Joe Cirincione: For 40 years, missile defense has never been about keeping America safe. It's all about the contracts.
"If you have an unregulated defensive arms race, you are going to stimulate an offensive arms race. So, ironically, trying to deploy a defensive system makes America weaker and less secure than simply doing nothing." - @joecirin.bsky.social thebulletin.org/2025/05/the- ...
-- John Carl Baker (@johncarlbaker.bsky.social) May 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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@#2 ... after we take over trophy wives Canada ...
There's this ...
King's invitation to Canada sends a message to Trump -- and the world
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... Fast forward to 2025, and a paradoxical shift has occurred in Canada's relationship with the Crown.
In a transparent show of Canada's sovereignty and independence against threats from US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Mark Carney -- a Liberal -- has invited King Charles the III to open the 45th Canadian parliament.
The move is "a huge affirmation and statement about the uniqueness of Canada and its traditions," Justin Vovk, a Canadian royal historian, told the BBC - "a theatrical display that is meant to show what makes Canadians separate from Americans" and not, as Trump has often repeated, a "51st state". ...
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