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Why the Russian Third Army Corps Won’t Do a Damn Thing to Help the Motherland

The Wisdom of Rummy Almost 20 years ago, in the early days of Operation Iraqi Freedom, I had the opportunity to meet the late Donald Rumsfeld. Say about him what you will, but he was great with the troops and, despite being the US Secretary of Defense, spoke to us …

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Nearly Five Decades After Mao’s Death, Is Xi Jinping Looking To Take His Place? – Analysis

As the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) marks the 46th anniversary of the death of its late leader Mao Zedong, concerns are being raised in some quarters that current leader Xi Jinping is hoping to emulate the “Great Helmsman’s” supreme status in the party hierarchy. At the CCP’s 20th National …

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The War In Ukraine: Escalation And Its Potential Global Consequences – Analysis

Russia clearly started the war in Ukraine but from the Russian point of view this has become a NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. And this is seen from this perspective as the continuation of Washington’s war against Moscow that started in 1918, paused for World War II, paused …

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