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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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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...

The only thing keeping US and China from war is running dangerously thin

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Washington’s ambiguous Taiwan policies are edging towards conflict, but Beijing wants to exhaust peaceful options first. The US relations with China in regards to Taiwan...

London falling: Britain’s military decline exposes NATO’s collapse in credibility and capability

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NATO’s plan to vastly increase its forward force is wishful thinking, and the UK’s struggle for military relevance is a perfect case in point. The...

Ukraine is winning the battle on Twitter, but in the real world Kiev is losing the fight for the Donbass

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Claims that Ukraine is set for victory on the ground are Kiev and Washington’s wishful thinking at best. Western media coverage of the Ukraine conflict...

An American journalist goes missing in Ukraine. The silence is deafening

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Gonzalo Lira’s disappearance should have triggered outrage and calls for an investigation by the “freedom-loving” US government and media. My personal journey into the drama-infused...

The truth about Bucha is out there, but perhaps too inconvenient to be discovered

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It should be easy to find out what really happened to the massacred civilians in the Ukrainian town. “In war, truth is the first casualty.”...

NATO’s bombing of Serbia: A tragedy in three acts

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It is a travesty of international justice that the events of 1999 remain unrecognized by the perpetrators and have gone unpunished. Twenty-three years ago, NATO...

Wings of death: How availability of combat drones will change war forever

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Drones used to be the exclusive purview of advanced military powers. Today, almost any military can afford cheap drones with high-quality sensors and lethal...
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