Ray McGovern

By Aleksei Pankin, April 25, 2015, w/photos and video, in mass-circulation Komsomolskaya Pravda.

It was a heat-warming observance of the victory of our wartime Grand Alliance…and what might be possible again today, were leaders of the “sole indispensable” country inclined to give more respect to the strategic interests of former allies.

Ray contributed a favorite poem — one by Nicolai Nekrasov (the “Poet of Russian Sorrow”) and led the singing of “Katyusha.” We’ll post an English translation of the poem tomorrow.

For now:

http://www.msk.kp.ru/daily/26372.5/3252925/

Gen. Petraeus: Too Big to Jail

https://consortiumnews.com/2015/04/20/the-west-snubs-russia-over-v-e-day/​

Now that’s SEMPER FI! … to your faith, to your conscience, to yourself.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-hoh/i-will-no-longer-pay-taxes-for-war_b_7051962.html

American neocons are in a lather over Russia’s decision to go ahead with the sale of anti-aircraft missiles to Iran. The apparent outrage is that Iran thinks it has a right to protect its citizens from Israel’s ‘right’ to launch airstrikes on Iran.

Russia Impinges on Israeli ‘Right’ to Bomb Iran

Wolfowitz: Excellent Adventures possible because Moscow “Won’t Stop Us.”

Neocon ‘Chaos Promotion’ in the Mideast

CAUTION: The embedded videos will disturb anyone with a conscience

The Nasty Blowback from America’s Wars

4th Estate Dead; but 5th Estate coming into its own – so there’s hope; US-Russia-Crimea; Russian “hacking;” cyber warfare; how we, and particularly young people, can help put our Constitution back together (8 minutes).

by Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)

Judith Miller’s Blame-Shifting Memoir

Facts not normally judged to be “fit to print”

Why Iran Distrusts the US in Nuke Talks