As a condition for ending the war, an aide to President Volodymyr Zelensky has demanded Moscow remove its military forces along its border with Ukraine. The official voiced hopes that the buffer area within Russia would be manned by international troops.
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News Roundup 5/30/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | May 30, 2023 | News Roundup
US News A bipartisan group of Senators sent a letter to the Defense Department chief calling for an investigation into major American arms dealers accused of systemic “price gouging,” on Wednesday, according to The Hill. The Institute The debt ceiling agreement...
Democrats in Congress Demand More Aggressive Ukraine Policy
by Kyle Anzalone | May 29, 2023 | News
Several Democratic members of Congress are urging the White House to provide Kiev with significantly more military support, with one rep, even calling to deploy “non-combatant observers” to the Ukrainian battlefield.
Trying to Build Peace One BRICS At a Time
by Ted Snider | May 25, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In the early days of the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was open to negotiating a peace. The United States was not. State Department spokesman Ned Price explained, oddly, that the midst of a war is not the time for diplomacy. “This is not real...
News Roundup 5/25/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | May 25, 2023 | News Roundup
Russia Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said Warsaw was “ready” to start training Ukrainian pilots on F-16s after President Biden signed off on the delivery of the American-made aircraft. AWC Russia’s Defense Ministry on Tuesday said that it defeated a...
Three Lies They’re Telling You about the Debt Ceiling
by Ryan McMaken | May 24, 2023 | Economics, Featured Articles
Negotiations over increasing the federal debt ceiling continue in Washington. As has occurred several times over the past twenty years, Republicans and Democrats are presently using increases in the debt ceiling as a bargaining chip in negotiating how federal tax...
Biden’s Ukraine Failure Rivals Iraq and Afghanistan
by Ron Paul | May 24, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
When the smoke finally clears, President Biden’s Ukraine debacle will go down—along with Afghanistan and Iraq—as one of the greatest foreign policy disasters in U.S. history. Hundreds of thousands have been killed on both sides in the service of the U.S. neocons’ long...
Peace Mission Led By 6 African Countries to Promote Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire
by Connor Freeman | May 23, 2023 | News
Six African leaders are seeking to bring Kiev to the negotiating table for peace talks with Moscow, even as Russian troops remain in annexed Ukrainian oblasts, Pretoria said on Monday. The peace mission is expected to visit both countries’ capitals early next month.
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Carrier Follies on Parade (Again)
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NGIA, Please
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Gaza’s Future and Trump’s Bold Rhetoric: New Episode of the Kyle Anzalone Show
Dave DeCamp from Antiwar.com joins us for an eye-opening exploration of Middle Eastern politics. Former President Donald Trump has issued a stark warning about Gaza, claiming "all hell will break loose" if hostages aren't released by his next tenure. Is this another...
RIP USMC: The Corps is Toast
Force Design 2030 murdered the USMC. The Marines are struggling to keep more than one Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) forward deployed at a time. Sometimes, two are forward deployed but only for limited periods. Each MEU has about two weeks of sustainment. Unless...
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