Tag: War
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Republican Senators are using military aid to Ukraine as domestic bargaining chips
Republican Senators are using a military aid bill to Ukraine and Israel as bargaining chips to pass extensive immigration and border reform. In his latest comments to the press, Republican Senator Mitch McConnell has claimed that Republicans are agreeing with the aid but won’t pass the bill without their comprehensive reforms. Republican Senators are playing…
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Ehud Olmert wants negotiations with the Palestinian Authority and a withdrawal from Gaza following Hamas’ defeat
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is still very widely representative of Israel’s moderate and progressive views over Palestine. Olmert blames Benjamin Netanyahu for Israel’s conflicting predicament with the Palestinians and calls for a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza following the defeat of Hamas. He is also in favour of restarting peace talks…
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Is the IDF killing Gazan civilians deliberately or is the high death toll a result of collateral damage?
I’ve asked this question to an independent intelligence analyst who specialises in air strikes in the Near East. This is what he had to tell me. Is the IDF killing Gazan civilians deliberately or is the high death toll a result of collateral damage? You are basically, asking whether the IDF has committed war crimes…
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Biden’s administration begins capitulating to Russia over Ukraine
The White House is beginning to show worrying signs of capitulation to Russia over Ukraine as it invokes the topic of negotiations instead of reiterating a total victory on the battlefield. This message which has been posted below follows the clear position by France and Germany that prefer for Ukraine to end the war with…
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To whom are Scholz and Macron capitulating when they capitulate to Russia, exactly?
Capitulation often comes when your odds of winning are significantly against you, but this is not the same probability that exists with regard to Ukraine winning the war against Russia. Ukraine does not need to capitulate in its defensive war against the Russian invasion. Ukraine has halted Russia from taking Kyiv, it has retaken lands…
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Now what, Bibi?
There seems to be some confusion or ambiguity about what Israel is going to do with Gaza or whether Gazans who fled to the south will ever return to the north. Most of the population of north Gaza has fled to the south as the IDF has taken over Gaza City. Now, what’s next for…
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Mehdi Hasan of AlJazeera parrots the Russian myth of the Ukrainian 2022 peace deal
As France and Germany capitulate to Russia, the anti-Western pundits are already parroting Russia’s myth that Ukraine was about to sign a peace deal in 2022, but it was forced to back out of it by the evil US and warmongering Zelensky. Mehdi Hassan of AlJazeera is angrily asking, if they want Ukraine to capitulate,…
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Capitulation
The press is finally getting the news that France and Germany want Ukraine to capitulate. Naturally, Ukraine does not want to capitulate and it intends to keep fighting until it restores all its original borders. Leading a major European country is undoubtedly a significant challenge, especially when trying to juggle local interests, politics, and foreign…
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Europe’s support of Israel should not be unconditional but based on rule of law
Yesterday, Benjamin Netanyahu gave a war speech where he decried the IDF’s critics as immoral and hypocritical. Europe’s support of Israel should not be unconditional and neither should it serve to appease Netanyahu’s political interests. Europe has in recent history served as the strongest advocate for the victims of war especially civilians caught in the…
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Europe should keep advocating for Palestinians but not for a ceasefire
As I write this, the IDF has entered Northern Gaza as part of a large ground invasion. As expected and predicted, Israel has fought back against Hamas and the Palestinians in a cruel and vengeful manner that has left thousands of innocent children and civilians dead. 29 journalists have also been killed (many of them…
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The US responds to Iran with airstrikes in Eastern Syria
I suspect that talk about a widespread war in the Middle East will quickly fizzle out as the US reminds its enemies who is it that has the firepower to win an all-out war. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has released a statement saying that the US has carried out airstrikes in Eastern Syria…
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Barack Obama publishes a sober statement on Israel and Palestine
Barack Obama’s biggest mistake in foreign affairs was letting Bashar al-Assad get away with it when the US should have droned him after the chemical attack in Gouta. Here is his latest assessment of the war in Israel and Palestine which is rather sober and agreeable. Mark CamilleriWebsite Editor Historian and Publisher
