Pope Raps NATO for ‘Barking at Russia’s Door’

"The North Atlantic Treaty Organization's "barking at Russia's door" may have triggered
President Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine, Pope Francis told an Italian newspaper. 

"In Ukraine, it was other states that created the conflict," the pontiff noted. "What's clear is that, in this land, arms are being tested. Wars are fought for this — to test the arms we have made."

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Biden issues Ukraine warning to US spies

"President Joe Biden has told senior intelligence officials that leaks about alleged intelligence
sharing with Ukraine should stop as they “distract” from Washington's objective in the crisis, NBC News reported on Friday.

During the phone conversation with CIA Director William Burns, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Biden hailed the intelligence services’ work but stressed that disclosures are counterproductive and ought to cease, the outlet claimed, citing two unnamed administration officials." RT

Military Drafts Loom Over Europe Thanks to Russia

"International tensions empower politicians seeking to force the unwilling into government

service. 

Europe’s first war between more-or-less peer powers in over 70 years upsets a lot of assumptions. .... But renewed fears also offer governments that fear international dangers or just want an excuse to regiment their societies an opportunity to revive the unfortunate and previously fading practice of conscription. “The Russian attempt to subjugate Ukraine has catapulted the world back a good 30 to 40 years to the Cold War era when highly armed military blocs faced off against each other in the middle of Europe,” Deutsche Welle’s Bernd Riegert wrote in March. “Germany and other states could find themselves forced to reintroduce conscription if they want to train enough personnel and reservists to build up an effective deterrent.” Wolfgang Hellmich, a lawmaker and member of the defense committee from Germany’s ruling Social Democratic Party called for just that." MichaelSavage.com