(2021-11-25). Ukraine Launches 'Special Operation' Drills on Belarus Border. news.antiwar.com Ukraine launched an operation Wednesday to strengthen its border with Belarus and held anti-tank and airborne military exercises in the area. Tensions are soaring in the region over increased NATO activity, an alleged Russian troop build-up, and a migrant crisis in Belarus. According to Reuters, the Ukrainian state border service said the "special operation" near …
(2021-11-25). The Delusional Commitment to the Doctrine of "Full Spectrum Dominance" is leading the U.S. and the World to Disaster. dissidentvoice.org The 21st Century was supposed to be the century of continued and unchallenged global dominance by the U.S., at least that was the plan advanced by the right-wing political hacks at the Project for a New American Century (PNAC). Their optimism was understandable. With the dismantling of the Soviet Union, it was reasonable that the …
(2021-11-25). 30+2 meeting in Latvia: Ukraine, Georgia to rally NATO FMs against Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukrainian Foreign Minister to talk about increasing Russia's forces on Ukraine's border on NATO meeting in Riga Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba said that the main topic he would raise at the meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Riga would be Russia's increase in forces on Ukraine's border…. "The key topic of …
(2021-11-25). Canada mulls deploying more troops, warship, warplane to Ukrainian war zone. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Canada can send soldiers to Ukraine due to Russian army at border The new Minister of Defense of Canada Anita Anand does not rule out that hundreds of soldiers, a warship to the Black Sea, and a redeployed part of the CF-18 fighters from Romania may be sent to Ukraine soon…. So far, Canada has …
(2021-11-25). Selected Articles: Australian Army Begins Transferring Contacts of COVID-19 Positive Cases to Quarantine Camps. globalresearch.ca 
By Once again, NATO is conducting a rather dangerous maneuvers in Eastern Europe with the aim of provoking Russia. Latvia is the new military drill arena …
(2021-11-25). NATO members, partners ready to "hurt" Russia: Ukrainian FM. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com World capitals working on measures that can "hurt" Russian economy — Kuleba The foreign minister noted that the tone of the signals the international community is sending the Kremlin has recently become much harsher. The European Union, NATO, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Sweden, the Baltic countries, Poland, and a number …
(2021-11-25). Prestigious weaponry expert censored after demonstrating that a deadly poison gas attack—blamed on the Syrian government—was really a false-flag operation by U.S.-funded terrorists. mronline.org 
Theodore Postol, a physicist with a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering, he is Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology, and International Security at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a former top policy adviser to the chief of naval operations.
(2021-11-25). CENTCOM Says Military 'Prepared' If Iran Nuclear Deal Talks Fail. news.antiwar.com Gen. Frank McKenzie, the head of US Central Command (CENTCOM), "The diplomats are in the lead on this, but Central Command always has a variety of plans that we could execute, if directed," McKenzie said. | US officials often speak of the potential for failure in negotiations with Iran and like to portray Tehran as the difficult party. But it was the US that withdrew from the JCPOA in…
(2021-11-24). Dems and GOP Fight About Domestic Spending — But Not About Huge Military Budgets. truthout.org 
As Democrats in Congress struggle to pass the $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act, there is large bipartisan consensus in the U.S. Congress to spend over $7 trillion over the next 10 years in military spending. The United States spends more each year on defense than China, Russia, India, the U.K., Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, and Australia combined. "Democrats have to engage in theater about human rights and international law and due process, but they ultimately, at the end of the…
(2021-11-24). "The War Party": Jeremy Scahill on How U.S. Militarism Unifies Democrats & Republicans. democracynow.org 
As Democrats in Congress struggle to pass the $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act, there is large bipartisan consensus in the U.S. Congress to spend over $7 trillion over the next 10 years in military spending. The United States spends more each year on defense than China, Russia, India, the U.K., Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, and Australia combined. "Democrats have to engage in theater about human rights and international law and due process, but they ultimately, at the end of the day, are just as aggressive as Republicans," says investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill of the Intercept. His most recent p…
(2021-11-24). Former U.S. President Richard Nixon made historic trip to China. america.cgtn.com 
Three months after the U.S. table tennis team made a historic visit to China, then U.S. President Richard Nixon made history of his own, announcing he would travel to China to meet with the country's top leaders at the height of the Cold War. It was …
(2021-11-24). Biden's 'Summit for Democracy' snubs major international players. rt.com 
President Joe Biden has sparked international outrage by snubbing multiple major countries at an upcoming 'Summit for Democracy', as he seeks to draw a line between what the US sees as democracies and "autocratic governments." | The 'Summit for Democracy' is set to be held in December, with the expressed goal of bringing together leaders "to tackle the greatest threats faced by democracies today," but the guest list has caused a backlash after the US failed to invite countries like Russia and Turkey. | China was notably absent from the invitees, while the disputed territory of Taiwan was asked to participate.
