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Scott Ritter served as a former Marine Corps officer from 1984 until 1991, and as a UN weapons inspector in Iraq from 1991 until 1998. He is the author of several books, including "Iraq Confidential" (Nation Books, 2005) and "Target Iran" (Nation Books, 2006).

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Trump is clearly using Afghanistan to signal a very different conflict one between the U.S. and Iran, From Uploaded
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, July 27, 2019
Did Trump Just Threaten to Attack Iran with Nukes? "We're Ready for the Absolute Worst" Says Trump He said he could destroy Afghanistan but was signaling elsewhere. The scary part is there's already a plan.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, From FlickrPhotos
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, May 26, 2019
The U.S. Stands to Lose Much More Than a War With Iran Any military engagement of Iran based upon the force structure supported by the 120,000-troop figure cited by the media cannot, and will not result in a US victory. By initiating an armed conflict with such limited resources, the U.S. could very well be setting itself up for defeat. A war with Iran will cost America tens of thousands of casualties, while killing or wounding hundreds of thousands of Iranians.
Will Iran's president meet with Trump?, From YouTubeVideos
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 30, 2019
There's One Way to Stop Trump From Acting on Nuclear Threats On July 22, during a meeting at the White House with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, President Trump alluded to military plans in which the U.S. could "win the war" in Afghanistan in a matter of days. "I could win that war in a week, I just don't want to kill 10 million people," Trump said. "Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth."
Donald Trump, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, October 12, 2019
Donald Trump's Iran Humiliation In May 2018, the myth of American military deterrence in defense of Saudi Arabia was still alive; today it lies shattered amidst the ruins of the destroyed Saudi oil facilities. Seen in this light, the collapse of the U.S. campaign of "maximum pressure" can only be interpreted as a strategic victory for Iran, and a decisive defeat for the United States.
Erdogan talked tough but in the end had to surrender gains to Moscow and Damascus, From InText
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 16, 2020
How Turkey Lost a Battle of Wills and Force to Russia When the history of the Syrian conflict is written the fighting that took place between the Syrian Army and its allies on the one side and the Turkish military and Turkish backed Syrian rebels on the other from early February through early March 2020 in and around the Syrian town of Saraqib will go down as one of the decisive encounters of that war.
An agency tasked with tracking future bio threats fell down on the job causing us to wonder what else we don't know, From InText
(9 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 26, 2020
The Staggering Collapse of U.S. Intelligence on the Coronavirus The coronavirus pandemic has impacted the United States unlike any other event in recent history, proving to be far more disruptive to American society, and far most damaging to the U.S. economy, than even the events of 9/11.
Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the Federal Assembly, including the State Duma parliamentarians, members of the Federation Council, regional governors and other high-ranking officials, in Moscow, March 1, 2018., From YouTubeVideos
(9 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, March 3, 2018
Are You Listening, America? Some Western observers have derided Putin's speech as simple posturing, a manic effort to project Russian power, and with it global credibility, where none exists. Such an interpretation would be incorrect. There should be no doubt among American politicians, military leaders and citizens alike. "Every word has a meaning," Putin told his audience. The weapons he referred to are real, and Putin meant every word he said.
The crew of the littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) successfully performs a live-fire demonstration of a Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile off the coast of Southern California., From ImagesAttr
(12 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, August 3, 2018
Three Reasons Why "Fire and Fury" Won't Work With Iran Trump withdrew from the JCPOA because of American domestic politics, not because Iran threatened international peace and security. As the United States moves to reimpose sanctions on Iran, one is struck by the number of nations rushing to its side to join in this endeavor: zero.
While Biden has not finalized his foreign policy and national security team there is a consensus among experienced political observers about who the top contenders might be for the 'big four' foreign and national security policy positions in his administr, From Uploaded
(11 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, November 16, 2020
The Return of the Obama 'Adults' in a Joe Biden Administration Is Likely to Spell Ruin for America The US establishment and the world has spent the last four years trying to adapt to the disruptive policies of a childish president. Now the Democrats' 'adult' leadership team will return. Watch out folks.
U.S. sending aircraft carrier, bomber to Middle East to warn Iran, From YouTubeVideos
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, April 24, 2020
Will Trump Go to War With Iran to Save the US Oil Industry? The Persian Gulf, where the US and Iranian navies have faced off against each other several times over the years, employing similar harassing tactics, but always stopping short of actual confrontation.
