A huge anti-war protest rally is expected to be held in Washington this Friday (Feb. 17, 2023) on the anniversary of the Ukraine War and President’s Day Weekend, it’s dubbed “Rage Against the War Machine!” Speakers at the event are now famous anti-US wars dissenters Jimmie Dore, Medea Benjamin, Scott Hortan, Garland Nixon and David Swanson with war veterans, musicians and more.
A war vs. US wars
Slight correction, the Rage Against the War Machine rally is tomorrow (February 19th, 2023).
An American adviser to the Ukrainian military has called on Washington to send Kiev forces banned weapons such as cluster munitions to fight Russia.
US adviser calls on Washington to provide Ukrainian forces with banned weapons
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That’s according to Dan Rice, Special Advisor to Ukraine Army Commander-in-Chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, who spoke with CNN, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
Daniel Rice:
Dan is the President of Thayer Leadership and a 1988 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. In 2010, Dan co-founded Thayer Leadership along with four other West Point graduates with the mission of bringing the world to West Point and bringing West Point leadership to the world. Over the past 10 years, Thayer has grown steadily, becoming one of the Top 40 leader development companies in the world. As a lifelong learner, he has earned 3 Masters degrees and recently completed his Doctoral classes.
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In 2022, Dan was named Special Advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
– Thayer Leadership
American Advisor to Ukraine Commander Thinks Russia Wants Talks to Return to ‘2014 Lines’
Rice is an American combat veteran and the president of Thayer Leadership, a leader development company based at the US Military Academy in West Point. He was appointed as a special advisor to Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, which was first announced in May.
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While Rice said Russia is looking to return to the “2014 lines,” Putin has signaled that the territory he’s annexed may not be up for discussion. In a speech on September 30, he called for negotiations with Ukraine and said, “But the choice of the people in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson will not be discussed.”
I call BS on this! If Russia abandoned those regions, Azov would hunt those residents down! Interestingly, West Point is advising the AFU. I missed that, as it was announced in May.
For decades, the Feres Doctrine has shielded the military from lawsuits over training mishaps, medical malpractice, and sexual assault.
This Supreme Court ruling helps the military avoid accountability for harming troops. That could soon change
7/25/22 John Vaughn on Why People Aren’t Joining the Military
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by John Vaughn | Jul 20, 2022
A new report from NBC news has generated a lot of discussion about the relationship between the military and American society. Especially from right-leaning commentators, much of the blame is placed on the current administration and the apparent increase of “woke” cultural initiatives and vaccine mandates. Prominent right wing personality and veteran BowTiedRanger lists three reasons:
A Veteran Explains Why People Aren’t Joining the Military
By Eva K Bartlett
Rick Walker had me back on his show (listen to our previous conversation about Ukraine’s kill list), this time to discuss CBC’s deceitful, unprofessional, lie-based, smear piece on me.
Government-Funded CBC Smears Me. Interview With Maverick Media: “CBC Fake News: Hit Piece Targets Journalists (Eva Bartlett)”
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A boomerang. By TJ Coles, Global Research, 6/8/22
US agencies have directly and indirectly trained and empowered Nazis and ultra-nationalists at home and abroad to fight Russians in Ukraine. This program follows the blueprint established by Western intelligence agencies in Afghanistan and Syria.
TJ Coles: A New Generation of US-trained Extremists Is Fighting Russia. Are We Prepared for the Blowback?
NBC News calls independent journalists in Ukraine “Russian operatives” based on a report from an English “think tank.” Said “think tank” is state-funded. We speak to one of the journalists Eva Bartlett who is named in this piece about why she is under attack and why her reporting has ruffled feathers.
“NBC News just SMEARED real journalists in shameful hit piece Redacted with Clayton Morris” (Second Source)
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Once Again, George and Pierre Unite to Control the Narrative?!
Read More »Even as his administration is ramping up its proxy war with Russia in Ukraine, President Biden is on his first visit to Asia, colluding with major allies and strategic partners to step up the US-led confrontation with China, to economically weaken it and prepare for war.
Biden’s trip to Asia prepares for military confrontation with China
by Jacques Baud, The Postil Magazine, 4/1/22
Note: The main thing I would take issue with the author on is his characterization of the Holodomor. I go into the factors that led to that tragic famine in my book. I found no support in my research for his characterization. But other than that, this is a very interesting article from someone with relevant background experience on the war in Ukraine since 2014. — Natylie
Jacques Baud: The Road to War
Some more history on the War in Donbass:
Ukraine Targets & Kills Civilians, Says Russia Did It; U.S.&EU Press Report the Lie (NOT the Truth).
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 
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