With border crisis looming, senators unveil temporary patch to cover expiring. GOP megadonor covered tuition for child Clarence Thomas was raising ‘as a. Republican lawmakers to introduce national ‘stand your ground’ billĬhris Hayes calls CNN’s Trump town hall decision ‘hard to defend’ Supreme Court questions jurisdiction in sweeping election law clashĬlips from Trump’s deposition shown at E. See a string of lights in the sky? What it is, and when you could see them againīartiromo responds to ex-producer’s claims Prom crowning sparks divide at Ohio high schoolĬonservatives criticize liberal Supreme Court justices for ethics issues More than 50 House Republicans tear into VA secretary over debt bill claims Let’s hope we are not entering a new Cold War with Russia or China, but wouldn’t it be wonderful if one day historians credit NATO with heading it off?ĭOJ finds ‘insider witness’ in Trump Mar-a-Lago documents probe: report Despite the fact that they were lifelong ideological enemies, Putin’s gesture (though he skipped the funeral) offers some evidence that he wants NATO and the West, where Gorbachev was a hero, to see his humanity. Russian President Vladimir Putin brought red roses and paid his respects (live on TV) to the former leader as he lay in an open coffin at the hospital where he died. President Ronald Reagan that both countries give up their nuclear weapons. The quiet, dangerous radicalism of Biden’s first termĪ new hope: ‘Star Wars’ as American religionįormer Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died last week, is credited with winning the Cold War, and proposing to then U.S. Convene an emergency meeting - and maybe also a G7 meeting - to condemn Russia’s actions at the nuclear plant.Support placing UN peacekeepers in and around the Zaporizhzhia plant as requested by Ukraine.Condemn any interference with the IAEA resident mission.These actions have already had a deterrent effect on Russia, and several more could be taken now in light of the radiation threat: There remains a continued focus on the cyber threat. Congress has already voted to approve this. Sweden and Finland, countries which have taken pride in their neutrality over many decades, have asked to join NATO and the U.S. Poland is the stand-out and has revised its immigration laws to allow Ukrainians to stay for up to three years and to work without a work permit, and is educating over 400,000 Ukrainian children. Examples are its swift and continuing condemnation of Russia’s actions by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg pledges of tens of billions of dollars in aid for Ukraine - both military and economic - by individual NATO countries and that over 2 million refugees from Ukraine have been welcomed in NATO countries. NATO’s actions since Russia invaded Ukraine have been far more decisive than ever before. Regardless of how an accident unfolds, nuclear radiation - like cyber - knows no borders, and it is clear that large swathes of Europe’s population could be in harm’s way. But what if they blow in other directions, toward NATO members? What if power loss causes nuclear matter to burn through the structure and straight into the groundwater? These are plausible events. In the event of an ‘accident,’ some think that the winds would blow any radiation towards Russia. Maybe so. But there remains the risk that Russia will attempt to manipulate the IAEA mission or use their presence to manufacture some crisis. With this visit, which has long been called for by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the UN, comes some comfort that people who know what they are doing are in charge and will report their findings to a world audience. They will assess the safety of the plant and its Ukrainian workers, who have been forced by the Russian occupiers to remain and continue operations. No matter which of these scenarios might unfold, one thing is sure: Russia will blame Ukraine.Īn International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) “support and assistance” mission arrived at Zaporizhzhia on Thursday. In all of these cases, it is a possibility that the cooling mechanism will fail and the nuclear core melt down, similar to what happened at Fukushima. Scenarios include the nuclear plant taking a direct hit from reckless shelling, fires disrupting the power lines, or the backup generators running out of diesel. Recent Russian attacks on and around Zaporizhzhia, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, have raised alarm about the prospects of a nuclear catastrophe, whether by intent or ‘accident.’ Such an ‘accident’ will create confusion and is an effective play from Russia’s point of view: It achieves a similar effect as using a tactical nuclear weapon, but has the benefit of plausible deniability.
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