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US: Ukraine Can Strike ‘Anywhere’ Russian Forces May Cross Border

by Connor Freeman | Jun 20, 2024 | News

Ukraine has been authorized to use US-supplied weapons to strike the Russian mainland wherever Moscow’s troops are advancing from across the border, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told PBS on Tuesday. The Pentagon also reiterated the escalatory change in policy on Thursday. Ukraine has suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties and continues losing territory in its war with Russia, in which Kiev serves as a NATO proxy. The White House green-lit Ukrainian strikes with American arms on Russia’s side of the border last month. At the time, the policy was supposed to only extend near...

Putin Accuses NATO of Threatening Security in Asia for Russia, Other Nations

by Connor Freeman | Jun 20, 2024 | News

President Vladimir Putin accused NATO of creating major security threats for Russia in Asia on Thursday, Reuters reported. This comes amid Washington’s escalating buildup for war with China, which has seen increased involvement by the North Atlantic alliance, as well as mounting tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Moscow maintains a “no limits” partnership with Beijing and inked a mutual assistance pact with Pyongyang this week. During a subsequent visit to Vietnam, Putin told a press conference that Moscow “[sees] what is happening in Asia: a bloc system is being put together.” He continued,...

Report: China’s Xi Says US Attempted To Trick Him Into Taiwan Invasion

by Connor Freeman | Jun 19, 2024 | News

During a conversation in 2023 with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Chinese President Xi Jinping accused the US of attempting to goad him into invading the island of Taiwan. This is according to people familiar with the matter, speaking with Financial Times. Despite a long spate of provocations by Washington that threatened to cross China’s “first red line,” undermining cross-strait peace and regional security more broadly, the Chinese leader said he would not take the bait. US provocations have continued into the current year. The meeting between the two leaders took...

China Blamed as West Fuels Nuclear Buildup

by Connor Freeman | Jun 17, 2024 | News

A recent report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) says China is undertaking a “significant” expansion and modernization of its nuclear arsenal and predicts Beijing could be on pace to obtain in 2030 an equal number of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMS) as Russia or the US. China’s actions are doubtless a response to the destabilization engendered by Washington’s new Cold Wars as well as the concomitant nuclear arms race successive American presidents have spearheaded this century. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) says...

Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir Oppose Army Pauses in Parts of Gaza

by Connor Freeman | Jun 17, 2024 | News

Following an announcement by the Israeli military on Sunday that there will now be 11-hour daily tactical pauses along one of the bombed-out Gaza Strip’s main roads, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the plan is “unacceptable,” according to an Israeli official speaking with Reuters. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who leads the extremist Jewish Power party, said whoever came up with the idea is a “fool” and should be fired. “When the prime minister heard the reports of an 11-hour humanitarian pause in the morning, he turned to his military secretary and made it clear that...

US and Canadian Warships Arrive in Cuba During Russian Naval Deployment

by Connor Freeman | Jun 17, 2024 | News

Three Russian warships and one nuclear-powered submarine arrived in Havana for naval exercises this week after carrying out what the Russian Defense Ministry called “high-precision missile weapons” training in the Atlantic Ocean. On Friday, in what is being viewed as a response to Moscow’s deployment to the Caribbean nation, a US fast-attack submarine made an uninvited port visit to Guantanamo Bay. Additionally, a Canadian patrol vessel entered Havana Harbor. Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío expressed displeasure with the advent of the American fast-attack submarine Helena in...

Goodbye to Pete McCloskey, an Antiwar Hero

by Connor Freeman | May 20, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, History, Politics

From Richard Nixon to the Israel lobby, the late Republican Congressman Paul Norton “Pete” McCloskey Jr. challenged the most powerful elements of the ruling class on the American people’s behalf. On September 29, 1927, McCloskey was born in San Bernardino, California. He was raised in South Pasadena. After graduating high school in 1945, McCloskey joined the Navy and attended Occidental College as well as the California Institute of Technology. In 1950, he graduated from Stanford with a Bachelor’s degree. When the Korean War began, McCloskey joined the Marines where he led a rifle platoon in...

Military Whistleblower McBride Sentenced to Nearly Six Years in Prison

by Connor Freeman | May 15, 2024 | News

Australia’s David McBride, the 60-year old ex-military lawyer turned Afghanistan War whistleblower, was sentenced to almost six years in prison by a federal judge in Canberra on Tuesday, Consortium News (CN) reports. Although McBride argues he was fulfilling his obligation to his country, leaking documents to the media uncovering atrocities committed against civilians by Australian military personnel in Afghanistan, the judge made clear the harsh sentence is intended to deter any future whistleblowers or similar disclosures. Mark Davis, an attorney for McBride as well as his solicitor, told...