[Salon] 'Report from Iron Mountain, ' the 'Big Stick, ' base contamination, and more

[Kelley Vlahos <vlahos@quincyinst.org>]

Good morning !! I'd be remiss if I didn't send over these great pieces today:

Larry Wilkerson recalls the impact of "Report from Iron Mountain" (1967) and its resonance for today: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/06/21/is-warfare-a-human-destiny/

Anatol Lieven responds to the Ukrainian foreign minister calling critics of Western strategy in his country 'enablers of Putin': https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/06/20/ukrainian-fm-expresses-his-countrys-interests-but-they-arent-necessarily-ours/

Monica Duffy Toft shares some of her Military Intervention Project data to show that the US is addicted to 'the big stick': https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/06/21/americas-modern-addiction-to-the-big-stick/

Nick Cleveland Stout on new information about the high concentration of dangerous PFAS chemicals around US military bases: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/06/20/new-report-finds-dangerous-levels-of-forever-chemicals-found-around-military-bases/

And from me, in Spectator World today, on how the $40 billion authorized by Congress can lead to more sophisticated weapons being sent to Ukraine without further Congressional approval: https://spectatorworld.com/topic/biden-dumps-weapons-into-ukraine/

thanks, and hope you can share!

Kelley V