‘Nothing about today is “unprovoked”‘ Horrific. Unjustified. Morally wrong. But ‘unprovoked’? After the Palestinian group Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in years–with many killed, hostages taken, and fighting raging–many US elected officials released statements Saturday condemning the “unprovoked” attacks. But many others took to Twitter Saturday to ask incredulously how Israel’s continued brutal occupation of […]
The former Russian president and current deputy Security Council chair warned of “global nuclear fire” should Ukraine take back regions illegally annexed by Moscow. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the current deputy chair of the nation’s Security Council, threatened to wage nuclear war if Ukraine’s counteroffensive to repel Russian invaders and reclaim territories they occupy […]
“Repeal of these authorizations would have no impact on current U.S. military operations and would support this administration’s commitment to a strong and comprehensive relationship with our Iraqi partners.” As the U.S. Senate on Thursday teed up a vote to end the congressional authorizations for the Gulf and Iraq wars, President Joe Biden formally backed […]
Another official responded to Western sanctions by suggesting that Russia could reclaim Alaska. A top Kremlin official responded Wednesday to the U.S.-backed effort to investigate war crimes perpetrated by Russian forces invading Ukraine by warning that Americans could face retribution for their hypocrisy in the form of thermonuclear annihilation. [pullquote]”The idea to punish a country with the largest […]