So Much for Transparency: Navy Unwilling To Release Report on Red Hill Contamination
Hawaii’s Governor Gets Wishy-Washy about Permanent Shut Down of Jet Fuel Tanks August 1 is the earliest De-Fuel Tanks Could Begin, a Wait of 8 months Teachers Speak of Trauma of Children from Military Families We knew the U.S. Navy would slow roll the process of...
Too Late To Triangulate: The New Shape of the World
Trust is key to a relationship. At the end of the Cold War, Russia sincerely wanted to join the West. But that relationship has broken, and Russia has moved on to a new partner. A little discussed reason for that disappointment is the complete loss of trust Russia had...
As Washington Considers Multiple Wars at Once, Retrenchment Should be Strategy for the Future
During the Trump presidency members of the Washington foreign policy establishment, inelegantly labeled "the Blob," talked about the importance of having "adults" in the room when international issues were discussed at the White House. Blobsters...
Iraq Daily Roundup: 24 Killed
Ukraine Pushes Back Against American Hawks
It looks like we have plunged so deeply into the theater of the absurd that we now have a case of “Albania don’t want the ball!”. Our reference, of course, is to the apocryphal football story about a coach repeatedly signaling a play from the...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Eight Killed
More Presidential Killings
Secretly and quietly, the Biden administration has continued to use the killing machine crafted by President George W. Bush, expanded by President Barack Obama and employed from time to time by President Donald Trump. These presidents have used drones and other...
Will Putin Accept Half a Loaf?
The eagerly awaited "written response" from the U.S. and NATO to Russia’s security proposals is now in the hands of President Vladimir Putin. And yet there is no sign the West caved in on Moscow’s insistence that NATO rescind its 14 year-old invitation to...
Bipartisanship: US House Races Massive Ukraine Weapons Transfer to the Floor!
In Washington the global US military empire is a bipartisan affair. With a trillion dollar yearly military budget, there are plenty of opportunities for both the position and the opposition parties to thrust snouts deeply into the trough. While Ron Paul was in...


