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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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Monday, December 5, 2022
Merkel Reveals West's Duplicity War, it seems, was the only option Russia's opponents had ever considered.
Monday, December 5, 2022Merkel Reveals West's Duplicity War, it seems, was the only option Russia's opponents had ever considered.
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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?
Tuesday, November 22, 2022The 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?
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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.
Friday, September 30, 2022The 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.
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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.
Thursday, September 22, 2022Reaping 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.
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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.
Tuesday, July 26, 2022Washington'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.
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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.
Thursday, June 30, 2022Lithuania'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.
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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.
Sunday, June 26, 2022The 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.
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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.
Tuesday, June 14, 2022Turkey 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.
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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.
Monday, May 30, 2022Phase 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.
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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.
Tuesday, May 17, 2022Live 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.
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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.
Tuesday, April 5, 2022Crime 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.
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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.
Tuesday, March 15, 2022The 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.
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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.
Monday, March 7, 2022Pity 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.
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Monday, February 28, 2022
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.
Monday, February 28, 2022Putin'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.
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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.
Friday, February 25, 2022Russia'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.
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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.
Sunday, February 20, 2022The 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.
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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.
Sunday, February 13, 2022The 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.
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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.
Monday, February 7, 2022A 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.
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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.
Wednesday, February 2, 2022America'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.
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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.
Sunday, January 30, 2022Checkmate in Ukraine Seen in retrospect Russia's demand for a written response was a trap, one neither the U.S. nor NATO yet recognizes.
