Dominoes Vobiscum: 50 years after the debacle in Vietnam, “WHEN WILL WE EVER LEARN?” Are there lessons here for the Ukraine war? Robert Scheer and I discuss this on weekly edition of “Bob and Ray II”. Bob titled it Vietnam-China: Dominoes That Didn’t Fall.
The Unique US – Russia Relationship
Born a week before WWII, I have lived through Hot War, Cold War, détente, rapprochement and proxy war. JFK 5 months before his murder: “Almost unique among major world powers, the US & Russia have never been at war with each other.” Indeed, we were ALLIES.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/what-russia-rightfully-remembers-america-forgets/
Alright Already on Iran’s Nukes
Pushing on an open door: “Iran must not have a nuclear weapon.” All right already. Iran is not working on a nuclear weapon; we will find out quickly if they start. Sophisticated verification already in place. US Intelligence is telling the truth this time.
“Read My Lips” – No NATO Expansion East
Russian ForMin Lavrov offers diplomatic answer to why the NATO-not-one-inch eastward-agreement offered by Secy of State James Baker in Feb 1990 was not written down. Lavrov: “It’s not my fault that Western tradition does not include honoring commitments.”
The Gaza Bombshell
Gaza: Best exposure/refutation of Netanyahu/Trump fairy tales is “The Gaza Bombshell” by David Rose vanityfair.com/news/2008/04/g It’s a MUST-READ for context. Larry & I differed re White House meeting Monday. Has Putin talked Trump out of doing stupid on Iran?
On with David Lin Addressing Front-burner Issues
David Lin interviewed me on March 31 on Ukraine-Russia, Iran, and other front-burner issues.
Trump Says Nyet to Netanyahu’s War
Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi meet Saturday in Qatar. Russia and China, with HUGE stakes in those talks, will be watching as closely as Russian, Chinese and Iranian “experts” in Moscow watched Trump Monday deny Netanyahu the war he wanted.
Jaw, Jaw is Better than War, War
Jaw, jaw is better than war, war.
Will Trump Attack Iran
Will Trump attack Iran? Russia/China/Iran are about to give him a wake-up call. War on Iran may seem a welcome diversion. BUT the US would LOSE, and enter the same int’l pariah penalty box as Israel. Someone tell Trump, “Sorry, but the US is longer first.”
How to Halt a Non-Existent Nuclear Program
Phantasmagoria in “coalition of the willing” in Europe. Pushing an open door re halting Iran’s non-existent effort to acquire nuclear weapons. Why do we let Netanyahu shred the US Constitution? Jim Angleton & Oswald ©; CIA officials lied under oath on JFK.