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NATO: Our International Welfare Queens

by Ryan McMaken via Mises.org American policy makers have shown a surprising about of sanity so far in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. While some war enthusiasts among the American punditry have certainly been agitating for World War III, the leadership in both the White House and Congress has repeatedly and straightforwardly refused most calls […]

Russia and Ukraine

by Walter E. Block via Ron Paul Institute Suppose that Brazil had invaded a relatively peaceful United States several times in the last century. The foreign policy of the latter country would surely be to arrange for a cordon sanitaire south of its border. That would pretty much be the be all and end all of […]

Paul Craig Roberts: Ukrainian Update #5

by Paul Craig Roberts via Institute for Political Economy This morning I am going to play Armchair General.  I will say upfront that I have little doubt, unless the Kremlin changes its mind, the Russian military operation in Ukraine will be successful, but not the success it could have been.  I also admit upfront that whereas I […]

Is a Russia-NATO Clash Over Ukraine Ahead?

by Patrick J. Buchanan via Buchanan.org Ukraine’s independence is not vital to the United States. While a desirable goal, it is not worth our fighting a war with Russia to preserve…. Indeed, had we given Putin assurances that NATO was closed to Kyiv, we might have prevented what has happened, because that was the first […]

It All Comes Back to NATO

by Ron Paul via Ron Paul Institute When the Bush Administration announced in 2008 that Ukraine and Georgia would be eligible for NATO membership, I knew it was a terrible idea. Nearly two decades after the end of both the Warsaw Pact and the Cold War, expanding NATO made no sense. NATO itself made no […]

Paul Craig Roberts: Ukraine Update #3

by Paul Craig Roberts via Institute for Political Economy Begin by reading Michael Hudson’s explanation that the sanctions actually fall on Germany and serve the interests of the three interest groups who rule in Washington. https://www.unz.com/mhudson/america-defeats-germany-for-the-third-time-in-a-century/   The sanctions do far more to serve Washington’s interest than to hurt Russia’s.  For Russia the main burden […]

Keep US Out of War

by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. via LewRockwell.com Events in Ukraine are happening very fast, and if I tried to predict what will happen there, my prediction would soon be overtaken by events. But one thing is certain. We need to understand the background of the crisis, and we also need to remember the basic principles […]

The Usual Suspects Are Pushing War with Russia

by Ryan McMaken via Mises.org Here we go again. Since the original Gulf War in 1991, a certain pattern has emerged. Every few years, the regime in Washington attempts to whip the American people into a frenzy so as to support the latest American invasion “necessary” for regime change, “spreading democracy,” or some other agenda […]

Can We Trust Russophobes with Our Foreign Policy?

by Paul Craig Roberts via Institute for Political Economy Biden on TV January 19 Threatening Russia with Disastrous Consequences and Being Held Accountable if She Invades Ukraine raises the question why Washington wasn’t held accountable when Washington invaded Afghanistan and Iraq and overthrew Ukraine with a color revolution? It is Washington that has invaded Ukraine, […]

2022: A Challenging Year

by Paul Craig Roberts via Institute for Political Economy I remember when 1984 was in the distant future. We wondered if our destiny was going to be Big Brother’s police state. But 1984 turned out to be the middle of the Reagan years. Liberals didn’t like Reagan’s rhetoric, but his policies worked. Supply-side economics cured […]

David Stockman on the Prospect of World War III

by David Stockman via International Man Are these people so abysmally ignorant of history, geography, economics and the wherewithal of a true national security threat that they think the map below is worth WWIII? Ukraine has never had stable borders, nor has it been a longstanding independent nation state. In fact, for hundreds of years […]