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Issues involving the armed services and foreign threats to the nation.
President Biden is often angry these days. He must be increasingly desperate as his policies fail and his poll numbers sink. Nevertheless, no matter how low his approval ratings, Ex-President … Read More
In my last post, Growing Foreign Threats to the U.S., I wrote about how the continued existence of the U.S. as an independent country is in danger. To a very … Read More
The American people are accustomed to believing their country is so strong, it could never be taken over by another country. Yet, a series of policy mistakes and a weakness … Read More
During the twentieth century, World War II was one of those historical events —- like the Black Plague in the Middle Ages — that seemed to come close to destroying … Read More
For a very long time, American foreign policy has wrestled with the conflict between our ideals and a realistic response toward our adversaries. This is the problem of American Manichaeism. … Read More
At a time when Russia is conquering Ukraine, and threatening the Baltic states (Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia) and Poland), despair for our own security is all too easy. This is … Read More
But once war is forced upon us, there is no other alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War’s very object is victory, … Read More
NOTE: This post was updated on April 16, 2020. The explosion of the COVID-19 coronavirus on the international scene emphasizes yet again that China has no intention of merely coexisting … Read More
The much feared trade war with China is the least of the problems we have with that great nation. The People’s Republic of China appears to be hardwired to seek … Read More
President Trump announcing the U.S. pullout from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on May 8, 2018. YouTube / CBC News Now that President Donald Trump has decided to … Read More
A NATO naval fleet including warships from five nations. In four descending columns, from left to right: ITS Maestrale (F 570), De Grasse (D 612); USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), … Read More
Vladimir Putin, President (for life?) of the Russian Federation DailyPnut.com While Democrats continue to obsess over imaginary connections between Donald Trump and the Russian Federation, they seem to pay little … Read More
Launch of a North Korean Taepodong 2 ICBM MissileThreat.csis.org Just this Tuesday, China’s minion North Korea claimed to have made its first fully successful test launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic … Read More
Progressive conspiracy theorists. (c) Can Stock Photo / Frostie Even now, despite the lack of any shred of evidence, Democrats and their media allies are pushing the meme that Donald … Read More
Railgun projectile bursting through a metal plate in a Navy test system. The projectile is the dark metal bar in the center-right of the image. Image courtesy of the Office … Read More
Aspects of U.S. Foreign Relations Top (Left to Right): U.S. Army soldiers in Ramadi, August 2006 Wikimedia Commons / Air Force Tech Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock Container ship from … Read More
United Nations Headquarters in New York City Wikimedia Commons / Neptuul Very little divides American citizens more than questions about how the U.S. should interact with other nations. This has always … Read More
President Donald J. Trump delivering his inaugural address, January 20, 2017 Screenshot of ABC News broadcast Uncompromising. That was the major tone of Donald Trump’s inaugural address on the west … Read More
Naval vessel of the the People’s Liberation Army Navy. Center for Security Policy In the United States over the past eight years, China has found its perfect enemy, more concerned … Read More
The flags of bitter enemies: Iran left, Saudi Arabia right Wikimedia Commons Sometime in the middle of this last November, someone, almost certainly the Islamic Republic of Iran, conducted destructive … Read More
A supernova about to blow: Wolf-Rayet star WR 124, 15,000 light years from Earth Wikimedia Commons / NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Following last Tuesday’s elections, the recriminations and accusations are … Read More
President Obama meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss Syria and ISIS, September 29, 2015 Wikimedia Commons/Kremlin.ru No American president in my lifetime has had a foreign policy that … Read More
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton take the stage at the third and final Presidential debate. The differences between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on foreign policy appear to be more … Read More
Russia and its western “Near Abroad” Map courtesy of Google Maps Russia is becoming a major danger to the rest of the world on a par with ISIS because of their “Russian … Read More
Hurricane Isabel, a category 5 hurricane, seen from the International Space Station in September 2003. This deadly storm had many of the same system characteristics in the planet’s weather that … Read More
The headquarters for the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) at Lubyanka Square in Moscow in the same building that used to be the HQ of the KGB. Wikimedia Commons/NVO There … Read More
On top, Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on January 23, 2016. On bottom, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani meeting with Russian President Vladimir … Read More
Der Russische Führer, Vladimir Putin Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Kremlin.ru ANDERS ÅSLUND has become an indispensable analyst of that “riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”, as Sir Winston Churchill … Read More
People’s Liberation Army Navy sailors at the Qingdao, North Sea Fleet headquarters parading in 2000 for a visiting U.S. Navy delegation. Wikimedia Commons/Jiang The probability of war with the People’s … Read More
