Not your grandfather’s NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, once a simple defensive alliance, now faces a crisis.
Stephen Bryen in asian news
Zelensky angling for US troops in Ukraine
A friend of mine “translated” Zelensky’s UN speech as follows: Force Russia to the negotiating table; return all territory taken by Russia to Ukraine; have a war crimes trial for Putin and his cronies; send more weapons and money to Ukraine.
Don’t let Putin make the Ukraine war rules
On September 22, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the US for a week of activities including a meeting with US President Joe Biden and Vice President and presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Zelensky has said he will present his “plan for victory” in the Ukraine war.
Hezbollah’s pagers explode in pocket in Lebanon and Syria
Encrypted pagers used by Hezbollah and their sponsors in Lebanon and Syria simultaneously started exploding on September 17.
Biden, NATO effectively declaring war on Russia
There is no other way to interpret it: Washington and its client NATO members are declaring war on Russia.
RTX Corporation sells out US national security to China
The US State Department has let RTX Corporation off the hook for serious violations of US export control laws that compromised major US military systems. The transactions involved China, Iran and Russia, among others, and the procurement of important parts for defense systems from China.
Ukraine war is a racket, as is NATO expansion
In 1935 retired Marine General and two-time Medal of Honor winner Smedley Butler published a 55-page pamphlet that caused a sensation. The pamphlet, entitled “War is a Racket,” was reprinted in Reader’s Digest, assuring a mass circulation at the time. Butler summarized his argument this way:
Ukraine loses its first F-16
Ukraine has lost its first F-16 in a combat operation, with the aircraft destroyed and the pilot killed. That much has been officially confirmed by Ukraine’s Air Force; exactly where and how the shootdown happened remains unclear.