On Memorial Day, thinking Thoreau at the White House fence, blessed with fellow veterans and other intrepid Justice friends. Thoughts as relevant today as was the case 14 years ago. consortiumnews.com/2010/122010a.h
When Israel Tried to Sink the USS Liberty
Israel learned it could, literally, get away with murder – including deliberate killing 34 US sailors and wounding 174 more – on June 8, 1967. Intercepts show aircraft, torpedo boats ordered to sink the USS Liberty. LBJ covered it up. (Starts at min 51:00)
The Increasing Likelihood of Tactical Nukes
Israel becoming a dangerous pariah; Ukraine/US/NATO a dangerous loser. As Israel defies the UN, and as the “exceptional” geniuses around Biden ignore Kremlin warnings regarding provocations re Ukraine, the likelihood increases for US use of tactical nukes.
Xi’s Warm Embrace of Putin
A mercifully jocular start to dialogue on Putin Does China. NYT is shocked and awed by Xi’s two-cheek embrace of Putin. NYT headline speaks volumes: Xi’s Warm Embrace of Putin is Defiance of West. And, gosh, Xi won’t press Putin to end war. Speaks volumes
Blinken Fiddles as Ukraine Burns
Will “exceptional” folks like Blinken stop trying to “drive a wedge” between Russia & China, and recognize a new world? Blinken fiddles as Ukraine burns. Did realestate mogul “Yahweh Ltd” really give Palestine to the Zionists? Ray riffs on Deuteronomy 15:4
Xi Has Putin’s Back on Ukraine
Putin’s and Xi spare no effort to demonstrate that China and Russia are solidly joined at the hip, incl ostentatious bear-hugs. Xi has Putin’s back on Ukraine. It beyond whimsical to try to “drive wedge” between the two. Cameos from Toria Nuland and Bobby Gates
Breaking Offensive Strike Missile Promises
“That’s not what I’m hearing!” ‘President Scheer’ at Weekly Briefing, as I draw implications of Putin-Xi alliance and note Biden advisers undercut promise to Putin NOT to put “offensive strike missiles” in Ukraine; comparing now with Cuban missile crisis
The Close Relationship Between China and Russia
Pandas do not usually hug bear visitors. Nevertheless, Xi and Putin have made it abundantly clear that the close relationship between China and Russia marks a tectonic shift in the balance of power. Escalation is in store if US doesn’t awake from its torpor. consortiumnews.com/2024/05/17/ray
Arms Embargoes for Everyone… Except Israel
In 1974, when Turkey used US arms invading Cyprus in violation of US law, Congress reacted with an arms embargo. When I noted this might deter others like Israel from doing likewise, they hung a LEPER sign around my neck. A teaching moment (min 5:00-8:20).
American Exceptionalism: An Infantile Disorder
Nuland’s Neocon Noodle Now Channels Madeleine Albright (“Yes, we believe killing 500,000 Iraqi children was worth it.”) politico.com/news/magazine/
Toria should click on this as she prepares her class at Columbia American Exceptionalism, an Infantile Disorder.