Using Ukraine as a Bloodied Pawn

U.S. and NATO officials routinely contend that assisting Ukraine in its war against Russia is a moral as well as a strategic imperative. Ukraine is supposedly on the frontlines of a global struggle between democracy and freedom on one side and brutal authoritarianism...

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The Madness of US Militarism

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission. As a teenager in the 1970s, I recall talking to my dad about fears of nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. My dad took a broad view, suggesting that if U.S. and Soviet leaders were...

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Why Russia Went to War in 2022

Why did Russia make the decision to go to war in Ukraine in 2022? It had been over two decades since the US and NATO broke their promise and marched nearly a thousand miles east toward Russia’s borders. It had been eight years since the US supported a coup in Ukraine...

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Iraq Daily Roundup: Five Killed

At least Five people were killed, and six more were wounded in recent violence: In Baghdad, a tossed hand grenade wounded three people. One person was killed, and two others were injured when unidentified gunmen shot at them. Clashes Tarmiya wounded a policeman. Four...

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