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A Worrisome Pledge to Substantially Increase US ‘Defense’ Spending
Big news out of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) meeting this week is member governments agreeing to a declaration stating they each “commit to invest 5 percent of GDP annually on core defence requirements as well as defence-and security-related spending...
Turkey: A Rogue US Ally’s Territorial Conquests
We often hear U.S. and NATO spokesmen claim that they believe in a rules-based international order. They don’t. The United States and its NATO allies have stressed repeatedly that Russia’s use of force to seize portions of Ukraine is reprehensible. They were emphatic...
The Road to War in Ukraine — The History of NATO and US Military Exercises With Ukraine — Part 1
This is the first of a three-part series on the history of NATO and US European Command military exercises with Ukraine. This shows how the West, acting like a camel, slipped its big nose under the Ukrainian tent as part of a long-term strategy to defeat Russia. While...
Why America Don’t Need No Stinkin’ ‘Allies’
OK, the title is a bit crude and is deliberately mocking in tone. But it has to be because there is a deeply-entrenched, almost sacred presumption embedded in the nation’s foreign policy catechism that “allies”, “alliances” and “coalitions of the willing” are the...
General Cavoli’s Schizophrenia on Ukraine
The Commander of US forces in Europe (aka USEUCOM), General Chris Cavoli, was on Capitol Hill today testifying before the Senate Armed Services committee. His opening statement is a remarkable mix of candor, fantasy and pure unadulterated male bovine...
Scorch Marks in the Sand
Javelin, Stinger, M-777 howitzer, HIMARS, Excalibur, Switchblade, all manner of electronic warfare gizmos and counter-battery radars, Bradley IFVs, Stryker, Leopard, Challenger, Abrams, Patriot, JDAMs, HARMS, Storm Shadow, ATACMS ... I'm sure I'm forgetting some. Oh,...
NATO: The Case To Get Out Now
See David Stockman in person at the Ron Paul Institute's Spring Conference! The case for getting out of NATO encompasses four fundamental propositions: First, the Federal budget has become a self-fueling fiscal doomsday machine, even as the Fed has run out of capacity...
Suddenly, Leaving NATO is on the Table!
Over the weekend, President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk made quite a stir with just two words posted on his social media platform, X. Responding to a post that, “It’s time to leave NATO and the UN,” Musk replied, “I agree.” The comment...
NATO Is the Big Obstacle to Peace in Ukraine
During his recent campaign for president, Donald Trump repeatedly stated that he had a secret plan for settling the war in Ukraine. He suggested that he would be able to resolve the conflict within a day of so of taking office. That obviously was political hyperbole...
The Beginning Of The End Of The War In Ukraine
NATO: The Case To Get Out Now
The case for getting out of NATO now encompasses four fundamental propositions: First, the Federal budget has become a self-fueling fiscal doomsday machine, even as the Fed has run out of capacity to monetize the skyrocketing public debt. Second, the only viable...
The Competency Crisis Proliferating The West
The essayist and military strategist, Aurelien, has written a paper entitled: The Strange Defeat (original in French). The “strange defeat” being that of Europe’s “curious” inability to understand Ukraine or its military mechanics. Aurelien highlights the strange lack...
Russia’s Defeat of Ukraine’s Army Limits Trump’s Options for a Negotiated Settlement
Russian war correspondent, Marat Khairullin, has posted a terrific summary about the current status of Russian and Ukrainian forces on the battlefield. He writes: Victory is already in sight. Ukraine has lost the war. This is not even an axiom, but a ready,...
The State of Western Warcraft
In early 2023, the head of the US European Command and Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, General Christopher Cavoli, remarked, "precision can beat mass."1 This is true; precision can beat mass. But some countries now have the capability to render...
Would a Trump-Putin Agreement Bring Peace to Ukraine or Just Set the Stage for More War?
“I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.” – Winston Churchill, 1942 Many Americans, even a lot who never much cared for Donald Trump, voted for him in part because they believed – or at least hoped –...
Atlanticists Mobilise to Salvage NATO as Russia Toughens its Stance
The American film maker and philanthropist who created the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, George Lucas, once said, “Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.” Within a week of Russia “testing” the...
Why These New Russian Missiles Are Real Game Changers
In response to a U.S. decision to arrange for ballistic missile attacks from Ukraine into Russia, the great magician and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin pulled a rabbit from his hat. Yesterday the six independent war heads of a new intermediate...
Flashback: How Yeltsin Gleefully Drove Bill Clinton to Tears. Who’s Crying Now?
Yeltsin grinned while Clinton cried. The Russian president had just blurted out his unfiltered reaction to American news reporting. It was October, 1995. Clinton and Yeltsin had just spoken at the United Nations 50th anniversary meeting. The next day the two...
Selling War: How Raytheon and Boeing Fund the Push for NATO’s Nuclear Expansion
To “counter Russia’s nuclear blackmail,” the Atlantic Council confidently asserted, “NATO must adapt its nuclear sharing program.” This includes moving B-61 atomic bombs to Eastern Europe and building a network of medium-range missile bases across the continent....
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