Here’s why supplying Ukraine with cluster munitions would be a terrible mistake Opinion by Patrick Leahy and Jeff Merkley Patrick Leahy, a Democrat, is a former U.S. senator from Vermont. Jeff Merkley, a Democrat, is a U.S. senator from Oregon who serves on the Foreign Relations Committee. A few weeks after the Kremlin launched its … Continue reading Cluster Bombs to Ukraine? They Say No.
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.
Washington Post — Today’s WorldView A historic rise in global conflict deaths suggests a violent new era Analysis by Adam Taylor, Reporter — June 29, 2023 More than 238,000 people died in global conflict last year, according to a new study released Tuesday, marking a massive 96 percent increase year over year in deaths … Continue reading Deaths in War, After a Long Decline, Are Spiking Upward
Friday June 30 was a major anniversary. Did you see the parade past the Capitol? Catch the huge fireworks display? Watch the big superstar concert? No? Me neither. But I’m kidding about the hoopla: June 30, 2023 will rightly be remembered for bad Supreme Court decisions, with anger and resistance, not any big national celebrations. … Continue reading Fifty Years Without a Military Draft: Could That Change?
Russia: what just happened? By: Gwynne Dyer — Jun. 27, 2023 OPINION Up until late afternoon Moscow time on Saturday, Russia was in a state of acute crisis, with Yevgeny Prigozhin pulling his Wagner army of mercenary soldiers out of Ukraine and sending some of them racing up the highway towards Moscow instead. Their task … Continue reading What Just Happened In Russia? Gwynne Dyer’s Analysis