War and Weapons

The Plan to Carve Up Russia

January 25, 2023 UNAC Editor Russia, U.S. Aggression, U.S. Budget, US Government Action, War and Weapons

by Mike Whitney, published on The Unz Review, January 5, 2023 Warning: The illustrations in this article are quite fantastic. The header image is real, an expression I suppose, of Obsessive Compulsive disorder. The U.S. expenditure on the military, Paranoia. The modified map of Russia below, pure psychosis. In fact the only one that makes any sense is the map[…]

Ukraine War Tolls Death Knell for NATO

December 30, 2022 UNAC Editor Nuclear Weapons, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, US Meddling in Europe, Weapons Sales

by M. K. Bhadrakumar, published on The People’s Dispatch, December 26, 2022 Ho Ho Ho and A Merry Christmas to You Too [jb] The defining moment in US President Joe Biden’s press conference at the White House last Wednesday, December 21, during President Zelensky’s visit, was his virtual admission that he is constrained in the proxy war in Ukraine, as European[…]

NATO Steadfast Noon Exercise And Nuclear Modernization in Europe

November 25, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, Nuclear Weapons

by Hans Christensen, published The Federation of American Scientists, October 17, 2022 Apparently they are preparing Europe to participate in a future nuclear war. It is bizarre that these countries would set themselves up as targets in this way. But, these innovations will actually give them control over the use of these nuclear bombs. If you have read Dan Ellsberg’s[…]

Ukraine as Weapons Testing Site

November 24, 2022 UNAC Editor Drones, Ukraine, US Military, War and Weapons, War on the Earth, Weapons Sales

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on Consortium News, A surprisingly frank article in The New York Times, “Western Allies Look to Ukraine as a Testing Ground for Weapons” describes how the imperial war machine is capitalising on the U.S. proxy war to test its weapons for future use. “Ukraine has become a testing ground for state-of-the-art weapons and information systems, and[…]

‘Subpoenas’ Served on US Weapons Manufacturers

November 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Drones, Nuclear Weapons, War and Weapons, Weapons Sales

by Brad Wolf, published on Common Dreams, November 11, 2022 What is it like to be so ashamed of the company for whom you work that you cannot bring yourself to admit you work there? Ashamed of the products they manufacture, the innocent people those products kill, the hundreds of billions of dollars of public taxpayer money squandered in a[…]

Congressional Amendment Opens Floodgates for War Profiteers and a Major Ground War on Russia

November 13, 2022 UNAC Editor U.S. Budget, Ukraine, US Military, War and Weapons

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, November 13, 2022 If the powerful leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senators Jack Reed (D) and Jim Inhofe (R), have their way, Congress will soon invoke wartime emergency powers to build up even greater stockpiles of Pentagon weapons. The amendment is supposedly designed to facilitate replenishing the weapons the United[…]

US’ Speedy Transfer of Nukes to Europe Gets World Closer to Catastrophe

November 8, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Uriel Araujo, published on InfoBRICS, November 4, 2022 POLITICO reports that, according to a US diplomatic cable, the sending of upgraded B61-12 air-dropped thermonuclear gravity bombs to Europe, formerly scheduled for next spring, is now planned for this December. American officials told this to their NATO allies in a closed-door meeting in Brussels last month. The new version is[…]

Nuclear War Threat From U.S./NATO, Not Russia

October 28, 2022 UNAC Editor Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

By Betsey Piette posted on Workers World, October 27, 2022 This October marked the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis — when the U.S. and the Soviet Union were on the brink of a global nuclear war. The current conflict between the U.S. and Russia, brought on by U.S./NATO use of the war in Ukraine to promote a broader[…]

Surviving the Killing Fields: a Worldwide Challenge

October 13, 2022 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-War, Drones, Propaganda, Protest, U.S. Aggression, U.S. Budget

by Nick Mottern and Kathy Kelly, published on Counterpunch, October 12, 2022 Compare the romanticized image of a drone above to the reality of the attack in the first couple of paragraphs below, of the victim of a ‘kinder‘ ‘gentler‘ drone bomb. We can’t buy this bull sh*t. The only option is to take to the streets. [jb] Awaiting discharge[…]

Biden’s Broken Promise to Avoid War with Russia May Kill Us All

October 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Nuclear Weapons, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies, October 11, 2022 On March 11, 2022, President Biden reassured the American public and the world that the United States and its NATO allies were not at war with Russia. “We will not fight a war with Russia in Ukraine,” said Biden. “Direct conflict between NATO and Russia is World War III, something[…]