In December 1914, an unofficial Christmas truce on the Western Front allows soldiers from opposing sides of the First World War to gain insight into each other's way of life.
Sixty years ago today (October 28) the U.S. and Russia stepped back from the brink of nuclear war by making a deal. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev would yield to President John F. Kennedy's demand that Soviet missiles be removed from Cuba; Kennedy
The war in Ukraine is not going as planned for Russia, and Ukraine currently has the upper hand on the ground. Under these circumstances, experts say there is no way Russia will seek to end the fighting.
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The official narrative promoted by the entire western political/media class is that Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in February of this year solely because he is evil and hates freedom.
Mainstream punditry in the latter half of 2022 is rife with op-eds arguing that the US needs to vastly increase military spending because a world war is about to erupt, and they always frame it as though this would be something that happens to the US
The decision not to thank Russian troops for their service obviously requires an American citizen to make a determination of whether the war that Russian troops are fighting is legal and just.
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Consider the conflict that seems to be shaping up. The Russian offensive is on hold as the Kremlin went to war without sufficient soldiers and no reserves. This passed the initiative to Ukraine fortified with Western weapons.
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On Monday, thirty members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus called on the Biden administration to pursue a negotiated peace settlement or cease-fire with Ukraine.
It's hard to believe but the war drums are beating again! And somehow the Right and the Left have found themselves in pro-war positions against each other.
Russia appears to be legitimately concerned about the possibility of Ukraine building and using a "dirty bomb," so much so that it has taken the unprecedented step of reaching out to multiple senior Western defense authorities.
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Now the Kremlin is faced with the threat of a false flag "dirty bomb" that would serve, as "Assad's use of chemical weapons was intended," as an excuse for US military intervention in Ukraine.
Those who hate Russia the most are the ones who embody everything they claim to hate about it: they're all pro-war, pro-censorship, pro-propaganda, pro-trolling operations, and support Ukraine in banning political parties and opposition media.
Karen Kwiatkowski (Retired U.S.A.F. Lieutenant Colonel) gives her thoughts on Russia/Ukraine and the potential for WWIII, Biden's foreign policy insanity, midterms/elections, economic issues, etc...
I got to do a live stream last weekend with my favorite YouTube channel, The Survival Preppers. We talked about the nuclear situation but because we're preppers and have kind of a sideways sense of humor, we had a lot of fun. You can check out the
The most obvious explanation to the mysterious air dash of the UK Defence Minister Ben Wallace to Washington on Tuesday could be that he was canvassing for the support of the Biden Administration...
We should probably talk more about the fact that the US empire is loudly promoting the goal of achieving peace in Ukraine by defeating Russia while quietly acknowledging that this goal is impossible.