(9 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 6, 2018
The Ugly Truth in the Nunes Memo Much has been written about the contents of the Steele dossier and their relationship to the investigation into possible collusion between people affiliated with Trump's candidacy and the Russians. But the House intelligence committee majority memo sheds new light on the dossier, allowing for a more detailed examination of its contents and usage.
The US has deployed
(8 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, February 10, 2020
Step to Nuclear Doomsday - US Puts Low-yield Nukes on Submarines to Counter Made-up Russian 'Strategy' The US has deployed "low-yield" nuclear missiles on submarines, saying it's to discourage nuclear conflict with Russia. The move is based on a "Russian strategy" made up in Washington and will only bring mass annihilation closer.
RUSSIA-UKRAINE/GAS, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(24 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, February 7, 2022
A War with Russia Would be Unlike Anything the US and NATO Have Ever Experienced America's 20-year Middle Eastern misadventure in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria produced a military that was no longer capable of defeating a peer-level opponent on the battlefield.
It took place in the waters of the White Sea off the coast of the Nenoksa facility onboard a pair of pontoon platforms, From InText
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, August 29, 2019
The Media's Russian Radiation Story Implodes Upon Scrutiny What really happened at Nenoska was less explosive than everyone, including Trump, wanted you to believe.
General Wolters' response was straight to the point
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 5, 2020
The Threat of a Nuclear War Between the US and Russia Is Now at Its Greatest Since 1983 When the Commander of NATO says he is a fan of flexible first strike at the same time that NATO is flexing its military muscle on Russia's border, the risk of inadvertent nuclear war is real.
With the expansion of China's economic reach comes a similar expansion in military power projection, From Uploaded
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, June 13, 2020
NATO's Call on 'Like-minded Nations' to Stand Up to the Rise of China Is Just a Desperate Bid for Global Relevance As the influence of the US and Europe wanes in the face of a new geopolitical reality, their Cold War progeny, NATO, seeks to redefine itself as a global player. The problem is NATO is not capable of even stepping onto the field.
World-wide chemical danger, From WikimediaPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 19, 2019
Chemical Weapons Watchdog Is Just an American Lap Dog If an organization like the OPCW can be used at will by the U.S., the United Kingdom and France to trigger military attacks intended to support regime-change activities in member states, then it no longer serves a useful purpose to the international community it ostensibly serves.
Afghanistan patrol, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(22 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, April 16, 2021
US to Withdraw from Afghanistan after Two Decades of War Leaving Behind Tortured Wasteland Having Accomplished Nothing The 20-year conflict in Afghanistan accomplished nothing other than killing more than 2,000 Americans, wasting trillions of dollars of American treasure and slaughtering hundreds of thousands of Afghans while leaving their country little more than a tortured wasteland.
Polish-Ukrainian combined unit conducts tactical training in defence and counterattack, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(15 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 15, 2022
The US, NATO & the Article IV Trap in Ukraine The ongoing flow of refugees out of Ukraine into neighboring territories poses the greatest potential for a NATO-Russia clash.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin made a surprise Christmas visit to Syria where he met with the country's president Bashar Assad The tranquility of their meeting was in sharp contrast to the hell breaking out in neighboring Iraq, From InText
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Putin's Orthodox Christmas Visit to Damascus Plays Up Assad's Syria as Enclave of Peace While Rest of Middle East Burn The unannounced visit to Syria, where Putin also delivered a Christmas address to Russian forces deployed in that nation, was remarkable. Any visit by a national leader to a foreign war zone is, in and of itself, notable, and let there be no doubt - Syria is an active war zone.
The fact is the Iraq War was never about WMD Rather it was waged for one purpose and one purpose only - regime change, From InText
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 25, 2019
US Invasion of Iraq (2003) and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Ari Fleischer Lied and People Died President Bush, Ari Fleischer and every representative of the U.S. administration involved in formulating and implementing U.S. policy on Iraq was being dishonest in the extreme when dangling the possibility of a peaceful resolution to the Iraq problem.
Donald Trump chaos, From GoogleImages
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, July 8, 2018
The King of Chaos Trump seems to relish his role as the "King of Chaos," challenging the established world order by simply tearing it apart. This "my way or the highway" approach plays exceptionally well to Trump's domestic political base and seems timed in part to influence the upcoming midterm elections.
