Russia has targeted a number of sites in Ukraine that have been used for Western weapons deliveries, local officials said, as the Biden administration rejected demands from Moscow to stop arming Ukraine. A Ukrainian railway official reported that five stations were...
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NATO States Seek to Prolong Ukraine War to ‘Weaken Russia,’ Turkish FM Says
by Will Porter | Apr 23, 2022 | News Roundup
Some members of the NATO alliance favor continued bloodshed in Ukraine over peace, believing the conflict will diminish and weaken Russia, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said.
White House has ‘Almost Zero’ Ability to Track Weapons It Sends to Ukraine
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 19, 2022 | News Roundup
A US official said the White House has “almost zero” ability to track the weapons it is sending to Ukraine. So far, President Joe Biden has approved over $3 billion in arms shipments to Kiev.
Finland Considering NATO Membership After Russia Warns of ‘Serious Consequences’
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Apr 5, 2022 | News Roundup
Finland is mulling whether to join the NATO military alliance, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said, noting that a decision could come by next spring while citing a new “security environment” in Europe following Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
Turkey Says Progress Made in Ukraine Talks as Zelensky Warns of WW3 if Diplomacy Fails
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Mar 20, 2022 | News Roundup
Moscow and Kiev are nearing agreement on a number of key issues in talks to end fighting in Ukraine, Turkey’s top diplomat said. While the progress marks a positive sign for diplomacy, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that a failure to strike a deal could kick off a “third World War.”
Your federal tax dollars hard at work…
by Laurie Calhoun | Jan 20, 2022 | Blog, Foreign Policy
Courageously protecting the world from people who drive white Toyota Corollas and move stuff around town. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/politics/military-releases-videos-august-drone-strike-killed-civilians/index.html
Is Virtue Signaling Vicious?
by Laurie Calhoun | Dec 27, 2021 | Featured Articles
Virtue signaling—the practice of highlighting what one takes to be one’s own moral superiority, often by loudly denouncing the character and comportment, including the speech, of other people—has become a dominant mode of rhetoric throughout social media and network...
For One Day, Protestors Stopped the War Machine
by Jim Bovard | Dec 27, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
I’ve attended most of the major antiwar protests in Washington since 9/11. At a 2005 protest, a cop tried to whack me on the head with a wooden pole. At a 2007 protest, I snapped a picture showing George W. Bush hanging next to the U.S. Capitol. But my favorite...
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Israel’s Amazing Feat
Israel has accomplished quite a feat: its crimes against the people of Gaza are of such a large scale that they make Hamas's Oct. 7 crimes look small.
Pentagon Follies: Accounting for DEI Expenditures
Inclusion, Equity and Diversity (IED) is communism in blackface. This viral contagion has raced to the top of government bureaucracies and, of course, facilitates a race to the bottom in quality and competence. The wizards at the Pentagon who have yet to account for...
A Soho Forum discussion of COVID with Tom Woods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKzl5CngE5Q Check out Tom's great book, Diary of a Psychosis.
US Abrams Tanks Withdrawn from Fighting in Ukraine
Five four million dollar tanks up in smoke. They'll make every excuse they wish but the days of manned tanks are over. Ukraine has lost five Abrams tanks in recent months, The New York Times reported this month, citing an unnamed senior US official. At least three...
The Aircraft Carrier is the Crossbow and Chariot of the Modern Age
The US Navy, of course, is desperately trying to get authorization to build more Ford-class carriers. Ironic that they name the carrier after a violence broker famous for being rather clumsy and unable to navigate around. The first of class doesn't work properly: it...
Here’s an Idea
If you can't tell the difference between 2024 America and 1930s Germany, let's not have a conversation, okay?