- — NATO, More Militarism No Defense Against US Expansionists
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at 4/2/25 10:00pmReprinted from Yves Engler’s website. If you believe Donald Trump might invade you should be calling for Canada to withdraw from NATO. The alliance won’t defend Canada, has enabled US interference and gobbles up resources. During a recent meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, US President Donald Trump questioned the border and Canadian sovereignty. Continue reading "NATO, More Militarism No Defense Against US Expansionists"- — Will China Seal Zelensky’s Fate?
- at 4/2/25 10:00pmReprinted with permission from The Realist Review. Adam Entous’ “blockbuster” New York Times report confirmed what only a few of us reported only weeks into the war, that Washington has been a co-belligerent in the war in Ukraine in all but name. In a widely neglected article for the Asia Times on April 19, 2022, Continue reading "Will China Seal Zelenskys Fate?"
- — War, Doublethink, and the Struggle for Survival: Geopolitics of the Gaza Genocide
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at 4/1/25 10:00pmIn a genocidal war that has spiraled into a struggle for political survival, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition and the global powers supporting him continue to sacrifice Palestinian lives for political gain. The sordid career of Israels extremist National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, epitomizes this tragic reality. Ben-Gvir joined Netanyahu’s government coalition following the Continue reading "War, Doublethink, and the Struggle for Survival: Geopolitics of the Gaza Genocide" - — Diego Garcia Smells Like War
- at 4/1/25 10:00pmA significant amount of US military power has been on the move over this past week, including several B-2 strategic bombers which have landed at the US military base in Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean just over 2,000 miles southeast of Iran. According to press reports this is the most significant B-2 presence on Continue reading "Diego Garcia Smells Like War"
- — The Demise of the Two-State Solution
- at 4/1/25 10:00pmUntil recently, the West has pledged in the name of a two-state model in the partitioned Israel/Palestine. But it has been replaced by a unitary state that is decreasingly secular and democratic. In retrospect, the two-state solution died in Jerusalem on September 17, 1948. After World War II, the UN Partition Plan and Israel’s unilateral Continue reading "The Demise of the Two-State Solution"
- — Who Gives Two Hoots About the Houthis!
- at 3/31/25 10:00pmLast week we noted that the ascension to NATO of the Balkan Five (Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania) and the Baltic Three (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia) amounts to some kind of bad joke. Their combined active military forces total just 66,000 servicemen, which is exactly equal to the combined 66,000 man police forces of Continue reading "Who Gives Two Hoots About the Houthis!"
- — Five Ways the Signal Leak Could be Trouble for Trump
- at 3/31/25 10:00pmThe real crime in the leaked principals group discussion of the upcoming U.S. military strikes on Yemen and the Houthi was the U.S. military strikes on Yemen, strikes U.S. President Donald Trump says will continue “for a long time.” As is always the case in American strikes, though, there will be little criticism of that Continue reading "Five Ways the Signal Leak Could be Trouble for Trump"
- — Free Speech Is Worth Fighting For
- at 3/31/25 10:00pmWe do not have free speech to talk about the weather. Our Founders, particularly James Madison who drafted the Bill of Rights, understood that our rights are not privileges granted to us by government. No, it was understood at the founding that these basic natural rights outlined by Madison were granted by our Creator and Continue reading "Free Speech Is Worth Fighting For"
- — Sometimes, Appeasement Is the Best Option
- at 3/30/25 10:00pmAppeasement was a bad idea in 1938, but it’s often a good idea. Ukraine would be wise to appease Russia. Ukraine’s supporters in the United States and Europe insist that any agreement ending Kyiv’s war with Russia must not involve Ukrainian territorial concessions, or Russia will profit from an inexcusable act of aggression against its Continue reading "Sometimes, Appeasement Is the BestOption"
- — The Real Outrage in Yemen
- at 3/30/25 10:00pmBeginning in March of 2017 and for the following eight years, at 11:00 a.m. on every Saturday morning, a group of New Yorkers has assembled in Manhattan’s Union Square for “the Yemen vigil.” Their largest banner proclaims: “Yemen is Starving.” Other signs say: “Put a human face on war in Yemen,” and “Let Yemen Live.” Continue reading "The Real Outrage in Yemen"
- — Arab Failures: The Unspoken Complicity in Israel’s Genocide