Steadfast Javelin II proves NATO strong, ready, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(8 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Biden Wants NATO to Project the Strength It Doesn't Have The NATO Summit was not so much about fixing the myriad of problems facing NATO but rather creating the impression that NATO was united in the face of Russian aggression.
NATO Is as Good as DeadNATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization, From Uploaded
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, December 1, 2019
NATO Is as Good as Dead NATO is on life-support, and Europe is being asked to foot the bill to keep breathing life into an increasingly moribund alliance whose brain death is readily recognized, but rarely acknowledged.
Russian Tank, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, February 25, 2022
Russia's Invasion of Ukraine in Perspective This is the new reality that the world woke up to on Feb. 24 - a Cold War that the West neither wanted, predicted, nor is prepared to undertake.
Glory to Ukraine!, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(31 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 7, 2022
Pity the Nation When my fact-based narrative ran afoul of the regime-change policies of Clinton's successor, George W. Bush, I was cast aside as a pariah.
What? WMD's were found in Iraq?, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(8 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 3, 2022
Thirty Years On, I Miss the 'Evil Empire' As a child of the Cold War I grew up only knowing the Soviet Union as our enemy. When it collapsed it created a vacuum when it came to defending the United States.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo., From ImagesAttr
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, May 24, 2018
Mike Pompeo's 12-Step Plan for Disaster With Iran Pompeo noted, "If [Iran] restarts their nuclear program, it will mean ... bigger problems than they'd ever had before." In the face of this aggressive posturing, Pompeo declared the Trump administration's intent to "advocate tirelessly for the Iranian people." But this was disingenuous, being little more than code for regime change.
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SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Good Riddance to a Bad Cop Scott Ritter did some research on Major Travis Yates and the Tulsa Police Department.
Vladimir Putin, From WikimediaPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, November 3, 2019
Russia Isn't Getting the Recognition It Deserves on Syria The prospects for peace in Syria are greater today than at any time since 2011. And the fact that Russia has deployed even more battalions of its military police to Syria to oversee implementation of the current cease-fire bodes well for the prospects of success. Like it or not, in Syria, the Russians saved us from ourselves.
Russia backed Turkey's demand for a security corridor along the Turkish-Syrian border and accepted Ankara's characterization of the American-backed Syrian Defense Forces (SDF) as 'terrorists', From InText
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 22, 2019
The Four A's of American Policy Failure in Syria The Turks will be able to achieve their objectives of clearing a safe zone of Kurdish forces south of the Turkish border, albeit under a U.S. sanctioned agreement. In return, the U.S. agrees not to impose economic sanctions on Turkey.
(35), From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(8 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, December 26, 2021
2022 - Year of Major Power Conflict Over Ukraine Russia says Europe must think about the real prospect of turning their continent into a field of military confrontation like that which existed at the height of the Cold War.
PEACE NOT WAR !, From FlickrPhotos
(15 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, June 26, 2022
The Fantasy of Fanaticism The ugly truth about Ukraine today "- the longer the war continues the more Ukrainians will die and the weaker NATO will become.
Bush-Cheney Alumni Reunion, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(10 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, August 31, 2021
US Reputation is in tatters, it's time to Bring Those Responsible for Afghanistan Disaster to account Twenty years of US war in Afghanistan draws to a close at the stroke of midnight on August 31. There will be plenty of time to dissect the root causes of failure. What is needed now is accountability for the disastrous end game.
Conflict in the Donbas Region, From FlickrPhotos
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, May 30, 2022
Phase Three in Ukraine No amount of western military aid has been able to prevent Russia from achieving its military objective of liberating the entire territories of both Lugansk and Donetsk as Phase Three begins.
The withdrawal of US troops from Germany are more the byproduct of a dysfunctional US-German relationship that has been devolving for decades than they are of any grand NATO realignment against Russia or personal animosity between Trump and Angela Merkel, From Uploaded
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, August 7, 2020
US-German Relations Are Beyond Repair as Result of Decades-long Clash of Views & Ideas - Troop Pullout Is Only a Symptom While the Trump administration sells the decision to withdraw US troops from Germany as a strengthening of NATO force alignment the reality is it's merely the latest manifestation of a relationship on the decline for decades.
