Thermonuclear Monarchy and Revolution by David Swanson

by David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
warisacrime.org
March 6, 2014

So now we (or at least the 0.03% of us who care to hunt for it) discover that U.S. military spending is not actually being cut at all, but increasing. Also going up: U.S. nuclear weapons spending. Some of the new nukes will violate treaties, but the entire program violates the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which requires disarmament, not increased armament. The U.S. policy of first-strike and the U.S. practice of informing other nations that “all options are on the table” also violate the U.N. Charter’s ban on threatening force.

US Policy of Isolating Russia and Expanding NATO Is a Dismal Failure by Rodrigue Tremblay

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by Rodrigue Tremblay
The Code for Global Ethics, March 4, 2014
March 7, 2014

“Every state is condemned to follow a policy dictated by its geography.” — Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

[NATO’s goal is] “to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.” — Lord Ismay, first NATO Secretary-General

“Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.” — James Madison (1751-1836), fourth American President

Barack Obama’s Executive Order — Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine

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Propaganda Alert!

The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
March 6, 2014

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,