To Avoid Nuclear War, Putin Needs to be a Little Crazier
Sometimes in dealing with an adversary being ‘reasonable’ is just not the answer. It only encourages them. That’s a lesson Putin needs to learn.
Sometimes in dealing with an adversary being ‘reasonable’ is just not the answer. It only encourages them. That’s a lesson Putin needs to learn.
Includes video in which NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg concedes that Russia invaded Ukraine in order to prevent NATO expansion to Russia’s borders
The victims of Israel’s attack had been ordered to move to their present location just days earlier. And — as soon as they had settled in– Israel mercilessly obliterated them with 1,000-pound bombs. How is that not cold blooded murder?
President Vladimir Putin once described the U.S. as “A madman with a knife.” Mike Whitney on how a recent incident involving Russia’s strategic early warning radar seems to confirm this.
Contrary to what the Western mainstream media would have us believe, the main problem facing the West isn’t Russia or its president. The West’s problems are its own leaders, who are intent on igniting war with Russia. Mike Whitney explains
Mike Whitney argues that the Biden administration sees the campus protests as the tip of the spear, the beginning of a populist movement that holds the moral high-ground and that could potentially force politicians to change the present U.S. policy of unquestioning support for Israel
The UN general assembly vote to back the Palestinian bid for full UN membership is black eye for Biden administration. As well as indicating how unquestioning U.S. support for Israel is only adding to Washington’s isolation and irrelevance
The real motive force behind the war in Gaza is Israel’s plan to control all the land between the River to the Sea in order to establish a demographically viable Jewish state with a clear Jewish majority. Mike Whitney explains
Any concern for the Ukrainian people or the future viability of the Ukrainian state, have not been factored in to Washington’s cynical calculation. What matters is preventing a Russian victory and inflicting as much pain on Russia as possible. Mike Whitney explains
Mike Whitney explains why the man who pretends to oppose America’s wasteful foreign wars just helped giveaway $95 billion to Israel and Ukraine
According former UN Weapons Inspector and U.S. Marine Intelligence officer Scott Ritter, the significance of the Iranian missile strike on Israel is profound and it goes beyond the currant Israeli/Iranian face-off. Mike Whitney explains
Mike Whitney explains why he believes that Egypt has been bribed by Israel to help facilitate the next phase of its ethnic cleansing program