(8 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, January 23, 2022
UKRAINE CRISIS - US 'Toolboxes' Are Empty The toolbox is empty. Russia knows this. Biden knows this. Blinken knows this. CNN knows this. The only ones who aren't aware of this are the American people.
U.S. Marines stand guard during a ceremony in Helmand province Afghanistan, From Uploaded
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 30, 2020
New York Times Takes Anti-Russian Hysteria to New Level with Report on Russian 'Bounty' for US Troops in Afghanistan The New York Times published an article claiming that Russia was paying out monetary bounties to the Taliban to kill US troops in Afghanistan. There's just one problem - none of what they reported was true.
The intelligence derived from analysis conducted by the Mossad consisted of
(9 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, May 13, 2019
Is America Ready for John Bolton's War with Iran? According to an Israeli official, "It is still unclear to us what the Iranians are trying to do and how they are planning to do it, but it is clear to us that the Iranian temperature is on the rise as a result of the growing U.S. pressure campaign against them and they are considering retaliating against U.S. interests in the Gulf."
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, December 11, 2009
Our Murderers in the Sky The true test of a society and its leaders is the extent to which every effort is made to both properly define a problem as one worthy of military intervention and then exhaust every option other than the use of force.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, January 28, 2020
No, Iran Won't Have a Nuclear Bomb 'in a Matter of Months' While the issue of Iran had seized the headlines with the one-two combination of the Suleimani assassination and Iranian retaliation strikes, the news cycle has since shifted to the impeachment trial of President Trump.
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, above, released the 29-page indictment of 12 Russians days before President Trump was due to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin., From ImagesAttr
(8 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, July 15, 2018
Indictment of 12 Russians: Under the Shiny Wrapping, a Political Act Rosenstein, by the timing and content of the indictment he publicly released Friday, committed an act that undermined the president of the United States' ability to conduct critical affairs of state -- in this case, a summit with a foreign leader the outcome of which could impact global nuclear nonproliferation policy.
President Joe Biden visits Walter Reed %2804%29., From WikimediaPhotos
(8 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, March 21, 2021
Biden's Tough-guy Flexing at 'Soulless Killer' Putin Would be Funny if the Consequences Weren't So Serious Joe Biden's effort to label Vladimir Putin as a "soulless killer" is the latest in a series of fact-free allegations that define US-Russian relations today. The real aim is to make Biden look like the strong leader he isn't.
German Foreign Minister Steinmeier, EU High Representative Mogherini, and Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif Stand for a Group Photo After EU, P5+1 Reached Iran Nuclear Agreement in Austria, From FlickrPhotos
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, August 21, 2020
US is Willing to Dismantle the UN Security Council to Put Pressure on Iran Trump has been singularly focused on one outcome-to bring the Islamic Republic back to the negotiation table for the purpose of producing a "better deal" than the one done by his predecessor, Barack Obama, in July 2015. For the former New York realtor and reality television star-turned Chief Executive, it does not get any simpler than that-he is, after all, the consummate (if self-proclaimed) "deal maker."
Flags of Russia and USA, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 22, 2022
The Back Channel Communications between the U.S. and Russia are essential for preventing an out-of-control crisis and a conduit exists for ongoing, high-level dialogue. But what is it really for?
IAEA meeting on proposed Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in the Middle East. Vienna, Austria, 21-22 November 2011., From Uploaded
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, June 29, 2020
The Escalating Crisis Over Iran's Nuclear Inspections An IAEA resolution based on questionable Israeli intelligence has sparked a crisis with Iran that could spin out of control, warns Scott Ritter.
(16 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, April 15, 2019
America Just Declared War on Iran and Nobody Blinked The Trump administration has made the decision to designate the IRGC a terrorist organization. This little reported move will have large consequences shredding the prior truce and putting the lives of thousands of U.S. service members at risk.
The United States is in the process of creating the conditions for a nuclear war with Russia and the Russian president is calmly talking about global annihilation if such an event transpires, From Uploaded
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 13, 2019
One Minute to Midnight Humanity is sleepwalking toward global annihilation furthered by a collective amnesia about the threat posed by nuclear weapons especially in an environment void of meaningful arms control.
Joe Biden, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, April 2, 2021
The Pending Collapse of the 'Rules-Based International Order' Is an Existential Threat to the United States For decades America styled itself the 'indispensable nation' that led the world and it's now seeking to sustain that role by emphasizing a new Cold War-style battle against 'authoritarianism' but it's a dangerous fantasy.
