After decades of oblivion by the NATO that continues the Cold War mentality, the military bloc is trying to resume its investments in military equipment after the outbreak of the proxy war in Ukraine. According to Bloomberg, Poland and Estonia lead the way in alliance purchases. Slovakia’s president heralded an “emotional moment” when the …
Read More »Who Is in Charge of US Foreign Policy?
Is it Israel and its Powerful Lobby or The White House or No One at all? It probably would surprise no one to learn that there are several viewpoints among critics of the current wars devastating the Middle East regarding who is actually encouraging a growing bloody conflict which might soon involve …
Read More »One Year of Empty Rhetoric From the White House on Israel’s Wars
The Biden administration has consistently said Israel should not kill civilians as it sends Israel more weapons to kill civilians. In March, as Israel threatened to invade Rafah in southern Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians had been sheltering, President Joe Biden acknowledged that if Israel invaded the city, it …
Read More »Defense contractors tied to Sentinel nuclear missile program increase spending on Congress: Report
Defense contractors working on the Sentinel nuclear missile program have increased political spending in the past two years as the initiative to modernize intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) has soared in costs and attracted renewed criticism. A report from the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft says the 11 contractors have donated $87 million …
Read More »A Trump Win Would Bring Both Monarchy and Aristocracy to the US
This election may be America’s last stand against this country becoming, like Hungary and Russia, a full-on oligarchy run of, by, and for a small, malevolent group of the morbidly rich. Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been found by a jury of his peers to have raped a woman. He’s a …
Read More »The U.S. Role in Supporting Israel’s Actions Against Palestinians: A Crime Against Humanity?
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most enduring and deeply rooted political and humanitarian crises in the world. For decades, Palestinians have faced occupation, displacement, and violence at the hands of Israeli forces, a situation that many, including legal scholars and human rights advocates, have characterized as bordering on, …
Read More »As Bombs Drop, Weapons Industry Stocks Take Off
One wonders how the executives of these companies feel about their products being used for mass slaughter in Gaza and dangerous escalation in Lebanon. It’s a sad but familiar spectacle — as people die at the hands of U.S. weapons in a faraway war zone, the stock prices of arms …
Read More »The Wars of Today: Space-Age Perils, Militarizing Space, “More than 2.000 Satellites in Orbit”. Fraudulent Pretexts.
“I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” – Albert Einstein[1] Major wars on the planet right now are the two and a half year Russia-Ukraine war, considered by many media sources as the “biggest war in Europe since World …
Read More »US Elections: Is Aggression Likely to Continue Regardless of Who Wins?
The biggest concern of the world regarding US elections is whether these can lead to the creation of a government with a significantly higher commitment to world peace. At the very least, what is hoped for is that even if the new President and the administration do not have any firm …
Read More »Why are we paying $2M each for these missiles?
The US military is blowing through munitions that are 10 times more expensive than they should be Since the United States government decided it had an obligation to protect global shipping from Houthi attacks in the Red Sea over 7,000 miles away from its borders, it has spent well over $1 …
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