At LewRockwell.com, David Stockman explains why Ukraine joining NATO is such a terrible idea. He writes (abridged): As Nikolas K. Gvosdev of the US Naval War College has written, Russia and Ukraine share a 1,500-mile border where Ukraine “nestles up against the soft underbelly of the Russian Federation.” Gvosdev elaborates: “The worst nightmare of the […]
Russia Has Zero Modern Aircraft Carrier Strike Groups
At LewRockwell.com, David Stockman dismantles the notion that Russia is a military threat to the United States. He writes (abridged): The idea that Russia presents a national security threat to America is laughable. Not only would Putin never risk nuclear suicide, but even that fantasy is the extent of what he’s got. That is, Russia’s […]
Impeachment’s “Utterly Preposterous” Washington Witness Testimony
At LewRockwell.com, David Stockman warns Democrats that their “utterly preposterous testimony about the Russkie threat and Ukrainian ‘front line’” could alert Americans to the “absurdity of the entire Cold War 2.0 campaign.” He writes: But in their frenzied pursuit of the Donald’s political scalp, the Dems may be inadvertently sabotaging their Deep State masters. That’s […]
Russia Can’t Project a Military Offensive Very Far
In a wide-ranging piece at LewRockwell.com, David Stockman dismantles the case for backing Ukraine against Russia, and justifies his position by explaining the real state of the Russian “threat.” He calls the country a “kleptocratic state sitting atop an aging third-rate economy with virtually zero capacity to project 21st-century offensive military power beyond its own […]
Russia a Failing Power, Ukraine, a Failed State.
At LewRockwell.com, David Stockman explains that the left and the neocons are hell-bent on attacking President Trump because he rejects their “Russian bogeyman” theories. This is Part I of a series on Stockman’s views on Russia and America. He writes (abridged): Sometimes you need to call a spade a spade, and Tuesday’s testimony before Adam’s […]