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Barack Obama, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, Donald Trump, European Union, Hillary Clinton, History, human rights, International Law, propaganda, Russia, sanctions, Soviet Union, syria, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes February 24, 2017

REPRISE: Syria: Russia’s military assault on Western civilization

First published on September 26, 2016 *** See Anne Barnard and Somni Sengupta, “Syria and Russia Appear Ready to Scorch Aleppo,” New York Times, September…

2016 U.S. Presidential election, CIA, Donald Trump, elections, Hillary Clinton, Intelligence, NATO, Russia, sanctions, Soviet Union, U.S. Congress, Ukraine, United States, Vladimir Putin

Is there a Russian mole in the U.S. government? What fait accompli are Bannon and Trump plannng on Russia? (updated)

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Donald Trump, elections, Hillary Clinton, History, Intelligence, International Law, Russia, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, U.S. Congress, United States, Vladimir Putin

The emoluments clause and potential collusion with the Russians: Two Reasons and 37 Profiles in Courage needed to Stop Trump

Crimea, Donald Trump, elections, Hillary Clinton, History, Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, Nuclear Proliferation, nuclear war, Russia, Soviet Union, syria, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin

Trump, Clinton, and the risk of nuclear war

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Crimea, Deutschland, Donald Trump, elections, European Union, foreign news coverage, Germany, Hillary Clinton, History, internal supporters of human rights, Justice Department, NATO, nuclear war, Russia, sanctions, State Department, syria, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

Donald Trump, Russian stooge: Putin’s Trojan horse within striking distance of victory over NATO, the EU, and the Atlantic Alliance

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, elections, Hillary Clinton, Justice Department

Reopened Clinton e-mail investigation: FBI Director Comey should consider resigning (updated November 2 and 3, 2016)

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Barack Obama, Crimes Against Humanity, Dictatorship, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, elections, European Union, Hillary Clinton, History, human rights, International Law, Iran, NATO, Russia, sanctions, State Department, syria, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Congress, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

Vice-Presidential debate: Pence pushes Kaine and Clinton on military action in Syria

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Barack Obama, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Donald Trump, elections, Hillary Clinton, Intelligence, International Law, NATO, Russia, State Department, syria, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

BREAKING NEWS — U.S. says very high likelihood Russia bombed humanitarian aid convoy in Syria

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, elections, Hillary Clinton, Russia, Vladimir Putin

The hidden issue in the 2016 presidential elecion: How will voters explain their vote to their children and grandchildren?

2016 U.S. Presidential election, debate over the efficacy of torture, Donald Trump, elections, Hillary Clinton, human rights, State Department, Torture, U.S. news coverage, United States September 13, 2016

Herd journalists: The most deplorable in Trump’s “basket of deplorables” (Updated September 16, 2016)

Updated Octrober 8, 2016 See Gunda Trepp, “Wahlkampf in Amerika Die Medien haben ihren Auftrag vergessen; Im amerikanischen Wahlkampf kommen viele Journalisten ihrer Sorgfaltspflicht nicht…

Donald Trump, Germany, Hillary Clinton, History, Intelligence, International Law, NATO, Russia, sanctions, Soviet Union, syria, Ukraine, United States, Vladimir Putin September 10, 2016

What Trump has learned from Putin

Donald Trump is now in a neck-and-neck race with Hillary Clinton for the presidency. How is this possible, given the stream of blatant lies, distortions,…

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