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Ray McGovern works with Tell the Word, the publishing arm of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour in inner-city Washington. He was an Army infantry/intelligence officer and then a CIA analyst for 27 years, and is now on the Steering Group of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). His website is raymcgovern.com

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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, May 6, 2022
Germany: Bad News Far Outweighs the Good - Ray McGovern The good news from Germany is very limited and parochial; the bad news downright alarming. Alarm rises from increasing evidence that - how to say this - Germany has "kicked its World War II syndrome once and for all",
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, April 9, 2022
Corporate Media Deploys the Big Guns on Ukraine Judith Miller and US Air Force General Philip Breedlove are back! At first I thought it a sickening flashback. Two nights ago there were Judy Miller and former NATO Commander Philip Breedlove on TV pontificating on Ukraine.
China? Russia? No clue but it sure looks cold!, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, April 4, 2022
The Late-Deceased Paradigm on Russia/China Rapprochement between Russia and China has grown to entente - someone needs to tell Biden.
Nuclear Bomb Alarm Display System 210-A, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 24, 2022
Will Humans Be the Next 'Freedom Fries'? The Pentagon may boast about its formidable offensive strategic capabilities but it has no way to protect us from a Russian nuclear attack.
G20 Summit in Brisbane Australia, 14 Nov 2014, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Putin No 'Pariah' in Beijing Two and a half months ago Moscow and Beijing described their strategic relationship as being so close that it "even exceeds an alliance."
Presidents Putin And Xi Pledge To Stand Against 'External Forces' At Beijing Meeting The presidents of Russia and China struck a defiant tone against unspecified .external forces. in a joint statement issued after ..., From YouTubeVideos
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, February 25, 2022
Biden: NO COMMENT re China on Ukraine Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a liminal moment in post WWII history - and a coda for an overreaching West that failed to read the signs of the times. - Ray McGovern for Antiwar.com Original
RUSSIA-UKRAINE/GAS, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 22, 2022
What Accounts for Putin's Assertiveness on Ukraine? Nothing will happen on either Ukraine or Taiwan without coordination between Beijing and Moscow seems to be key to understanding why Putin is 'feeling his oats'.
Vladimir Putin, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, February 20, 2022
Russia and Ukraine - A Light Conversation on Dark Subjects During the second half of 2021 the presidents of Russia and China spared no effort to demonstrate that their strategic relationship "in its closeness and effectiveness exceeds an alliance."
.Neither the US or NATO have missiles in Ukraine. We do not, do not have plans to put them there as well.., From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Ukraine Invasion Scheduled for Wednesday Canceled "Foiled again"! Rose the cry from those expecting Russian President Vladimir Putin to step out of character and risk war just as he finally succeeds in getting the U.S. to take Russia's security concerns seriously and even address them.
leaked information, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, February 3, 2022
US Makes Putin Offer He Can Hardly Refuse The leaked text (to Spain's El Pais) of Washington's response to Russia's December security proposals augurs well for an eventual peaceful denouement on - Ray McGovern for Antiwar.com Original
Location NATO Ukraine, From WikimediaPhotos
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 2, 2022
China Gives Oomph to Russia's 'Nyet' on NATO - Antiwar.com Original Fourteen years ago today, when then-ambassador to Russia William Burns, in an IMMEDIATE cable titled "Nyet Means Nyet: Russia's NATO Enlargement - Ray McGovern for Antiwar.com Original
Vladimir Putin - Caricature, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, January 28, 2022
Will Putin Accept Half a Loaf? Putin asserts that verbal assurances from the US can be worthless and recalls that Moscow was repeatedly told that Russian concerns about NATO expansion were without merit.
Waiting, From FlickrPhotos
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, January 22, 2022
Godot Likely To Arrive Before Russia Invades Ukraine "Foiled again!" rose the cry Friday from those expecting Russian President Vladimir Putin to step out of character and risk war, just as he - Ray McGovern for Antiwar.com Original
Geneva Peace Talks, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, January 20, 2022
Breathe Easier: Blinken, Lavrov Meet Friday What about the impasse, the deadlock? Might it mean no Russian invasion of Ukraine at least not yet?
Richard Haass: At Some Point, Putin Will Have To Decide What He Wants The United States and Russia concluded security talks Monday as part of a diplomatic effort to defuse tensions over a Russian ..., From YouTubeVideos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, January 14, 2022
Peeking Past the Pall Put Over Arms Talks With Russia Western media are painting an image of gross failure for Russia at the U.S.-Russia bilateral talks in Geneva, as well as subsequent talks between Russia - Ray McGovern for Antiwar.com Original
SF-88 Nike Hercules Missile Site [06]: Missile on launcher, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 10, 2022
Putin's Quid No Offensive Missiles in 'ABM' Sites You would not know it amid the gloom and doom about "another Russian invasion" of Ukraine but diplomacy, not war, is about to break out this month.
Guarding, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, December 28, 2021
What! No Russian Invasion of Ukraine? Biden voiced deep concern about "Russia's escalation of forces surrounding Ukraine" and called for "de-escalation and a return to diplomacy".
President Jacob Zuma visits China to attend the G20 Summit, 3-5 Sep 2016, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Putin Has a Big Brother in Xi Putin on the streets of Leningrad, I on the streets of the Bronx. The point here is that even as a statesman Putin has been way out there, alone without demonstrably strong support until now.
Julian Assange eyes DDC_4793, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, December 13, 2021
Assange Verdict: Vengeance Is Ours, Saith the Agency Are the CIA and its contractors able to bully not only the U.S. Department of Justice, but also the UK judiciary? This is not hard to conclude after the High Court decision announced early Friday to bow to the US and extradite Julian Assange.
Joe Biden, From WikimediaPhotos
(9 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Did Biden Thwart Putin's 'Plan' To Invade Ukraine with 175,000 Troops? National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan emphasized that Biden was "direct and straightforward" with Putin, warning not only of more draconian economic sanctions but also of additional arms to Ukraine if Russia attacked.

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