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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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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.
Sunday, January 23, 2022UKRAINE 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.
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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.
Friday, January 14, 2022The 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.
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Wednesday, January 12, 2022
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.
Wednesday, January 12, 2022What 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.
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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.
Monday, January 3, 2022Thirty 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.
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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.
Sunday, December 26, 20212022 - 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.
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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.
Thursday, October 14, 2021The 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.
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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.
Tuesday, August 31, 2021US 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.
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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.
Wednesday, June 16, 2021Biden 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.
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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.
Friday, April 16, 2021US 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.
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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.
Friday, April 2, 2021The 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.
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Friday, March 26, 2021
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.
Friday, March 26, 2021Biden 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.
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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.
Sunday, March 21, 2021Biden'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.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2021
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.
Wednesday, March 10, 2021Continued 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.
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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.
Tuesday, February 23, 2021NATO'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.
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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.
Thursday, February 11, 2021Tearing 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.
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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.
Wednesday, December 2, 2020Israel'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.
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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.
Monday, November 16, 2020The 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.
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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.
Wednesday, September 30, 2020Trump-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.
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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.
Monday, August 24, 2020Biden'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.
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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."
Friday, August 21, 2020US 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."