By killing Fakhrizadeh Israel is doing its best to ensure that for Biden that military action is the only viable option available, From Uploaded
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Israel's Gift to Joe Biden 52 Days Before He Even Takes Office - War with Iran The assassination of Tehran's top nuclear scientist is a ploy by Israel to compel the likely US president-elect to reject diplomacy and choose military action to deal with Iran's nuclear ambition.
Shawn Henry presenting at the International Security Forum in Vancouver, 2009., From InText
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, May 16, 2020
As Another Perjury Trap is Exposed the FBI's Case Against Trump Collapses Scott Ritter analyzes the recently released responses of Shawn Henry, a private security consultant, to Adam Schiff's questions about data exfiltrated from the DNC.
Ukraine army cuts off main road to Sloviansk, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Live Action - Role Play in Ukraine Those with combat experience were issued weapons and ammunition and sent straight to the front, where they were integrated with Ukrainian Territorial Defense Units. Those without were given a rudimentary four-week basic training course.
Image created from image crediting, From ImagesAttr
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, October 27, 2018
Trump Surrenders to John Bolton on Russia and Arms Control Bolton and Trump appear to be trying to drive a wedge between Russia and China. They're doing so as those two nations are coming together to craft a joint response to what they view as American overreach on trade and international security.
High Water Mark Monument, Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania (1), From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(11 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, February 13, 2022
The Ultimate End of NATO Russia's goal is not to destroy Ukraine - this could be accomplished at any time. Rather, the goal of Russia is to destroy NATO by exposing its impotence.
P20210715AS-1775 Angela Merkel and Joe Biden, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, December 5, 2022
Merkel Reveals West's Duplicity War, it seems, was the only option Russia's opponents had ever considered.
Tsar Cannon, The Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, September 30, 2022
The ONUS Is ON Biden and Putin The Onus is On Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin to make sure that even while events on the ground in Europe devolve into chaos and violence, the leaders of the world's two largest nuclear arsenals - do not allow emotion to get the better of reason.
This enhanced interaction is for NATO and Ukraine to develop operational capabilities and interoperability through military exercises, From Uploaded
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, June 15, 2020
NATO's Colonization of Ukraine Under Guise of Partnership NATO has extended yet another in a long line of "incentives" designed to tease Ukraine with the prospects of joining the transatlantic alliance while stopping short of actual membership.
The Nuremberg War Crimes Trials, 1946, by Dame Laura Knight, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Crime of aggression Bottom line is that Russia has set forth a cognisable claim under the doctrine of anticipatory collective self defence, devised originally by the US and NATO as it applies to Article 51 which is predicated on fact, not fiction.
Russian President Attends 70th General Assembly Debate, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, January 30, 2022
Checkmate in Ukraine Seen in retrospect Russia's demand for a written response was a trap, one neither the U.S. nor NATO yet recognizes.
President Trump conducted an impromptu meeting with Kim Jong Un along the border between North and South Korea greeting him with a smile and a handshake before crossing over to the North Korean side, From Uploaded
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, July 12, 2019
20 Steps in the Right Direction While many critics of President Trump's dealings vis-a-vis North Korea's nuclear weapons have condemned him for giving away too much for too little the reality is that Donald Trump whether by luck or design has done more to advance the cause of peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula than any president before him.
New missile for attack drone used by Ukraine, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Washington's Russian Drone Fantasy The information warfare campaign by the U.S. and its allies on behalf of Ukraine appeared to engulf Putin's visit to Iran last week.
Benjamin Netanyahu: 'Iran lied about nuclear program', From YouTubeVideos
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, May 6, 2018
Bibi's Information Warfare Operation Against America The relevance of Netanyahu's message is up for debate. There is unanimous agreement that nothing in Netanyahu's presentation shows Iran is operating in violation of its commitments under the agreement reached with the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, Germany and the European Union regarding its ongoing nuclear activities.
Every syllable uttered exuded the subliminal message
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, August 24, 2020
Biden's Speech Stirs Up Sense of De'jà Vu.. One speech, well written and read well, does not a president make. At the end of the day the Democrats are putting forward a wolf in sheep's clothes who is peddling the same worn-out lies disguised as new promises.
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 2, 2022
America's Putin Psychosis Rather than examining the perspective of Russian national security interests, U.S. officials wrongly think the fate of European peace is in the hands of a single man: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.
