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.
[NOTE: Anybody remember that #45 began his administration by lying about the size of his sparse inaugural crowd, and doctoring the photographs? Here we go again. In the past two weeks I received half a dozen texts and email pleas to show up at his monster 2024 campaign rally in tiny Pickens, South Carolina on … Continue reading Nerding Out: Did Trump’s July 1 Rally Actually Draw 50-75K People??
Violence in France On Saturday, the fifth day of violent protests all over France against the police killing of an unarmed teenager,, the daily arrests dropped below 1,000 for the first time – but the violence became even more extreme. By Gwynne Dyer, in Opinion — July 4 2023 In L’Haÿ-les-Roses, a southern suburb of … Continue reading Dyer: Police Killings & Trouble In France
