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Category Archives: ukraine war

Great Scott! Ritter goes to Russia

31 Jan

I confess I find the tones of this man – the former US Marine Intelligence Officer who, in his reincarnation as UN Weapons Inspector, became a household name through his brave and historically vindicated refusal to endorse the warmongering lie … Read More »

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French mercenaries killed in Ukraine

23 Jan

French President Emmanuel Macron with former German Chancellor Angela Merkel. I’ve written little on how France is affected by Europe’s economic suicide over Ukraine to please its leaders’ masters in Washington. Rather, when not speaking of that self-inflicted head shot … Read More »

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Hamas and the fog of war

3 Jan

In Ukraine the fog of war is lifting, and Russian victory assured. That doesn’t mean the endgame will not be long and blood soaked. Allied victory in WW2 had been a given – Bretton Woods in July 1944 was premised … Read More »

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Three viewings for year’s end …

31 Dec

Setting aside for now the dismal failure to check neoliberalism’s ongoing and profit-driven war on the natural environment, 2023 will surely be remembered for three things. First, as the year Russia shone a terawatt beam on the limits to US … Read More »

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“The war has not necessarily progressed to our advantage …”

29 Dec

Daniel Hannan in Britain’s Telegraph newspaper, December 9, 2023. Click on screenshot to access. In plain English, the kind you and I speak: The Biden regime has no idea what to do in the face of failure, but, as failure … Read More »

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Meet USAF Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski

24 Dec

I’ve tried in idle moments to draw up a list of female gamekeepers turned poacher. Contrary to the useful idiocies of identity politics, Facebook’s Frances Haugen does not qualify. One who emphatically does is GCHQ’s Katharine Gun (not be confused … Read More »

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Germany’s woes are Europe’s

23 Dec

Thinking it less a gamble than what salesfolk call a kick-in, first Angela Merkel then Olaf Scholz rolled the dice and lost. Calculating that Russia would swiftly be defeated, followed by regime change in Moscow, Germany obediently committed to the … Read More »

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Will EU expel its Ukrainian draft dodgers?

22 Dec