Now that www.smotrim.ru is back up and running, I have been immersing myself in Russian news, which in the past couple of days has included an assortment of separate items, or faits divers as the French would have it, which are frankly ominous when taken all together....
From The Grayzone: Pushback with Aaron Maté Seymour Hersh joins Aaron Maté to discuss his report on how the Biden administration bombed the Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines, which blew up not only a vital Russian-German infrastructure project but a key off-ramp to peace in...
While their preferred policies have brought war closer in the Middle East, it is not surprising that Iran hawks want to talk about something else. The Wall Street Journal editors fume about two (count them, two!) Iranian ships docking in Brazil:The arrival of two...
At this moment, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Doomsday Clock now stands at only 90 seconds before midnight. Thus, as we move closer and closer to a nuclear World War 3, why not identify the major steps that took us to this dangerously slippery road? Who knows,...
Walter Russell Mead turns reality on its head:Worse, Iran’s inexorable march toward nuclear weapons [bold mine-DL], combined with its deepening partnership with Russia, is driving the Middle East steadily closer to a war that is likely to engage the U.S.—one that the...
On COI #389, Kyle Anzalone discusses the Chinese peace proposal for Ukraine. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
On Monday, State Department Spokesperson Ned Price would not acknowledge Israel’s nuclear weapons arsenal, actually referring questions on the subject to the Israeli government itself. After the briefing, I received a written response to detailed questions regarding...
Yesterday the House Energy, Technology, and Federal Relations Committee of the Montana House of Representatives passed H.B. 527, the Defend the Guard Act, and the bill will proceed to the House floor. This bill would prohibit the deployment of the Montana National...
Last week Antiwar.com director Eric Garris was contacted by Xinhua News and conducted a 25-minute interview. The correspondent became aware of Eric after seeing his speech at the February 19 Rage Against the War Machine Rally in San Francisco. Two articles were...
On COI #388, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover the revelation that Kiev's military intelligence agency has in its possession at least one US-made Black Hawk helicopter, the Pentagon raising tensions on the Korean peninsula, Israel's apparent blank check from...
