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With the latest political debacle in the US congress holding up aid to Ukraine, I wanted to take a step back and assess US aid in general to Ukraine. I’m going to come across harsh and critical of the US and by association the Biden Administration....
by Peter Olandt
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on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 04:25 AM PST
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That drones are important to this war is not a new concept. We’ve been hearing about them from the very start. Early on in the first months the media focus on drones was the donation of US loitering drones used as flying anti-tank systems as well as...
by Peter Olandt
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on Sat Dec 02, 2023 at 06:44 AM PST
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I’m most likely preaching to the choir writing this here on Daily Kos, but Ukraine should be recognized by more people as a senior member in the alliance against Russia. To be clear, I’m not talking about admission into NATO (though I support that once...
by Peter Olandt
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on Tue Nov 28, 2023 at 06:30 AM PST
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This is a quick story echoing The Guardian’s Story: ‘The science is irrefutable’: US warming faster than global average, says report. Their story is reporting on the Fifth National Climate Assessment from the US Global Change Research Program. I’ll...
by Peter Olandt
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on Tue Nov 14, 2023 at 06:11 AM PST
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Some of the most intense, and nitpicky, discussion you will see on Daily Kos can be seen in the Israel/Palestine threads. And that comes as no surprise. The founding organizational principle of the site being for Democrats and keeping out Republicans...
by Peter Olandt
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on Fri Oct 27, 2023 at 06:58 AM PDT
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With the recent�attack by Hamas on Israel after decades of strife there, my mind drifted back to Northern Ireland. �When I taught World Religions I always spent a class going into the background of ...
by Peter Olandt
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on Fri Oct 20, 2023 at 06:11 AM PDT
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