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NATO Is Not A Defensive Alliance

Counterpunch ✒ Reading US reports on the deadly Russian rocket attack on the so-called International Peacekeeping and Security Center in western Ukraine, one could be excused for thinking that the Russians might have been destroying some UN peacekeeping base.Dave LindorffIn fact, the deceptively named target, as a few US news reports on the attack did note, is actually a joint NATO/Ukrainian

MSM And Westminster Politicians Are Adorned In Khaki ✑ And Not For The First Time

Mick Hall ☭ Like the Russian military in the Ukraine today, the USA and its NATO allies are equally adept at bombing and terrorising people from their homes.In the last 30 years, with murderous intent, NATO have been involved in armed conflicts against Serbia, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria. And it’s not whataboutery to point this out. Yes, the Russian state invaded parts of

A Morning Thought @ 1372

War-Assault-Invasion

Anthony McIntyre ✒ I wish I had as much courage in my whole body as Maria Ovsyannikova, who went on to the prime time Russian TV news show today with this anti-war poster, must have in her little finger - Simon Pirani.Marina Ovsyannikova is not the first prominent Russian journalist to have challenged Putin’s wars.  Anna Politkovskaya did likewise during the Second Chechen War and was ultimately

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Hundred And Fifty Nine

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Let Us At Least Be CuriousEven Sean Hannity is refusing to believe Donald Trump's excuses for Vladimir PutinWhy the West May Have to Offer Putin a Way OutInvasion of Ukraine a ‘

Probably Gay

A witty ditty taking a sideswipe at the gay haters.Probably Gay, the Homophobia Song - Katie Goodman's Broad Comedy

Hannah Arendt

Christopher Owens 🔖 The banality of evil.A phrase often misused and misinterpreted since employed as a subtitle for the seminal tome Eichmann in Jerusalem, it has arguably defined the works of philosopher Hannah Arendt. And for good reason: not only does it point out that evil isn’t some easily defined entity with horns and a pitchfork, but it shows how we are all capable of evil without

A Morning Thought @ 1371

A Chink Of Light In Ukraine

Matt Treacy ✒ Reuters has reported this morning that there is some optimism beginning to emerge around the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. 16-March-2022This follows yesterday’s statement by Ukrainian President Zelensky that Ukraine accepts that joining NATO is not feasible.Presumably this explains Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov’s declaration that “neutral status is now being seriously

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Hundred And Fifty Eight

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