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“We have entered a world in which we have weaponised something without all the infrastructure that comes with weaponising something that’s so powerful.” 17 May 2022 | Tim Kiek | The National The West’s fusillade of sanctions on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine has been likened to the detonation of a “nuclear weapon” by a leading economist. Speaking at an…
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‘Success is often the necessary precursor to failure. America still has the best military but tends to field bad strategies that morph over time into political disasters’ Photo: US President Joe Biden walks to a waiting helicopter on the lawn of the White House in Washington on May 11. Photo: AP 16 May 2022 |…
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Vladimir Lenin famously claimed that “There are decades where nothing happens and there are weeks when decades happen.” Recent events appear to be a powerful confirmation. 14 April 2022 | Lorenzo Kamel | The National Interest In 1989, American sociologist Janet Abu-Lughod predicted that the era of Western hegemony would be superseded by “a return…
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The US says it’s a ‘strategy designed to defeat Islamic State through economic stabilization,’ without mentioning the sanctions that created many of those issues. 12 May 2022 | Humeyra Pamuk and Daphne Psaledakis | International Business The United States on Thursday authorized some foreign investment in areas of northern Syria that are outside government control,…
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For a perspective, the entire Russian military budget for 2022 is thought to be $65.9USD Photo: Military aid, delivered as part of the United States’ security assistance to Ukraine, is unloaded from a plane at the Boryspil International Airport outside Kyiv, Ukraine February 13, 2022. REUTERS/Serhiy Takhmazov U.S. House passes $40 bln bill to bolster…
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Caracas and Tehran have agreed to build more “routes and mechanisms” to counter US sanctions and strengthen their oil industries. Photo: Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji said Iran is ready to employ all its capacities in order to heighten oil cooperation with Venezuela. (Twitter / @PDVSA) NOTE: Keep in mind that the US basically controls…
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‘Never let yourself be diverted by what you think could have beneficial social effects. Ask only and solely: “What are the facts?” Bertrand Russell – By James Porteous 09 May 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News by James Porteous “When you are studying any matter or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only ‘what…
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Anyone educated in the West will likely be as confused as I am about the former, present, furture state of the USSR, Russia, NATO and the EU. At least the main map might help.
Patrick Lancaster, Brian Berletic and Eric Draitser are three unique voices who are reporting on the US, Russia, Ukraine and beyond Photo: Screenshot – Patrick Lancaster 05 May 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News So many voices, but also so much noise. Here are three of the ‘other voices’ that might be of…
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Destruction of a country is always a shame (Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria) but this time the US, IMF and World Bank are ready to jump in as soon as the dust settles. Photo: Efrem Lukatsky/AP. A monument to Taras Shevchenko, a Ukrainian poet and a national symbol, showing damage from bullets, stands against the background of…
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The United States military has been all-volunteer since 1973. But an act of Congress could still reinstate the draft in case of a national emergency. Photo: Paratroopers load aircraft bound for the U.S. Central Command area of operations from Fort Bragg, N.C. on January 4, 2020. (Spc. Hubert Delany III/Army) 02 May 2022 | James…
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The West likes ‘simple politics.’ Or as President George W. Bush infamously said, ‘either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.’ Photo: President Vladimir Putin arriving in Beijing ahead of his meeting with China’s president and the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games 30 April 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper…
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