A history of U.S. bullying — from a broken promise not to expand NATO to deceit over Minsk — shows that U.S. leaders since the Cold War’s end have ignored J.F.K.’s dire warning not to humiliate a nuclear power.
Ignoring JFK’s Warning on Russia
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RAY McGOVERN: The Neocon-Realist War Over Ukraine
Trump holds the cards to end this war but he has to find the fortitude to stand up to the Europeans and the neocons he appointed.
Rubio Neo-Conned Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan
Lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas; lie down with neocons, you wake up with wars, says Daniel McAdams. So goes Trump’s 28-point plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
Targeting Venezuela
Alan Macleod assesses Trump’s claims regarding Venezuelan drug trafficking and assesses the history of U.S. efforts to overthrow the Venezuelan government.
Trump Threatens CODEPINK with RICO Charges after Public Confrontation
Trump wants RICO charges against CODEPINK looked into after D.C. restaurant protest, escalating crackdown on dissent and free speech, writes Natalia Marques.
Caitlin Johnstone: Making ‘Terrorism’ a Meaningless Word
“Terrorism” is just a label that means whatever the Western empire needs it to mean at a given time and place.
Unprovoked, Israel Risks Major War in Middle East
Israel has risked a potentially devastating conflict with Iran that could engulf the region and undermine the world economy with an unprovoked attack on nuclear facilities and Iranian leaders on Thursday, reports Joe Lauria.
WATCH: Joe Lauria — Trump Defies Rational Analysis
Donald Trump is somebody very hard to define and to describe because we’ve never seen anything like him, the editor of Consortium News told Turkish journalist Tunç Akkoç’.
RAY McGOVERN: Putin Would Not Rise to the Bait
The black-eye given Russian security services will eventually heal while the artful destruction of a handful of bombers – like earlier high-profile, but misguided operations – will have zero effect on the war in Ukraine.
Rooting Out the Root Causes in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin told Donald Trump on the phone Monday the Ukraine war can only end after addressing its “root causes,” which the Western media have been tirelessly rooting out of public discussion since the war began, says Joe Lauria.