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72% of the UN Security Council (by Population) Backed Russia’s Call for a UN Investigation of the Nord Stream Bombing

72 percent of the UN Security Council (by population) Backed Russia’s call for a UN investigation of the Nord Stream bombing (libya360.wordpress.com) International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smoldering one. — Ambrose Bierce, The shadow on the dial, and other essays, (ed. 1909); p. 302 in the […]
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The Left and the Ukraine War
To be a leftist in the United States is a dispiriting experience, but in the last year one of the more dispiriting things has been to see the attitude of many leftists themselves on a subject of crucial importance: the war in Ukraine. The consensus of the Washington establishment remains that the U.S. must support […]
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The Not-So-Winding Road from Iraq to Ukraine

U.S. soldiers breaking into a home in Baquba, Iraq, in 2008 Photo: Reuters March 19 marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. and British invasion of Iraq. This seminal event in the short history of the 21st century not only continues to plague Iraqi society to this day, but it also looms large […]