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Scott Ritter was pulled off a NY-to-Istanbul flight yesterday by US officials and his passport confiscated in a startling new development in the government’s open drive to censor and silence critics of the Administration’s foreign policies at a time when the United States is supplying billions of dollars in arms to foment wider war in Russia, accelerate the attacks on Gazans and set the stage for war with China over Taiwan.
A Marine veteran and true American patriot, Mr. Ritter is also a noted former Chief UN weapons inspector, author and journalist. He was enroute to Russia to attend an international conference in St. Petersburg.
Mr. Ritter first came to my attention when he testified at a Capitol hearing I sponsored to inquire into the Bush Administration’s plans to attack Iraq. Ritter warned in August of 2002 that a case had not been made for attacking Iraq.
In politics, context is crucial.
To truly appreciate the recent decision by Ireland, Spain and Norway to recognize the state of Palestine, the subject has to be placed in proper context.
On November 15, 1988, Yasser Arafat, then Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, declared Palestine as an independent state.
The proclamation took place within important and unique contexts:
remember the silence of our friends"
The genocide, ecocude, and scholasticide in Palestine continues. The
Israeli regime ignores calls from the UN, governments around the world, the
International court of justice, the International criminal court, and
hundreds of millions around the world. More Israeli soldiers are killed or
captured by the resistance so Israel continues to kill civilians as that is
all it can do hoping to end indigenous people. But the world is changing
and truth telling is not being silenced by intimidation and threats from
bullies and racists. I see this even in my last few days talking in New
Zealand/Aotearoa. Sold-out events, amazing energy....we are grateful to
people who act around the world. Below are bits of information I share this
week. We must all redouble our efforts (get knowledge and act on knowledge
to end this genocide and in so doing save the planet from catastrophic
global war). And as I explained to politicalleaders both in Australia and
“One cannot exist without the other. Without civil nuclear power, there can be no military nuclear power, and without military nuclear power, there is no civil nuclear power.” – French President Emmanuel Macron
“Imagine a death technology calling itself a nuclear renaissance. All it is, is a nuclear rebirth of an even more gouging crony capitalism, or corporate welfare system.” – Ralph Nader
Nuclear power in the US is in decline…42 reactor projects were abandoned, 41 built but closed, and scores now operate only thanks to government rescues…Nuclear power is a minor distraction, adding each year at best only as much electricity supply as renewables add every few days. It has no business case or operational need anywhere. - Amory Lovins
[C]ivilian nuclear power is merely a cover for producing more nuclear weapons.” – Alfred Meyer
By James Heddle By Mary Beth Brangan - EON
