In the early 1980s almost nobody from the United States traveled to the Soviet Union or vice versa. The Soviets wouldn’t let anybody out, and good Americans were disinclined to visit the Evil Empire. But a woman in California named Sharon Tennison took the threat of nuclear war with the seriousness it deserved and still deserves. She got a group of friends together and asked the Russian consulate for permission to visit Russia, make friends, and learn.
Dear Friends,
Following is Professor Richard Sakwa’s latest analysis of the predicament in which we find ourselves.
We in the West have been so taken in by propaganda and so shielded from the truth (or reality), that this scenario outlined by Sakwa will become a self-fufilling prophecy––unless somehow we awaken and demand to stop this blind nonsense masquerading as foreign policy.
Professor Sakwa is one of our world’s leading academic voices – Check his credentials and understand that he is dead serious about the escalating situation in which we are ALL involved.
Sharon
Richard Sakwa
Professor of Russian and European Politics, University of Kent
May 26, 2016
Friends: Consortium News, Robert Parry’s vehicle to get important news out, prints another article dealing with “acts that could escalate into a major nuclear war.” Again, I’m perplexed why there is NO significant response throughout America to this dangerous direction.
The only reason I guess, is this topic is never mentioned in U.S. mainstream media where Parry and other investigative journalists are not permitted to post. Why are they not permitted? Isn’t this situation worthy of print?
Please read …. no, please STUDY and ask yourself “Why has this topic not become #1 in discussions with our friends, colleagues and families? Why is this not discussed everyday by the several men and one woman who have been running for the president of the United States?
Please think this through and let me know your thoughts on this.
Again this is a important but wordy post. I will take this opportunity to “bold” the most important thoughts knowing that your reading time is limited.
All the best, Sharon [Continue Reading]
Friends, could German people be consolidating behind dropping sanctions? Certainly the sanctions are hurting not only Russia’s economy but all of Europe’s. The French are requesting the same, the Italians the same.
How do we Americans feel about squeezing the economies of other countries and forcing others to “shun” another nation of people, Russia?
Does this reflect how we want our children to act on their playgrounds, our sons and daughters to treat other groups in their universities? Are these the tactics we use in interactions among business competitors? How can we justify nation-to-nation behaviors that we wouldn’t permit among our families, friends, colleagues and business partners?
It’s time for us all to start asking ourselves these tough questions ….
Two related articles translated from a German publication follow.
— Sharon
January/February 2016
Interviewed by Daniel Horner and Kingston Reif
William Perry is the Michael and Barbara Berberian professor emeritus at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the university’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. He was secretary of defense from 1994 to 1997, having previously served as deputy secretary of defense and undersecretary of defense for research and engineering. He is the author of My Journey at the Nuclear Brink (2015).Perry spoke by telephone with Arms Control Todayon December 8, 2015.Much of the conversation focused on the current impasse in U.S.-Russian relations and the nuclear weapons programs in those two countries.
The interview was transcribed by Elizabeth Philipp. It has been edited for clarity. [Continue Reading]
