An outstanding group of articles to be read here by this group, though perhaps “dead-ender” Conservatives who still believe “we could have won in Vietnam, if only we’d … nuked them, as Goldwater and the “Traditional Conservatives” euphemistically called for, and denounced the idea of “limited war” so vigorously as that stood in the way of US use of nuclear war to “defeat” Vietnam (which would have been as a whole, and much of the rest of the world, as that wouldn’t have been “limited nuclear war” either. The Traditional Conservatives won’t admit to that as they learned they could shift blame on to the Neoconservatives for using their own foundational ideas, when hindsight proved how wrong they were during the Cold War on National Security issues, with their constant exaggerations and fear mongering, McCarthyism, etc.
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Date: March 16, 2023 at 4:29:45 AM GMT+2
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Subject: Celebrating Dan Ellsberg
Plus the proxy war in Ukraine, resistance in Jenin, and much more.
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By W.D. Ehrhart
Daniel Ellsberg, who risked life in prison, became a hero of the author, a man whose courage and decency have inspired him ever since.
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By Seymour Hersh
'He was so earnest, so bright, as handsome as a movie star, and full of inside information about the Vietnam War that few others had.'
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By Caitlin Johnstone
The author is producing a series of videos about the way Assange's image is being deliberately erased from the public's consciousness.
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By Yumna Patel
On January 26, 2023, the Israeli army conducted a deadly invasion into the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. In the span of a few hours, the army shot and killed nine Palestinians. A 10th Palestinian succumbed days later to wounds sustained during the raid.
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By Chris Hedges
Proxy wars are a cynical way for a state to project power and weaken adversaries. They devour the countries they purport to defend.
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By SImone Chun
The greatest threat to peace and stability in northeast Asia is the U.S. Indo-Pacific military encirclement of China.
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