OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #257, NOVEMBER 26, 2025.

 

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #257, NOVEMBER 26, 2025.   Compiled by Dick Bennett.

 

Nukewatch Quarterly, Fall 2025.
The Threat: Inside the Soviet Military Machine by Andrew Cockburn.
US Peace Memorial Prize to VFP’s Gerry Condon.

 

 

Nukewatch Fall 2025 Quarterly Newsletter

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US Peace Memorial Peace Prize.

 

 

The Threat: Inside the Soviet Military Machine is a 1983 book by Andrew Cockburn that argues the Soviet military was not as powerful as perceived by the West. Cockburn's work, based on interviews and intelligence sources, claims the Soviet military was plagued by dysfunction, poor equipment, and ill-trained conscripts, and that the exaggerated threat was used by the Pentagon to justify increased U.S. military spending.    The book's main thesis is that the Soviet military's power was significantly inflated by the Pentagon to justify a larger U.S. military budget.   From Google AI Search.    [That is, during the Cold War, fear-mongering figured significantly in Pentagon estimates of Soviet power.   The Pentagon budget had enormous economic ramifications, recognized by the placement of military facilities in most congressional districts, and two war industry lobbyists for each House and Senate member.   The military budget supported the military-corporate-congressional-executive-imperial complex, which kept the economy pumping.    This reality of a militarized economy is greatly enhanced by today’s trillion dollar Pentagon budget and trillion dollar Energy Dept. budget for nuclear weapons.   –D]

 

 

US PEACE PRIZE AWARDED   Dear Dick, For 17 years, the US Peace Prize has recognized and honored the most outstanding and prominent American antiwar leaders. We celebrate these extraordinary role models to inspire other Americans to speak out against war and work for peace. The 2025 US Peace Prize has been awarded to the honorable Gerry Condon “For Courageous Resistance to War, Long-term Leadership of Veterans For Peace and Opposition to Nuclear Weapons.” The US Peace Prize was presented on November 23, 2025, in San Francisco by Michael Knox, Chair and Founder of the US Peace Memorial Foundation. In his remarks, Dr. Knox recounted examples of Mr. Condon's peace activism since 1968 and said, “Thank you, Gerry, for your crucial work to end U.S. war, militarism, threats of war, and nuclear weapons. The US Peace Prize is a prestigious honor that will help call attention to and reinforce your important work for peace.”   Gerry responded, “I want to thank Michael Knox and the US Peace Memorial Foundation for recognizing my work for a peaceful U.S. foreign policy free from intervention in the internal affairs of other nations. I humbly accept this award on behalf of many wonderful activists who work for peace and solidarity with people around the globe. See Mr. Condon's full statement, photos, and further details at: www.USPeacePrize.org.  The Foundation honors Americans who work for peace by publishing the US Peace Registry, awarding the US Peace Prize, and raising funds to build the US Peace Memorial in Washington, DC.

 

END  OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #257, NOVEMBER 26, 2025.   Compiled by Dick Bennett.