- at 3/30/25 10:00pmExplaining Arab political failure to challenge Israel through traditional analysis – such as disunity, general weakness, and a failure to prioritize Palestine – does not capture the full picture. The idea that Israel is brutalizing Palestinians simply because the Arabs are too weak to challenge the Benjamin Netanyahu government – or any government – implies Continue reading "Arab Failures: The Unspoken Complicity in Israels Genocide"
- — The Signal Scandal, Carelessness, Revelations, and Hypocrisy
- at 3/27/25 10:00pmIn an act of astonishing, and possibly illegal, carelessness, the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, was inexplicably invited to join an open-source encrypted conversation of a principals group of senior national security officials on Signal. The meeting included Vice-President J.D. Vance, defense secretary Pete Hegseth, national security advisor Michael Waltz, secretary of Continue reading "The Signal Scandal, Carelessness, Revelations, and Hypocrisy"
- — From JFK to Donald Trump: How the USA Became Wedded to Zionist Israel
- at 3/27/25 10:00pmThere are many contrasts between the 35th president, John F. Kennedy, and the 45th and 47th president, Donald J. Trump. One extreme example is regarding U.S. policy toward Israel. JFK and Israel/Palestine Unknown to many people today, JFK supported Palestinian rights and sought a sustainable peace in the region. In 1960, when JFK was campaigning Continue reading "From JFK to Donald Trump: How the USA Became Wedded to Zionist Israel"
- — The High Price of War With Iran: $10 Gas and the Collapse of the US Economy
- at 3/26/25 10:00pmReprinted with permission from The Kucinich Report. Israel is currently in turmoil, marked by widespread protests demanding Netanyahus resignation. Critics accuse him of prolonging war for political gain, while his dismissal of top security officials and ongoing attacks on the judiciary have further intensified the unrest. Meanwhile, Washington DC’s drumbeat for war never stops. It’s Continue reading "The High Price of War With Iran: $10 Gas and the Collapse of the US Economy"
- — A Brief History of the Freedom of Speech
- at 3/26/25 10:00pmI disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it. ~ Voltaire (1694-1778) When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he included in it a list of the colonists grievances with the British government. Notably absent were any complaints about infringement upon speech. In those days, speech Continue reading "A Brief History of the Freedom of Speech"
- — Mainstream Media Criticizes Ceasefire Negotiations in Ukraine: Don’t Believe Them
- at 3/25/25 10:00pmThe mainstream media continuously points out that while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed readiness to accept the Trump administration’s proposed thirty-day ceasefire without preconditions, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said only that he supports the idea of a ceasefire while attaching preconditions that render it unworkable. Neither claim is true. Zelensky has attached preconditions, Continue reading "Mainstream Media Criticizes Ceasefire Negotiations in Ukraine: Dont Believe Them"
- — Escalating an Unwinnable War
- at 3/25/25 10:00pmPresident Donald Trump appears set to repeat one of the worst mistakes of his first administration: fighting an unwinnable war in Yemen. This time, it could be far worse as Trump has sent two aircraft carrier strike groups to the Red Sea, meaning Americans will be doing the fighting, not the Saudis. While the Yemeni Continue reading "Escalating an Unwinnable War"
- — ‘Where Was the UN?’ Asks Freed Israeli Captive. Its Staff Were Busy Being Killed
- at 3/24/25 10:00pmIsrael has found a captive recently released from Gaza willing to regurgitate some of its most nonsensical talking points on the stage of the United Nations. Predictably, those talking points are already being exploited to justify Israel intensifying its slaughter of Palestinian children in Gaza – and further bully the United Nations into even greater Continue reading "Where Was the UN? Asks Freed Israeli Captive. Its Staff Were Busy Being Killed"
- — Turn Off That (Government) Radio!
- at 3/24/25 10:00pmOn March 14, US president Donald Trump signed an executive order reducing “statutory functions of unnecessary governmental entities to what is required by law.” Among other institutions, the order targets the United States Agency for Global Media and the broadcast media it operates and funds: Voice of America, Radio and Television Martí, Radio Free Europe/Radio Continue reading "Turn Off That (Government) Radio!"
- — Iraq Weekly Roundup: Two Killed
- at 3/24/25 6:58pmSeven more were wounded.
- — The Terrible Cost of Kursk
- at 3/23/25 10:00pmOn March 16, The New York Times reported that “Ukrainian forces have pulled almost entirely out of the Kursk region of Russia.” After seven months, one Ukrainian soldier told the BBC, Everything is finished in the Kursk region.” Back on August 6, 2024, the Ukrainian armed forces surprised both Russia and Western analysts with a Continue reading "The Terrible Cost of Kursk"
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