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The US has had an incredibly difficult time making friends with Iran. Other countries seem to be having a lot less difficulty. The primary obstacle to American friendship with Iran is allegedly Iran’s pursuit of a nuclear weapon. But the most recent US Nuclear Posture Review, released in October 2022, clearly states that "Iran does … Continue reading “Making Friends With Iran”

In just an eight day period in May, the West authorized sending both long range Storm Shadow cruise missiles and F-16 fighter bombers to Ukraine, reversing a war long policy of not providing Ukraine with weapons that can strike inside Russia. That policy was one of the few sane policies of any party involved in … Continue reading “Four Big Reasons Not To Green Light Strikes on Crimea”

As the West pours more advanced weapons into Ukraine that have the range to strike, not only inside Russian occupied territory in Ukraine, but inside the internationally recognized territory of Russia itself, the risk of nuclear war looms. Russia’s nuclear deterrence policy states that Russia “hypothetically” could allow the use of nuclear weapons only if there … Continue reading “A Plea Not To Risk Nuclear War”

In April, French President Emmanuel Macron emerged from three days of meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing sounding as comfortable talking to Beijing as he does talking to Washington. The US is pressuring Europe to decouple from China by reconsidering their relationship and breaking their significant economic ties. But when Macron traveled to … Continue reading “When Spain Sounds Like France (and France Sounds Like China)”

In the very early days of the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was open to negotiating a peace. The proposed peace could have ended the war, before tens of thousands of Ukrainians had died and Ukraine’s infrastructure was devastated, on terms that satisfied Ukraine’s goals. But the US pressured Ukraine to go on … Continue reading “Is the US Losing Control of Ukraine?”

On May 3, two slow moving drones flew over the Kremlin and then exploded in flames when the Russian military forced them down. Whether the drone attack was a serious attempt on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s life or not, Moscow perceived it as one, announcing that "Last night, the Kiev regime attempted a drone strike … Continue reading “Drones Over the Kremlin: Is Ukraine Trying To Assassinate Putin?”

In the early days of the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was open to negotiating a peace. The United States was not. State Department spokesman Ned Price explained, oddly, that the midst of a war is not the time for diplomacy. “This is not real diplomacy,” he said, “Those are not the conditions … Continue reading “Trying To Build Peace One BRICS at a Time”

In the past several days, four separate events have occurred that, each in a significant way, signal the need for concern in the US. The War in Ukraine Like an example of double think in a seminar on Orwell’s 1984, two The New York Times’ headlines read simultaneously that "Russia Claims Victory in Bakhmut" and … Continue reading “A Bad Week for America in the World”

History may one day show that two important events did not receive the attention they deserved. One may have led to the horrible way the war in Ukraine started; one may lead to the horrible way it ends. Putin’s decision to illegally invade Ukraine seems to have been the result of the confluence of two … Continue reading “Nuclear Bombs and Drones Over the Kremlin”

It’s a pattern Ukrainian officials have commented on before: be patient. The West says no to more advanced weapons and then comes around to sending them. It happened with HIMARS rocket systems, tanks, and fighter jets. The pattern seems to have been repeated again. After the West consistently rebuffed requests for longer-range missiles, on May … Continue reading “With Upgraded Missiles, Ukraine Prepares To Strike Russian Heartland Despite Assurances”