Says US/NATO raising new Cold War
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia’s deterrence forces – military units in control of nuclear arms – on high alert. Putin’s given justification for the move was both sanctions against Russia, and what he sees as aggressive statements from NATO. “As you can see, not only do Western countries take unfriendly measures against our […]
On September 25th 2018, 4 years ago, Donald Trump as US president gave a speech to the UN General Assembly. During the speech, he gave a stark warning to German leaders. Watch the German delegation’s response at #UNGA when Trump says “Germany will become totally dependent on Russian energy if it does not immediately change […]
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said that Ireland has “benefitted from cheap food for a long time,” and said that he believes food prices will go up due to the conflict in Ukraine. The remarks were made in the Dáil this week while speaking to Independent TD Michael McNamara, who said that food shortages in western […]
As Europe has been plunged into war by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, former US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged Vladimir Putin to “stay on track” in the fight against climate change. The interview took place on BBC Arabic on Monday of this week. “I’m concerned about Ukraine because of the people of Ukraine […]
Because ultimately, neutrality is only useful until a better opportunity for a bit of moral preening comes along.
It might seem unusual to start a column on the war in Ukraine with Irish climate policy, but the two are deeply connected.
As Europe faces what some say is the biggest crisis since World War 2, British military intelligence agents are being urged to consider their “white privilege” and declare their gender pronouns. A “diversity” and “inclusion” guide called “Mission Critical” was leaked by the UK security services, having been written by Sir Stephen Lovegrove – a […]
The west is polarised and divided internally, because there is no longer any agreed set of universal values.
If there’s one thing that the West’s mainstream media is certain of, it’s this: that Donald Trump is a puppet of Vladimir Putin, and a stooge for the Russian government. This is a talking point which has been repeated ad infinitum, not only by the media, but by celebrities, and even Trump’s political opponents to […]
The idea that the west has some moral duty to abandon millions of people to Russian overlordship and bullying just to keep the Russians happy is absurdist.
Current events prove, without much equivocation, that a great many people owe the former President an apology.