Nuclear Chicken in the Mideast
• http://www.unz.com-Eric MargolisTo no surprise, nuclear talks between Iran and major world powers have become stalemated.
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To no surprise, nuclear talks between Iran and major world powers have become stalemated.
Don't buy the president's lame excuses for attacking ISIS without congressional approval.
"I felt it was explosive, it really made me angry when I read it. ... I genuinely hoped that the information would strengthen the people's voice. ... It could derail the entire process for war." So said Katharine Gun recently when asked about informa
It seems nobody wants to be Secretary of Defense in the Obama administration. The president's first two Defense Secretaries, Robert Gates and Leon Panetta, both complained bitterly this month about their time in the administration. The president'
The Fabrique Nationale Fusil Automatique Leger (Light Automatic Rifle), or FN FAL as it is more commonly known, began life in 1946 when FN and Great Britain created a piston operated prototype rifle that utilized the German intermediate 7.92x33mm car
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When the Pentagon's managers and their forces secure weapons and systems based on these advances, they will be in a position to become far more totalitarian than today. They will be able to send robots into battle. They will gain
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"[F]rom the military policies of Sherman and Sheridan there lies but an easy step to the total war of the Nazis, the greatest affront to Western civilization since its founding." –Richard M. Weaver, The Southern Essays of Richard M. Weaver, pp
I was always made a little bit nervous every time I heard Ron Paul – and other libertarians – inveigh against the modern practice of going to war without a formal declaration of war.
Pentagon officials are worried that the US military is losing its edge compared to competitors like China, and are willing to explore almost anything to stay on top--including creating watered-down versions of the Terminator.
The US Army plans to deploy about 150 tanks and armored vehicles to NATO countries next year and some of the heavy armor may be stationed in Eastern Europe, a top American general said Tuesday.
Iraqi troops and small numbers of Syrian rebels have hardly been alone in receiving American military support. Yet few in our world have paid much attention to everything Washington has done to keep the region awash in weaponry.
According to news reports, Washington has decided to arm Ukraine for renewed military assault on Russian ethnics in Donetsk and Luhansk.
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Mr. Hagel, a Republican and a combat veteran who was skeptical about the Iraq War, came in to manage the Afghanistan combat withdrawal and the shrinking Pentagon budget in the era of budget sequestrations.
Nick Turse looks at the US military in Chad. Yep, I said "in Chad." 99% of Americans are undoubtedly unfamiliar with that landlocked African country and the remaining 1% have no idea the US military is deeply involved in Chad.
RT says: It's not only politicians, business leaders in Europe consider sanctions to be harmful for the EU.
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It's been a tough year for Ukraine. The country has been shaken to the core, with every sector taking a hit from the geopolitical quagmire it's been mired in for the past 12 months.
When U.S. governments take Americans into war, we hear them justify it as a fight for freedom. Often they rationalize it as an anti-tyranny fight, a pro-peace fight and a pro-democracy fight.
Duels fell out of favor in the 19th century. Evidently, nobody told Igor Plotnitzky. The newly elected head of the Luhansk People's Republic challenged Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko to resolve differences between the 2 countries.
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With Goals, Scope Still Unclear Timeline Not Based on Anything
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...we should anticipate that the carnage about to be unleashed on all remaining Palestinians under occupation will be worse than Operation Protective Edge; Netanyahu and his ilk have been provoking, planning, and warning the world for weeks now...nob
The US and NATO policies, especially over Ukraine, have caused this hardening of the Russian position. The US is creating a new enemy: Russia. This is purposeful. Only a big enemy like Russia can get Americans to accept the costs