By Scott RITTER Tank warfare has evolved. The large force-on-force armored battles that were the hallmark of much of WWII, the Arab-Israeli conflicts, which served as the foundation of operational doctrine for both NATO and the Soviet Union (and which was implemented...
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Truth About Tanks: How NATO Lied Its Way to Disaster in Ukraine
By Scott RITTER Tank warfare has evolved. The large force-on-force armored battles that were the hallmark of much of WWII, the Arab-Israeli conflicts, which served as the foundation of operational doctrine for both NATO and the Soviet Union (and which was implemented...
George Santos, the U.S. Military, and Lying
Politicians are known liars; military officers are supposed to put integrity first W.J. ASTORE Newly elected Congressman George Santos of New York has become the butt of many jokes about his serial lying. Santos lied about pretty much everything: his education, his...
Is Japan Willing to Cut Its Own Throat in Sacrifice to the U.S. Pivot to Asia?
Japan’s economy does not require a prophet or crystal ball to tell you what lies ahead in its very near future: that is, that Japan has become the ticking time bomb for the world economy. In case you haven’t been able to hear under all the media thunder of doomsday...
ChatGPT: AI Versus Me in Writing an Opinion Column
By Peter Van BUREN ChatGPT is an online tool created by the Open AI people that generates text. You prompt the software and out pours decent prose. Someday it is going to replace all of us, starting with people like me, we are told. So how good is it? Let’s see if the...
Washington’s Reich Syndrome… War Plans Accumulate Beyond Russia to China
This year is promising to be a most consequential watershed in world history. The reckless warmongering ambitions of the Western powers know no bounds. Just as Washington and its imperial minions in the NATO axis are escalating the war in Ukraine against Russia with...
Proportion of Women in Senior and Middle Managerial Positions Across G20
As of 2021, Russia and the United States were G20 leaders in terms of the proportion of women in senior and middle managerial positions. However, nowhere is this proportion nearly consistent with sex ratio. (Click on the image to enlarge)
The Stalingrad Battle
February 2, 2023 marked the 80th anniversary of the end of the greatest, longest, most bloody battle in human history: It was a struggle that destroyed the previously invincible spearhead of the Nazi war machine which had conquered all of Europe in only three years...
The Never-Ending Covid Emergency
The political cost of seeming to be power-hungry ‘Covid scolds’ paled in comparison to the cost of giving that power up, and the Biden administration milked that power for all it was worth. By John HIRSCHAUER The Biden administration said Monday that it will let the...
A Panicked Empire Tries to Make Russia an ‘Offer It Can’t Refuse’
Realizing NATO’s war with Russia will likely end unfavorably, the US is test-driving an exit offer. But why should Moscow take indirect proposals seriously, especially on the eve of its new military advance and while it is in the winning seat? By Pepe ESCOBAR Those...
Pepe Escobar: Ukraine War is Desperate Move by U.S. to Preserve Hegemony and Prevent Multipolar World
The war in Ukraine is not just about Ukraine and Russia with the U.S. and NATO acting as seemingly benevolent supporters of Ukraine, as the Western media portray. The war in Ukraine is not just about Ukraine and Russia with the U.S. and NATO acting as seemingly...
Kusturica’s Kustendorf and The Triangle of Sadness 2023
Kustendorf, the 16th annual film festival at a time of the ‘new world insanity’, wars, the end of history, culture(s) cancelled, in the post-truth and post – justice world. Kustendorf, the 16th annual film festival at a time of the ‘new world insanity’ (around us),...