The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday 22nd March 2017

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1. Interesting fact: Russia and the Ukraine are virtually at war while the Ukraine supplies around 30 percent of Russian heavy military arms. Russian arms buying is vital for the Ukraine economy.

   http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/industry-ua.htm

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2. This interview gives a fascinating insight into the current state of the United States Military Industrial Complex. Interesting fact: Former generals earn six figure salaries as miitary commentators on television encouraging the need for more weaponary.

   “Abby Martin interviews retired U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, former national security advisor to the Reagan administration, who spent years as an assistant to Secretary of State Colin Powell during both Bush administrations. Today, he is honest about the unfixable corruption inside the establishment and the corporate interests driving foreign invasions.

   Hear a rare insider’s view of what interests are behind U.S. wars, the manipulation of intelligence, the corporate media, the intertwining of the military and corporate world, and why the U.S. Empire is doomed.”

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf3C0eP3D8g

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3. Has the independent enquiry started yet? Not just for the war crimes, but for the last ten years of corruption?

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