Ukraine, the United States, and NATO have condemned what they correctly called Russian President Putin’s "dangerous and irresponsible" plan to soon deploy nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus. On June 9, Mr. Putin announced that Moscow would deploy its...
Best-Selling US Author Cancels Her Own Book in Response to Anti-Russian PR Campaign
Elizabeth Gilbert, the best-selling American author, announced last week that she would soon be publishing a novel set in Russia. In light of a Russo-phobic public relations campaign unleashed against her, the Eat, Pray, Love author has since rescinded those plans. In...
The Big Lie That Won’t Die: Trump as Putin’s Puppet
Some foreign policy myths are so entrenched and tenacious that no amount of evidence seems able to dislodge them. An especially prominent one in recent years is that Donald Trump was Vladimir Putin’s puppet and adopted shameful policies that appeased Moscow. The...
Taiwan’s US Representative Not ‘Satisfied’ With Biden’s Support
Bi-khim Hsiao, Taiwan’s Representative in the United States, is a familiar figure in the halls of power but she does not often make public speeches. So a recent talk and press conference by Ms. Hsiao deserve some attention. The One China Policy, endorsed by the...
Making Friends With Iran
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...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Seven Killed
Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal of March 31, 2023 (page A20, if you must know) featured this headline: “Turkey’s Parliament Ratifies NATO bid.” Here is the first paragraph of this entry: “The Turkish parliament ratified Finland’s entrance into the NATO on Thursday, removing...
State Secrets Undermine Due Process
In a public courtroom of the United States of America, in which a high-level criminal case is being tried, the prosecutors are permitted to press a buzzer on their table in the midst of argument to the court by defense counsel. The buzzer cuts off the courtroom's...
Iraq Daily Roundup: 11 Killed
Canada’s Only Answer in Ukraine: More Weapons, More War
"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past." ~ George Orwell The Canadian government recently expanded Operation Unifier. The military training mission has been an important element in an escalatory...


