Tag: Europe
Perverse system represents a 21st century high-tech version of Robert S. McNamara’s infamous body count that led to so many atrocities during the Vietnam War
The Ukrainian government operates an “Amazon for the military,” called Brave1 Market, that awards military units “e-points” for uploading videos generated by drone strikes.
In return,...
Never Forget: Germany’s Horrific Past Has No Equal—And Now It Threatens the Future
Consider the historical weight: From German soil emerged two world wars in the 20th century that claimed tens of millions of lives—with the Russians paying the heaviest price—alongside the Holocaust in Europe, the genocide of the Herero...
AUKUS, an acronym for Australia, United Kingdom and the United States, is a trilateral military partnership established in 2021. Its primary publicized goal is “to promote a free, open, and secure Indo-Pacific region by enhancing collective deterrence and accelerating the joint development of advanced military technologies.”
Former Malaysia Prime Minister...
Actually I have grown tired of explaining to people the deception at the heart of airport security procedures. For years I have tried to show that the explanations given for the increasingly intrusive, not to mention time-consuming, controls to which passengers in international travel and for decades now in...
Protests receive scant coverage in the U.S. media
In early April, an unidentified Irish man climbed onto the roof of a U.S. C-130 Hercules military transport vehicle parked at Shannon Airport in County Claire, Ireland, and sabotaged its wing and fuselage using a hatchet, causing $75 million in damage.
The heroic...
Frank Wisner was a CIA legend from the early Cold War era who earned the nickname “the Mighty Wurlitzer” for his ability to supposedly orchestrate covert operations with the precision and intricacy of a symphony maestro.
Wisner, however, got countless of his own agents killed running infiltration missions behind the...
Operation Beluga Helped Condition the Public to Support the New Cold War
On November 1, 2006, a former Russian spy turned British MI6 agent, Alexander “Sasha” Litvinenko, was poisoned with polonium while meeting with two alleged Russian agents, Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitry Kovtun, and an Italian security consultant, Mario...
Zelensky’s former press secretary publicly helps lift the veil on Zelensky. Could this be a prelude to him being removed from power?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has much in common with ill-fated South Vietnam dictator Ngo Dinh Diem (1955-1963).
Both were heralded by liberal politicians and the media as democratic saviors...
The Unknown Part of the French Connection
In 1931 American Mafia leader “Lucky” Luciano united most of the New York Mafia families into the Cosa Nostra, making him the most powerful Mafia leader in America.
Five years later, Luciano was convicted and sent to Sing Sing prison. In 1947, after he...
Amid the Cold War, French and Spanish intelligence services recruited terrorists to dismantle a Libyan spy network in Europe. Today, more than three decades later, the case remains shrouded in mystery.
And what if I told you that it is highly likely the nation for which you would be willing...
