Arnd Jurgensen Mil.ru , CC BY 4.0 President Eisenhower made two very famous speeches during his presidency: the “Iron Cross” speech early in his administration and his “Military Industrial Complex” speech before leaving office.( https://www.fcnl.org/updates/2024-01/cross-iron-63-years-later-eisenhowers-farewell-retrospect )   In both he warned against the threat that a permanent military establishment posed for American Democracy and highlighted the obvious.  “Every gun that

The Right Honourable Mark Carney                                           Prime Minister of Canada 80 Wellington St. Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 cc. The Hon. Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs c.c. The Hon. David McGuinty, Minister of National Defence RE: Military Budgets, Golden Dome and Nuclear War Dear Prime Minister Carney, Since assuming office, you have made two of the most potentially consequential and profoundly disturbing announcements ever made by a Canadian Prime Min

Arnd Jurgensen SWinxy, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons The time has come to wake up to a new global reality.   With the actions the government of the United States took in attacking the State of Venezuela and abducting its President and First Lady, this new reality can no longer be denied.   The government of the United States considers itself unconstrained by either domestic or international law in the pursuit of its policy agen

Arnd Jurgensen The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Mr. Trumps second arrival in the White House signifies a drastic transition in the nature of U.S. politics and in its foreign policy.    We witness the turn toward brutality in the enforcement of immigration laws and the signs of glee among Trump and his supporters revelling in the violence and humiliation of its victims.   This has been even more evident with the lawless “extrajudicial e

Richard Sandbrook Wikideas1, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Canada must reject participation in Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile-defence project, and soon, to minimize the fall-out from the US president. This latest version of “Star Wars” will prove ineffective, at enormous cost, against a modern missile offensive, while militarizing space. This is the conclusion of numerous experts. To adopt such a defensive shield would upset the nuclear deterrence principle of mutually assured de

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