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Most of the dead were killed by Turkish forces attacking P.K.K. targets.

When the Soviet Union dissolved in late 1991, the world seemed poised for a new, more peaceful era no longer haunted by the fear of a nuclear Armageddon. The principal successor state from the wreckage of the USSR was a noncommunist Russia that was intent on becoming part of the democratic, capitalist West. President George … Continue reading “Will Joe Biden’s Final Russia Legacy Be Armageddon?”

The paradoxical phrase, ‘running away forward’ is one of the most apt descriptions that illustrates the state of Israeli affairs now. It seems that everything that Israel has done in the past year or so is a mere attempt to deny, distract from or escape imminent future scenarios – all of which are bleak. Indeed, … Continue reading “A Nation in Denial: Why Israel’s Defeat Is Imminent”

The winds of change are blowing through Ukraine. The most obvious change – and the only one much discussed in the mainstream media – is Donald Trump. From a Cold Warrior president who defined the war in Ukraine as “the great battle for freedom: a battle between democracy and autocracy” that cannot be lost, the … Continue reading “Winds of Change Blow Through Ukraine”

Another Veterans Day, another 24 hours under a national psychosis. Americans reflexively thank veterans for their ‘service,’ but why? If more Americans were to read John Waters’ River City One, perhaps more Americans would substitute gratitude with an apology. Waters portrays the mental anguish many veterans endure via the fictional but likely sad realities of … Continue reading “Don’t Make Good People Do Bad Things”

On November 1, 2018 then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the launch of the “China Initiative” – a whole-of-government effort ostensibly designed to thwart espionage and technology theft by the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Chinese American groups and activists immediately denounced the program as racially biased and its investigations improperly predicated, and in 2021 two … Continue reading “PRC Espionage: Are Chinese Americans Their Top Recruitment Targets?”

That is Gaza behind me. The fence line is 600m away. The northern part of Gaza, where Israel is carrying out a genocide within a genocide, systematically starving 300,000 Palestinians to death, is about 2km further. The absurdity and the obscenity of being able to be this close to 20,000 murdered children, their bodies “prophetic … Continue reading “Stare Into Gaza: The Horror Was Not What I Expected”

Francesca Albanese did not mince her words. In a strongly worded speech at the United Nations General Assembly Third Committee on October 29, the UN Special Rapporteur deviated from the typical line of other UN officials. She directed her statements to those in attendance. “Is it possible that after 42,000 people killed, you cannot empathize … Continue reading “End of Empathy: Did the Gaza Genocide Render the UN Irrelevant?”

Here’s a pop quiz: When can an Army colonel overrule the Secretary of Defense? It happened last week for probably the first time in modern history. The short answer is: Even in the military, the Secretary of Defense cannot change the rules and procedures for criminal prosecutions and tell military judges how to try cases. … Continue reading “Gitmo Continues To Haunt”

Some things changed in politics in Washington, DC last week when Republican United States senators via a secret ballot vote selected Sen John Thune (R-SD) to become Senate Republican leader, replacing Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in the position. One of the things that remained the same, though, was that the Senate Republican leader position, along … Continue reading “US Congressional Leadership Remains United in Devotion to Israel After Selection of New Senate Republican Leader”