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Scott Ritter

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Scott Ritter is a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and author of 'SCORPION KING: America's Suicidal Embrace of Nuclear Weapons from FDR to Trump.' He served in the Soviet Union as an inspector implementing the INF Treaty, served in General Schwarzkopf's staff during the Gulf War, and from 1991 to 1998 served as a chief weapons inspector with the UN in Iraq. Mr Ritter currently writes on issues pertaining to international security, military affairs, Russia, and the Middle East, as well as arms control and nonproliferation.
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Scott Ritter: Who is responsible for Ukraine’s failed counteroffensive?

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On a normal summer's day, the road to Rabotino would be empty, save for the odd combine tractor and the vehicles driven by farmers...

NATO Summit serves up cringe nothing-burger

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Back in 1984, Wendy’s (an American fast-food chain) released an advertisement starring an elderly actress named Clara Peller. The premise of the ad had Peller...

Scott Ritter: Ukrainian counteroffensive’s second week ends in failure

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Operation enters the second week of Ukraine’s long-awaited and highly touted counteroffensive, some basic conclusions can be drawn even though the fighting continues, and...

‘Waging Peace’: How a tour of Russia showed me that propaganda perverts reality in the minds of Americans

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My month-long tour of the country was an eye-opening experience, and so was the hostility that met me back home. At the end of April,...

Scott Ritter: Sending F-16 to Ukraine will backfire

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After months of deliberation, the United States, NATO, and the European Union have come to an agreement of sorts regarding the provision of US-manufactured...

Scott Ritter: How Americans fell for Washington’s ‘War Racket’

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Smedley Butler, a two-time recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor and former US Marine Corps major general, famously observed that “war is a...

Naftali Bennett’s inconvenient ‘recollection’

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On March 5, 2022, former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett visited Moscow, where he held a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to the...

Truth about tanks: How NATO lied its way to disaster in ukraine

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Tank warfare has evolved. The large force-on-force armored battles that were the hallmark of much of WWII, the Arab-Israeli conflicts, which served as the foundation...

How I tried to prevent the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, and why I failed

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No amount of truth can stop the world’s most powerful war machine fueled by the lies of its president. In fulfillment of his solemn, constitutionally-enshrined...

From respect to resentment: My history with the CIA

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The US Central Intelligence Agency recently turned 75. I have my reasons to wish it doesn’t see another birthday. My initial introduction to the CIA...
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