Lethal Weapons. Ever-Increasing War Expenditures

 

Lethal Weapons. Ever-Increasing War Expenditures. Manlio Dinucci By Manlio Dinucci War continues to spread across Europe because it is fundamentally fuelled by the very strategy that caused it to erupt. After the summit with Putin in Alaska, Trump said that if an agreement were reached between Russia and Ukraine, the United States would not send troops to Ukraine but would provide Kiev with air support and intelligence as a ‘security guarantee.’ Read here

Italy’s Prime Minister Meloni Endorses Adding Ukraine to NATO’s Defense Umbrella By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stated that her country supports extending NATO defense guarantees to Ukraine, reaffirming a stance that is known to lead to the prolongation of the conflict and tensions with Russia. Read here

Video: The COVID-19 Pandemic: Pretext for Launching a Global Economic and Social Crisis. Michel Chossudovsky and Ivaylo Grouev By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and Prof. Ivaylo Grouev The unspoken truth is that the novel coronavirus provides a pretext and a justification to powerful financial interests and corrupt politicians to precipitate the entire world into a spiral of mass unemployment, bankruptcy, extreme poverty and despair. Read here

Is Britain Losing Its Geopolitical Relevance? By Dr. F. Andrew Wolf, Jr. With improving relations between Russia and the US, one of the biggest losers politically will likely be Britain. As Russia and America engage, it seems Britain loses relevance. This is how the Financial Times newspaper put it: “Pity the middle-sized nations of the world.” Read here

Refugee Dunghills: Australia Makes Another Nauru Deal. Binoy Kampmark By Dr. Binoy Kampmark Over the last two decades, Australia has made a name for itself by pursuing barbaric policies towards refugees and asylum seekers arriving by sea. Priding these moves as noble and humanitarian, cruelty born of kindness, these have entailed attacking the right to seek asylum guaranteed under the United Nations Refugee Convention of 1951 and the obligations of a state signatory not to penalise, discriminate or return (refoul) those to a place which would imperil them. Read here

Here’s What the US’ “Security Guarantees” for Ukraine Might Look Like By Andrew Korybko Western security guarantees for Ukraine are one of the main issues delaying a political resolution to the conflict. Russia launched its special operation (SMO) primarily in response to NATO-emanating threats from Ukraine. Read here

Trump Makes Israel Great. The President Declares that He “Can Do Anything” By Philip Giraldi Last week Donald J Trump declared that as president of the United States, he believes he has the “right to do anything I want to do.” The assertion explains a lot in terms of how an unhinged Trump regards himself and his office and it should serve as a warning that more ego driven inanity is yet to come. Read here