Dancing on the Edge of Hell, by Robert C. Koehler

U.S. Air Force B-21 Raider unveiling ceremony, Palmdale, Calif., Dec. 2, 2022

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by Robert C. Koehler
Guest Writer, Dandelion Salad
December 8, 2022

Two dogs walking. One of them says to the other: “I bark and I bark, but I never feel like I effect real change.”

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Chris Hedges and Medea Benjamin: War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict

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Dandelion Salad

with Chris Hedges

TheRealNews on Nov 4, 2022

No one, including the most bullish supporters of Ukraine, expect the nation’s war with Russia to end soon. The fighting has been reduced to artillery duels across hundreds of miles of front lines and creeping advances and retreats.

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Fifteen Seconds Till Armageddon, by Robert C. Koehler

"XX-34 BADGER" atmospheric nuclear test - April 1953

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by Robert C. Koehler
Guest Writer, Dandelion Salad
October 22, 2022

“When militarism is addressed as a psychosocial disease, the absurd irrationality of its symptoms is clearly exposed.”

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Playing Games with Armageddon, by Robert C. Koehler

Nuclear Nightmare - Open Your Eyes And Awake !

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by Robert C. Koehler
Guest Writer, Dandelion Salad
October 2, 2022

What does surrender look like in the world of geopolitics? To my mind, this gets pretty close:

“President Biden’s national security adviser said on Sunday that the United States had warned Russia that there would be ‘catastrophic consequences’ for the country if Moscow used nuclear weapons in its increasing desperation to hold on to territory in Ukraine.”

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