The US Defense Department is sending its warships through the Strait of Hormuz at an increased pace. The operations are a reaction to rising tensions with Iran.
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News Roundup 5/23/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | May 23, 2023 | News Roundup
US News American military-industrial complex firms are guilty of “price gouging,” former Pentagon insiders told Newsweek. The Institute Russia Russian officials said Monday that a Ukrainian sabotage group launched a cross-border raid in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast, and...

Betting on Russian Submission? Don’t Roll Those Dice
by Derek Wheeler | May 23, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
As we enjoy our lives within the neocon utopia that's been carefully crafted for us, let us set aside, for a moment, all basic morality and the natural rights of life, liberty, and property. Surely, if we put on the same hegemonic blinders worn by the likes of John...

DoD Insiders Accuse US Arms Dealers of ‘Price Gouging’ Amid Ukraine Proxy War
by Connor Freeman | May 22, 2023 | News
American military-industrial complex firms are guilty of “price gouging,” former Pentagon insiders told Newsweek. These accusations come amidst Washington’s exponentially rising demand for weapons systems to both bolster Taiwan – in an effort to destabilize China – and support NATO’s proxy Kiev during its war with Russia.
West Wants Relationship with Ukraine to Follow the ‘Israel Model’
by Kyle Anzalone | May 22, 2023 | News
The United States and some of its NATO allies plan to increase weapons-sharing and provide additional security guarantees to Ukraine. Polish President Andrzej Duda told the Wall Street Journal that Western leaders were supportive of developing ties with Kiev similar to the relationship Washington keeps with Tel Aviv.
Biden To Green-Light Allied F-16 Transfers to Ukraine
by Kyle Anzalone | May 20, 2023 | News
The US will allow its European partners to transfer F-16s to Kiev, according to the Washington Post. Earlier this week, the UK and Netherlands began forming a coalition to send the American-made fighter jets to Ukraine.
US General: Israeli-Made Iron Dome System Ready For Deployment in Ukraine
by Connor Freeman and Will Porter | May 18, 2023 | News
One of two Israeli-manufactured Iron Dome batteries owned by the Pentagon is ready to be deployed to Ukraine, a US general told the Senate on Thursday. Tel Aviv has so far refused to supply the anti-missile system to Kiev, for fear of provoking Russia and risking its ability to freely bomb Moscow’s ally Syria.

News Roundup 5/18/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | May 18, 2023 | News Roundup
Russia Washington is launching the “Ukraine Content Aggregator,” an artificial intelligence program designed to detect so-called Russian disinformation online. The Institute Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that the Black Sea grain export deal...
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