Tag: Perpetual War
Chicago Loop Veterans Call on Troops to Refuse Iran War Orders
Chicago Loop Veterans Call on Troops to Refuse Iran War Orders
About Face has said it plans to keep organizing in the Loop, with more downtown events already in the works, the Sun-Times reported. Supporters say they intend to keep pressing their message to both troops and the public. For Chicago readers keeping score, Thursday’s rally took place at Federal Plaza, 230 S. Dearborn St.
US military preparing for potential weeks-long operations against Iran, say officials
US military officials say they are preparing for possible sustained operations against Iran, potentially escalating tensions between the two countries after recent diplomatic talks and military deployments in the region.
US military preparing for potential weeks-long operations against Iran, say officials
Pandora’s Box: Hope as Illusion
I learn something new every day. I have Gustavo Horta to thank for sending me back to a story I hadn’t revisited since kindergarten: “Pandora’s Box.”
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US Authorizes CIA Violence in Venezuela, Then Blames Venezuela For It…
The US already openly announced the CIA is conducting operations inside Venezuela, then says “Venezuela” is doing it to themselves to blame the US or its terrorist proxies inside Venezuela…
The NYT had reported:
“The new authority would allow the C.l.A. to carry out lethal operations in Venezuela and conduct a range of operations in the Caribbean.
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People of the United States: Listen to Maduro
People of the United States: Listen to Maduro
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The Atlantic: Why Venezuela?
[Armchair Analysis] Clausewitz, Mao, and the Long War in Venezuela
Clausewitzian Friction. Maoist Endurance. American Overestimation. Wagner’s Ghost Logistics.
Ukraine: The Dystopia of War
The dystopia of war (La distopía de la guerra)
On Monday, Le Monde reported on one of Ukraine’s flagship construction projects, very much in line with the limited possibilities for reconstruction under wartime conditions and the needs of the moment: a large military cemetery. According to the French outlet, the site will have a bunker to protect against possible bombing—although the dead have not been a specific target of Russian troops, as they have been of Israeli troops in Gaza—places to pay tribute to fallen warriors, and more space to bury soldiers now that existing cemeteries are overflowing. Without even minimally realistic data on casualties in either army, the warnings from sympathetic journalists are indicative when they state, as one Ukrainian blogger recently did, that “currently, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lack infantry. Completely. The infantry has fled, is in the hospital, or in the cemetery.” The growth of cemeteries is undoubtedly another important indicator. According to Le Monde , the new facilities will initially house graves, although the number could reach 130,000 or 160,000 in the future, indicating the current very high level of casualties and the possibility that such losses will continue in the future.
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