Excerpted from a February 26 Newsweek article: "By February 25, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was considering an invitation from Moscow to hold 'neutrality' talks in neighboring Belarus. If those talks happen, Putin will then be able to pull back troops and...
Gilbert Doctorow: The Russian Way of War
What I am about to say should be self-evident to anyone following closely the move of Russian forces into Ukraine and having a recollection of what the same Russian general command did in Crimea and then did again in their Syrian campaign. Regrettably, Western...
This Is More Than Just Standing Up for the Little Guy
Stephen King recently shared in a tweet that "What most of us learned as kids on the playground: You don’t stand by while a big kid beats up a little kid. You might take a punch or two making the big kid stop, but that’s the right thing to do."His metaphor...
All War Is Essentially a Failure of Diplomacy. Russia’s Criminal War in Ukraine Is a Prime Example.
We need to go back 31 years to begin the diplomatic failures that led to war in Ukraine Wednesday. When the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, it represented one of the most remarkably peaceful transformations of a belligerent empire in history. The West had a golden...
Conflicts of Interest: Putin Attacks Ukraine, Biden Gives Response
On COI #238, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman discuss Vladimir Putin’s military attack and apparent invasion of Ukraine. President Joe Biden just gave a speech announcing myriad sanctions on Russia plus further deployments of U.S. forces to NATO’s “eastern flank” and...
Ron Paul on The Economic Consequences of Senseless Wars
Former Congressman Ron Paul on the economic causes and consequences of war.
Glenn Greenwald on the War in Ukraine and the War at Home (video)
I discussed the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the debate over what role the U.S. Government should play, if any, in its outcome.
Col. Ann Wright: Invasion Is Wrong: Bush in Iraq and Putin in Ukraine
"Invasion" read the headlines in our newspapers. 19 years ago in March 2002, it was the US invading Iraq. Today it’s Russia invading Ukraine. The stupidity of it all. When you heard President Biden today, February 24, 2022, speaking about Russia invading...
Fog of War: What’s Behind Russia’s Ukraine Strike?
Russia's wide-ranging assault on Ukrainian military targets in the early hours of the morning has surprised Western capitals even as they repeatedly predicted an imminent attack. Propaganda machines on all sides are turned up to maximum. In today's Liberty Report we...
Sheldon Richman asks Why Provoke Putin?
No one I know who criticizes America's post-Cold War policy toward Russia -- including the U.S. position on Ukraine -- thinks Vladimir Putin is a good guy. Indeed, the case against U.S. bellicosity toward Russia in no way depends on a favorable view of the Russian...


