In April 1953, newly elected President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a retired five-star Army general who had led the landings on D-Day in France in June 1944, gave his most powerful speech. It would become known as his “Cross of Iron” address. In it, Ike warned of the cost humanity would pay if Cold War competition led to a … Läs mer “29/3 – William J Astore: The Vast Power of the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex”
With the Ukraine war now reaching its one-year mark on February 24, the Russians have not achieved a military victory but neither has the West achieved its goals on the economic front. When Russia invaded Ukraine, the United States and its European allies vowed to impose crippling sanctions that would bring Russia to its knees and force it … Läs mer “23/2 – Medea Benjamin and Nocolas J S Davies: Who´s Winning and Losing the Economic War Over Ukraine?”
Att militärjuntan i Myanmar (tidigare Burma) använder svensktillverkade vapen mot civila i landet, främst mot den förföljda folkgruppen Rohingya som lever som statslösa, vet vi sedan tidigare.
Det är vapen som Sverige sålde till Burma (som det hette då) under 1980-tale då Burma också var militärdiktatur Främst granatgeväret Carl Gustaf, som då tillverkades av FFV i Eskilstuna.
If you cringe in horror at the prospect, two years hence, of a Trump versus Biden presidential race, you are not alone. But it looms as a real possibility: two very aged men who should have the decency to retire from public life, having contributed so much to making it an absolute mess.
