President Joe wants no audit of the billions in weapons of mass Ukrainian death provided in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). His compliant Senate majority gave him every buck of the 886 billion bucks he requested to wage US exceptionalism round the...
Oppenheimer Biopic Should Rekindle Japanese A-Bombing Debate
The movie Oppenheimer, based on American Prometheus, the Pulitzer Prize winning bio of J. Robert Oppenheimer, hits theaters today. Neatly bookended on the calendar between the July 16, 1945, A bomb test and the Hiroshima/Nagasaki strikes 3 weeks later, Oppenheimer is...
Chicago Tribune Publishing Defense of Cluster Munitions Use Inexcusable
I understand a lot of Americans may support US giving cluster bombs to Ukraine in their war with Russia. They’re no doubt cheering President Biden for sending those grotesque weapons of death despoiling any ground they land in. The unexploded bomblets mostly...
Sen. Duckworth, Not Satisfied with Nuclear Brinkmanship with Russia, Promotes It with China
My Senator, Tammy Duckworth, sure didn’t learn a single lesson about criminal war and reckless foreign policy from her Iraq war service. She was parlayed during that service. Along with her horrific injury, she will have a likely lifetime congressional career,...
500 Days of the Ukraine-Russia War
The Russo Ukraine war just passed 500 days.US has refused to negotiate its end for 500 days.US has refused to engage in a single high level contact with Russia for 500 days. US has poured endless weapons into Ukraine fueling the war for 500 days.US has allowed Ukraine...
ATACMS: Be Very Afraid of This Acronym
Most folks know oodles of acronyms. FBI, AARP, GOP, ACLU, POTUS, are among dozens used endlessly. But one acronym is little known due to both citizen apathy of US perpetual wars, and intentional governmental silence: ATACMS.It’s not very catchy and does not...
Freudian Slips on Wars?
On May 18, 2022, former President George W. Bush said in a speech: “The decision of one man to launch a brutal and unjustified war in Iraq…I mean Ukraine.”Wednesday, President Joe Biden, who as Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee greased...
US, NATO, Could Use a Little Bit of That Swiss DNA
Bravo for the Swiss government for vetoing plan to send 96 German tanks to Ukraine to simply get blown apart by Russian artillery. Swiss arms maker Ruag AG sought a license to send the tanks to Germany for refurbishment before transfer to Ukraine in their quixotic...
Weapons-Makers Cash In on Quigley’s Plea for ‘Humanitarian Aid’
Illinois 5th District Mike Quigley, in his Sun Times op-ed "U.S. must ramp up arms production for Ukraine to send a message to foes of democracy" reveals his total support of US weapons manufacturers who are reaping the benefits of all those political...
Why So Many Progressives Promoting Endless Ukraine Bloodbath?
Too many of my progressive comrades have been on board US/NATO’s $100 billion plus giveaway of weapons to keep the Russo-Ukraine war going in perpetuity.One reason is political. If Democrats leaders support it, which nearly 100% do, they support it. Chalk that...
