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Can the European Union do anything to defend Ukraine?
We’re all fairly sure we know what NATO can and can’t do. One thing it won’t do is defend nations that are not members of the organization, like Ukraine. But the European Union is a separate organization. What can it … Continue reading
Posted in Human rights, Politics, The Facts of Life, War
Tagged EU membership, European Union, google, NATO, Ukraine, Zelensky
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Who cares why World War I began?
A couple of months ago, a question, disconnected from anything I was doing or thinking at the time, popped up in my head: “How did we — the U.S., that is — get into World War I?” We all know … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, The Facts of Life, War
Tagged Albania, Archduke Franze Ferdinand, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Montenegro, Morocco, NATO, Ottoman Empire, Romania, Russia, Sarajevo, Serbia, Turkey, World War I, World War II
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What is Trump to Putin? His “shithouse cleaner”
David Cornwell (John Le Carré), a man of supernal intelligence in deep state secrets and spies, inserts a slashing contemporary opinion in his latest novel, Agent Running In The Field. He places this opinion in the mouth of Arkady, a … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Crimea, David Cornwell, Donald Trump, John le Carre, NATO, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin
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