Monatsarchive: Februar 2023

George Packer, Die Zeit: Nach 20 Jahren des Versagens in Afghanistan und im Irak ist es geradezu schockierend zu sehen, dass Washington immer noch weiß, wie man eine Allianz zusammenhält. Biden und seine Berater handeln kompetent. Und es macht mich … Weiterlesen →

This is pretty interesting. If you do an Internet search for „Matt Lee John Kirby Ukraine“ you find tweets, YouTube videos, web pages commenting on Matt Lee making a fool of John Kirby speaking about NATO expansion and Ukraine. And … Weiterlesen →

The media about this is sobering to read. Wagenknecht is criticised for the scandalous statement „Putin nicht so sei, wie er im Westen dargestellt werde: ‚ein durchgeknallter Nationalist‘.“ Here Wagenknecht very much agrees with what I’ve read over the years … Weiterlesen →

Andrew Cockburn, Harper’s: Every year on the first of December, the Committee to Protect Journalists publishes its global prison census, documenting the number of journalists behind bars around the world. The 2022 edition set a grim record: 363 jailed journalists. … Weiterlesen →

Pretty happy to have this.

Die Zeit: Pre-Covid discussions of European autonomy, including that of a Macron-advocated independent European defense force, seem very far away indeed, as does any public recognition of the pre-invasion state of corruption in Ukraine. Ray McGovern describes Olaf Scholz’s relation … Weiterlesen →