Moscow’s military campaign under Putin’s leadership has focused on avoiding escalation, says John Wight. But Ukraine’s drone strike deep into Russian territory is a gauntlet thrown down.
Russia at a Crossroads
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Elias Rodriguez’s Murderous Gift to Israel
The barbarism of the live-streamed genocide in Gaza has inflicted moral injury on a scale untold, says John Wight. This is how Aaron Bushnell’s self-immolation and this abhorrent double murder should be understood.
Exterminating Israel’s Helots
Palestinians are today’s Helots to Israel’s Sparta, condemned to be trampled on. When the response to genocide is more genocide, you are what you claim to be against. Exterminating children as the world looks on results, writes John Wight.
Mass Migration & the Echoes of Late Rome
In its greed for power, domination, resources and wealth, the West, says John Wight, is headed for the same fate as Rome all those centuries ago.
Ukraine & Revolution
For rulers, the most dangerous of all things is a still-armed soldier who starts to reflect, says John Wight.
The West, Not Russia, Drove the Ukraine Conflict
John Wight pushes back against a narrative shaped by Western ideologues so shallow that it has been embarrassing to behold.
Trump Is No Traitor to His Class
Arrayed around him in the Capitol’s rotunda for his inauguration were people with more blood on their hands than every serial killer in U.S. history, says John Wight.
Assad’s Legacy
As the former Syrian president settles into the luxury of exile in Moscow, John Wight says his country is left facing the challenge of a new sectarian disaster.
Offensive Forces in Syria are Like Khmer Rouge
John Wight says the common denominator behind the rise of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia in the 1970s and Salafi-jihadism in our time, is Western foreign policy.
Trump’s Return to the White House
Trump is clearly not the change required, says John Wight, but he understands far better the America that for Washington has become enemy territory.