reconstruct Afghanistan, extract resources, says spokesman

War on corruption must not be used as instrument of political struggle — Putin

US continues with attempts to influence Russian election campaigns, says security chief

Sputnik International
Biden Issues Executive Order to Take Additional Actions Against Entities Linked to Nord Stream 2

US Sanctions 9 Russians, 2 Entities in Response to Navalny Alleged Poisoning

Spiegel Online
The Trillion Dollar Illusion: The Entirely Predictable Failure of the West's Mission in Afghanistan

Christoph Reuter

Zero Hedge
British Man In Singapore Given 6 Weeks In Prison For Not Wearing Face Mask, Psychiatric Assessment
Tyler Durden

RT
‘Literally fascism’: Australian man sentenced to maximum of 8 months in prison for organizing ‘unauthorized’ anti-lockdown protest

CaitlinJohnstone.com
The System Is Rigged For Endless War: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Caitlin Johnstone

MR ONline
“Revelations of Carter’s Former Advisor : ‘Yes, the CIA entered Afghanistan before the Russians…’” (1998)