Conference of Russian Federation ambassadors and permanent representatives, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, February 20, 2022
The Evidence for Invasion the US Could Produce Rather than produce fake evidence to the U.N. Security Council as Colin Powell had, Antony Blinken just produced nothing at all though the U.S. has intelligence it can show.
President Trump spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin The suppressed price of oil and Russia's role in facilitating that vis-à-vis its refusal to cut its oil production thereby triggering a price war with Saudi Arabia was the dominant , From InText
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Is Putin Laying a Petroleum Trap for Trump? The president is heralding a deal that commits Russia to cuts in oil production, but a closer look reveals a more complicated path.
Stepan Bandera Monumnet | Lviv, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 22, 2022
Reaping The Whirlwind All Ukrainian forces that are on the territory of the regions to be incorporated into Russia will be viewed as occupiers and Ukrainian shelling of this territory will be treated as an attack on Russia triggering a Russian response.
RAF Typhoon Aircraft Carrying Meteor Missiles, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 23, 2021
NATO's Expanding Role Hides the Reality of a US Empire in Decline NATO's willingness to underwrite US military deployment in Europe and expand its reach to include the Pacific demonstrates that its current purpose is more about propping up America than securing peace.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 16, 2009
Barack Obama, Meet Team B If the members of the Obama administration would bother to take a stroll down memory lane, they might recall that once upon a time there was a document called the anti-ballistic missile treaty, signed in 1972 between the United States and the former Soviet Union, which recognized that anti-missile defense shields were inherently destabilizing, and as such should not be deployed.
From commons.wikimedia.org: Barack-Obama, From Images
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, May 13, 2018
Iran Nuclear Deal and U.S. Pullout Reflect Epic Bipartisan Failures Trump will go down in history as the man who walked away from an agreement that all parties -- including the U.S. -- acknowledge that Iran was fully compliant with. Trump only deludes himself and those who support him by saying that his actions to confront a threat from Iran now, rather than waiting for it to manifest itself, will make America more secure.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Turkey Rains on NATO's Parade In opposing the application of Finland and Sweden, Erdogan has disrupted the military alliance's effort to further provoke Russia with even more expansion.
Kim Jong un, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, June 10, 2018
How a North Korean Disarmament Deal Might Look It is not known to what extent, if any, North Korea will permit inspectors from the United States, Japan and South Korea the kind of intrusive presence on its soil, let alone some of its most sensitive facilities, required for a meaningful verification process.
Iranian oil in transit would be classified as the property of a terrorist organization as would any Iranian vessel carrying oil, From Uploaded
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, May 7, 2019
What If Iran Retaliates and Shuts Down the Strait of Hormuz? It's one thing to sanction Iranian entities, including the IRGC-Iran has historically found enough work-arounds to defeat such efforts. It is an altogether different situation if the Unite States opts to physically impede Iran's ability to ship oil. This would be a red line for Iran, and a trigger for it to shut down all shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
Xi Jinping at the EP, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 14, 2021
The US cannot defend Taiwan and China knows it Much has been made about the US ability to come to Taiwan's defense. While the US may have made great waves sailing its navy through the Taiwan Strait such a maneuver would be suicidal in a time of conflict.
U.S. Supreme Court, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, February 11, 2021
Tearing Down the Edifice of American Democracy The joists & beams that hold U.S. democracy are not as flexible as they appear, writes Scott Ritter. They are the byproduct of societal passion of two political parties and are on the brink of failure.
Kaliningrad row: Lithuania accuses Russia of lying about rail 'blockade', From FlickrPhotos
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, June 30, 2022
Lithuania's Brinkmanship NATO and the rest of Europe can rest assured that unless a solution is found that brings an end to Lithuania's blockade of Kaliningrad there will be a war between NATO and Russia.
Joe Biden and Donald Trump's fiery first debate., From YouTubeVideos
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Trump-Biden debate put US democracy on display - world's laughing stock armed with nukes America and the rest of the world tuned in to watch the first of three televised presidential debates last night. What they got was an embarrassing partisan wrestling match that sowed the seeds of the US' ensuing self-destruction.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Obama and Iraq: "Through a Glass, Darkly' While the United States military can claim that it did not lose the war in Iraq, it will have a hard time backing up any claims of victory. While American forces may have defeated Saddam Hussein's divisions, and ultimately captured or killed the Iraqi president and the majority of his senior officials, the fighting would last for years and continues today.
