Category Archives: Military Matters

Nagasaki: AP News: Nagasaki marks 78th anniversary of atomic bombing with mayor urging world to abolish nuclear weapons

[Almost no one is paying attention. Voices crying in the wilderness. Luke 19: 39 Then some of the Pharisees in the crowd spoke to Jesus. “Teacher,” they said, “command your disciples to be quiet!” 40 Jesus answered, “I tell you that if they keep quiet, the stones themselves will start shouting.”] BY MARI YAMAGUCHI AP —August 9, … Continue reading Nagasaki: AP News: Nagasaki marks 78th anniversary of atomic bombing with mayor urging world to abolish nuclear weapons →

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NATO from “Brain-Dead” to Bigger & Back On A Roll?

Gwynne Dyer — July 10, 2023 When NATO held its annual summit in Brussels two years ago, all 31 presidents and prime ministers of the alliance’s member states dutifully showed up, but their hearts weren’t really in it. France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, had publicly declared NATO “brain dead” in 2019, and nobody could find a … Continue reading NATO from “Brain-Dead” to Bigger & Back On A Roll? →

Gwynne Dyer: The West Bank. Again.

Israel: “Mowing the Lawn” Again, but with Malice Aforethought Gwynne Dyer — Jul 08 2023 Gwynne Dyer is a UK-based Canadian journalist and historian who writes about international affairs. OPINION: The two-day Israeli military incursion into the Palestinian city of Jenin in the northern West Bank (12 Palestinians killed, one Israeli dead) seems at first … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: The West Bank. Again. →

James Risen

The Intercept: PRIGOZHIN TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT PUTIN’S WAR IN UKRAINE Yevgeny Prigozhin is a disinformation artist whose failed rebellion was marked by a burst of radical honesty. James Risen — July 1 2023 ONE OF THE most subversive things that Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin did during his brief rebellion last weekend was to tell … Continue reading James Risen →