(2021-11-24). Biden's summit is 'old propaganda' rhetoric, Oliver Stone tells RT. rt.com 
Filmmaker Oliver Stone has told RT that the "totally corrupt" US government has been rehashing old propaganda cliches when promoting President Joe Biden's upcoming international 'Summit for Democracy'. | On the latest episode of RT's 'Going Underground', Afshin Rattansi asked the Oscar-winning director what he thought about the so-called 'Summit for Democracy' that will be hosted by Biden next month. | "That's old propaganda: 'We're the free world, and the Russians and the Chinese are not. And the Iranians and all the bad guys are on the other side. It doesn't work that way if you go to those countries," Stone…
(2021-11-24). The High Stakes of the U.S.-Russia Confrontation Over Ukraine. zcomm.org Risking a nuclear holocaust to appease the military-industrial complex is as insane as destroying the climate and the natural world to appease the fossil fuel industry…
(2021-11-24). Biden Under New Pressure to Drop Trump's Iran Sanctions. strategic-culture.org The Gulf Arab states are now desperate to get the Iran deal back, fearing that Iran's overtures are left unchecked and will only get worse. | Just how "special" is the so-called special relationship between oil-rich Gulf Arab states and Washington? One could argue, since Joe Biden became President, that relations have hit an all time low with many looking to broker better relations with Russia, China and even Iran. Royal elites in the GCC club know that in the event of a new Arab Spring sweeping across the region, that they cannot rely on Biden for any support whatsoever to cling onto power and so have taken an e…
(2021-11-24). US stokes tensions with Russia over claims of an impending invasion of Ukraine. wsws.org On Monday, Russia's foreign intelligence agency compared the current tensions in the Black Sea to the build-up to the 2008 war between Russia and Washington-backed Georgia in the Caucasus.
(2021-11-24). US issues veiled threat over Iran's nuclear program. rt.com 
Ahead of the US-Iran nuclear talks in Vienna, the American envoy said Washington will not "sit idly" if Tehran chooses to stall the talks and advance its atomic program to the point it's "too close" to a working weapon. | "We're prepared to get back into the deal and to lift all of the sanctions that are inconsistent with the deal. So if Iran wants to get back into the deal, it has a way to do that," the State Department's special envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, told NPR on Tuesday. | If Iran doesn't wish to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), "if it continues to do what it appears to be d…
(2021-11-24). Oportunidad para logar el necesario desarme nuclear mundial. globalizacion.ca En mi condición de ciudadano panameño crecí con el lema escrito en el escudo de mi país "Pro mundi beneficio" (Para beneficio del mundo). Desde pequeño aprendí y conviví la amistad, el respeto, la convivencia pacífica entre los ciudadanos y…
(2021-11-24). Germany's Incoming Government Agrees to Keep Hosting US Nukes. news.antiwar.com Germany's incoming government The announcement comes after some speculation that the new government might be opposed to the presence of nuclear weapons based on earlier comments by members of the political parties forming the coalition. The government is being formed by the Social Democratic Party(SDP), the Green Party, and the Free Democrats. | Germany has no nuclear weapons of its own but has betw…