General rehearsal parade in Moscow, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
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Putin's Nuclear Threat Putin made it clear that when it came to the issue of Ukrainian membership in NATO, the stationing of U.S. missiles in Poland and Romania and NATO deployments in Eastern Europe, Russia felt that its very existence was being threatened.
Steadfast Javelin II proves NATO strong, ready, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
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What War With Russia Would Look Like Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman thinks her aim in talks with Russian officials starting Monday is to lecture them on the cost of hubris. Instead she's set to lead the United States, NATO, and Europe, down a path of ruin.
The mindset for tracking WMD proliferation is, by its very nature, different from that of verifying arms control agreements, From InText
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How Politics Trump Intel in the US-Russia Nuke Treaty Pullout Sometime in 2007 or 2008, intelligence analysts began observing activity indicating that the Russians were developing a new ground-launched ballistic missile. The specific intelligence tip-offs remain classified, but based on what little has been reported, it appeared to include aerial imagery of the Kapustin Yar missile test facility.
A Rare Look Inside the World's Most Efficient Pilot's Cockpit, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
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Continued Israeli Airstrikes on Syria Are Testing Moscow Patience, Jerusalem Would Do Well Not to Poke the Russian Bear How Russia responds to Israel's attacks on Iranian targets inside Syria could make all the difference as to whether the region boils over into full-scale war or continues to simmer at its current, already dangerous level.
Biden Taking Vice Presidential Oath of Office, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
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Biden and Blinken Unprovoked Attacks on Russia and China Backfire Because if You Live in a Glass House In attacking the moral character of Russia's president and China's human rights record the Biden administration opened the door for a critical examination of America's own troubled history.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Here We WMD Again: Iraq and the Mythical Pakistani Package The two documents that The Washington Post describes as being "newly uncovered" are in fact derived from an old file containing nearly 1,000 pages detailing a relationship between the Iraqi intelligence service, or Mukhabarat, and the Iraqi nuclear weapons program, or PC-3.
Ukrainian aviation unit. DR Congo. MONUSCO, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, January 14, 2022
The Case for Neutrality to Defuse Crisis With Russia Faced with the certainty of the destruction of their country most Ukrainians would settle for peace through neutrality.
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 9, 2009
So This Is What Victory Looks Like? The celebration transpired inside a city that has been radically transformed over the past six years. Even with American combat forces ostensibly withdrawn, Baghdad remains one of the most militarized urban areas in the world. It wasn't always so. When I was in Baghdad during the 1990s, I was struck by the lack of an overt military presence for a nation purported to be governed by one of the world's worst militaristic....
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, October 30, 2009
McChrystal Doesn't Get It—Does Obama? Clearly Gen. Stanley McChrystal is not the man for this task. He should be replaced by someone within the ranks of the U.S. military who shares Obama's vision of peace, and with it the need to redefine the mission in South Asia.
(10 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, April 15, 2007
The Final Act of Submission Is congress allowing AIPAC to dictate policy that puts Israel before the US?
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Learning to Live With the Devil We Know The world needs to collectively move past the controversy of the Iranian elections and accept the reality that, like him or not, President Ahmadinejad will be the "democratically elected" face of Iran for the next four years. Iran will gradually return to normal, and the political protests so earnestly covered by the West will take on the character of a tempest in a teapot.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, October 22, 2007
On the Eve of Destruction Don't worry, the White House is telling us. The world's most powerful leader was simply making a rhetorical point. At a White House press conference last week, just in case you haven't heard, President Bush informed the American people that he had told world leaders "if you're interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing [Iran] from having the knowledge necessary....
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, October 8, 2007
The Big Lie: "˜Iran Is a Threat' The fact of the matter is that the "Iranian Threat" is derived solely from the rhetoric of those who appear to seek confrontation between the United States and Iran, and largely divorced from fact-based reality.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, March 4, 2007
See Hillary Run (from Her Husband's Past on Iraq) Hillary Clinton is about as slippery a species of politician that exists, one who has demonstrated an ability to morph facts into a nebulous blob which blurs the record and distorts the truth. ...nowhere is it so blatant as when dealing with the issue of the ongoing war in Iraq and Hillary Clinton's vote in favor of this war.

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