Seize the Opportunity To Bring About Peace-Making

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EIR LEAD EDITORIAL FOR SATURDAY OCTOBER 7, 2023

Oct. 6, 2023 (EIRNS)—It is crystal clear to the world that the weapons flow to Ukraine from the United States, the biggest supplier, has been disrupted by last weekend’s tumult in the House of Representatives, unseating the Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). There is gnashing of teeth by the NATO warhawks. In Europe, chief of the EU diplomacy Josep Borrell appealed for the U.S. to soon, somehow retake its role” in arming Ukraine. He spoke at an Oct. 5 summit of the European Political Community in Granada, Spain, attended by Ukraine President Zelenskyy as well. In the U.S., warhawk circles are mooting various ways to get around Congress, which means evading the Constitutional authority of Congress on war powers. For example, there is talk of reprogramming” Pentagon expenditures already approved by Congress, to divert funding to Ukraine, from other non-Ukraine purposes.

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The End of McCarthyism

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EIR LEAD EDITORIAL FOR WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 4, 2023

Oct. 3, 2023 (EIRNS)—In a shocking development Tuesday evening, Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted from his position in the U.S. House. While the details and fallout from this will become more clear in the coming days, the vote is undeniably a sign of the overall revolt against the faceless tragic force that is driving the U.S., and the world, into the abyss.

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