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How The Ukraine War Could ‘End Tomorrow’ If The US Wanted: Jeffrey Sachs Addresses Ron Paul’s DC Conference

Just the day after the historic Trump-Putin summit in Alaska to discuss finding peace in Ukraine, the famous economist and UN adviser Jeffrey Sachs made his first ever appearance before the Ron Paul Institute’s (RPI) annual conference in Washington DC. Sachs’ Saturday speech presented essentially a ‘Blueprint for Peace’ – which was precisely the title and theme for this year’s event, attended by several hundreds of independent-minded people.

Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of RPI, had preview...

Trump Still Fails to Understand Russia’s Fundamental Reason for the Special Military Operation, But He Is Trying

Despite claims from the Trump administration about the success of Monday’s meeting with Zelensky and the European pimp delegation, the prospect for a successful negotiation to end the war in Ukraine is zero. Trump continues to mistakenly believe that he simply needs to get Putin and Zelensky together, who will hammer out a deal. Trump labors under the false assumption that the war in Ukraine was caused in part by a personal tiff between Putin and Zelensky. Putin has been very clear that he will ...

The Peace Process Is a Ruse

I appreciate John Helmer’s truth-telling in his program with Nima, Tuesday, August 19.

Also, I am pleased that Helmer’s detailed analysis supports my general conclusions on Nima’s podcast the previous day.  We are both equally contemptuous of the scam underway.  Helmer’s very direct language was appropriate. I thank him for it.

Like John Helmer, I am waiting to see if Putin’s need for time to prepare for wider war causes him to accept Ukraine’s remilitarization as a “peace agreement” and  whethe...

An Interesting Historical Omission

Almost everyone knows that Germany invaded Poland in September of 1939 and on account of that, the British and French declared war on Germany. Thus began World War II, as every schoolboy knows.

But what about the other thing?

How many schoolboys know that the Soviet Union also invaded Poland shortly after the Germans did? How many who do know that have ever asked how come Britain and France did not declare war on Soviet Russia? Very few. No doubt because they have not been encouraged to ask such...

In Ukraine, the ‘Buts’ Win in the End

I love you, BUT I’m not “in love” with you.  You don’t have to go home, BUT you can’t stay here.  You may continue fighting, Martial Law President Zelensky, BUT the American people won’t be following you into World War III.

No matter how agreeable the first half of a sentence might sound, the “buts” change everything on a dime.

President Trump has been clear that he wants the Russia-Ukraine War to end, but he says Zelensky must choose to end the conflict.  When the war began, 73% of Ukrainians w...

Neo-Nazi Junta’s New Weapons Scream: ‘No Peace Deal!’

The August 15 meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump might not be as historic as some want to make it out to be, but it’s certainly a good thing that leaders of the world’s two most prominent military superpowers are talking rather than trading insults or hurling 11,000 thermonuclear warheads at each other. Putin and Trump don’t need to agree on everything, but negotiations are undoubtedly a major development and potentially the first step towa...

‘Coalition Of The Willing’ Failed To Outplay Trump, Russia’s Medvedev Says

Former Russian President and top Kremlin national security official Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that European leaders had failed to outplay Donald Trump, and that it remains unclear just how Ukraine’s Zelensky will prevent the issue of territorial concessions.

White House officials, including Trump himself in prior statements, have made it known that compromise regarding territory is indeed on the table. “The anti-Russian warmongering Coalition of the Willing failed to outplay @POTUS on his ...

The Double Standards of Court Historians in War and Reconstruction

In his book Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877, the Marxist historian Eric Foner advances a revisionist history of the Reconstruction Era. In his preface, he explains why revisionist history is important:

Revising interpretations of the past is intrinsic to the study of history… Since the early 1960s, a profound alteration of the place of blacks within American society, newly uncovered evidence, and changing definitions of history itself have combined to transform our und...

Jesus Was Not a ‘Faithful Jew’

Was Jesus really a “faithful Jew?” Asserting as much has become a common rhetorical ploy of those—such as Cardinal Dolan and Professor Robert P. George—who wish to exaggerate the continuity between Judaism and Christianity. Like all effective rhetorical ploys, it contains a measure of truth, yet it neglects important distinctions, generating confusion rather than clarity.

In fact, although Jesus was an ethnic Jew initiated into the Mosaic covenant (Luke 2:21), and blameless and just in every reg...

Putin-Trump Meeting in Alaska Brings New Hope for Global Security

On August 15, the presidential delegations of the Russian Federation and the United States met in Anchorage, Alaska. Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump met in person for the first time since 2019, discussing various topics of mutual interest to both countries, especially regarding the future of the ongoing hostilities in Ukraine. The meeting was quite positive, despite frustrating the expectations of optimistic analysts who naively hoped the event would end with a ceasefire agreement. Ultimately, t...