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** Ukraine & the West are crossing red lines. Why isn't Russia reacting? ([link removed])
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By Mark Episkopos on Aug 27, 2024 12:05 am
Featured Image The world of Cold War-era espionage was famously described by former CIA counterintelligence chief James Jesus Angleton as a wilderness of mirrors ([link removed]) , one of those rare coinages that so beautifully captures its subject matter as to require little by way of elaboration.
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** Gaza breakdown: 20 times Israel used US arms in likely war crimes ([link removed])
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By Stephen Semler on Aug 26, 2024 12:05 am
Featured Image The Biden administration recently approved ([link removed]) five major arms sales to Israel for F-15 fighter aircraft, tank ammunition, tactical vehicles, air-to-air missiles, mortar rounds, and related equipment for each. Though technically sales, most if not all of this matériel is paid for ([link removed]) by U.S. taxpayers — Israel uses much of the military aid ([link removed]) Congress approves for it effectively as a gift card to buy U.S.-made weapons.
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** Who gives 'Three Cheers for the Military-Industrial Complex'? ([link removed])
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By William Hartung on Aug 22, 2024 12:05 am
Featured Image America’s commitment to arm Israel and Ukraine while attempting to stockpile large quantities of weapons for a potential war with China is putting strains on America’s weapons manufacturing base, leading many influential policy makers and corporate officials to suggest measures that would super-size this nation’s already enormous military-industrial complex.
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** Trump really doesn't want to talk about Israel ([link removed])
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By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos on Aug 21, 2024 07:36 pm
Featured Image Billed as a national security speech, former President Donald Trump nonetheless took to the stage ([link removed]) in North Carolina on Wednesday and offered few specifics about what he would do about the major conflicts roiling the planet under his successor Joe Biden.
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** F-35: $2T in 'generational wealth' the military had no right to spend ([link removed])
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By Dan Grazier,Lucas Ruiz on Aug 21, 2024 12:05 am
Featured Image On October 26, 2001, Jim Roche, the then Secretary of the Air Force, stood behind the podium in the Pentagon briefing room to announce that Lockheed Martin had won the competition to build the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Joining him on the stage, were Edward Aldridge, the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, and Gordon England, the Secretary of the Navy.
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** Dangerous China-Philippine clashes could be expanding ([link removed])
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By Sarang Shidore on Aug 21, 2024 12:05 am
Featured Image Just when it looked like we could take a breather in the South China Sea ([link removed]) , it turns out we cannot. Three new collisions were reported between Chinese and Filipino coast guard vessels on August 19. Two Filipino craft were damaged in the incident, with any effects on the Chinese ships as yet unknown.
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