Russia Warns NATO Against Sending Any Troops To Ukraine As “Frightening” Escalation Looms
By Tyler Durden Ukraine apparently will be Russia’s line in the sand as far as stopping NATO advancement. From Tyler Durden at zerohedge.com: The Kremlin’s latest statements out Friday amid the potential new Ukraine crisis which has seen a serious flare-up in fighting in the Donbass region, along with what appears to be far bigger-than-usual […]
Malaise and Ennui of the Protected or the American Taxpayer and the Folks in Europe
By Sigrid Weidenweber For as long as I can remember, America was the shield between Russia, the former Soviet Union, and West Germany. I grew up in the secure knowledge that if Russia’s military would cross the border, American might would protect Germany, and with it, all of Europe. I must remind you […]
NATO is a Brain Dead, Obsolete, Rabid Dog. Euthanize It
by Thomas L. Knapp In early November, French president Emmanuel Macron complained that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is experiencing “brain death” as its member states go their own ways, with “no coordination whatsoever of strategic decision-making.” US president Donald Trump’s reply: “Nobody needs NATO more than France.” The two continued their duel over […]
Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers | CNN: Everything but the News
By Victor Davis Hanson Trump derangement, all the time: lies, smears, threats, and profanity. Viewers are noticing — and leaving. For a while, we thought MSNBC had temporarily usurped CNN as the font of fake news — although both networks had tied for the most negative coverage (93 percent of all their news reports) […]
NATO Should Give Turkey the Boot
By Sigrid Weidenweber I have, in the past, opined a few times on the subject of Turkey and Mr. Erdogan’s ambitions to establish a new Ottoman Empire. It seems a fever has affected not only Turkey with dreams to return to former glory, but China, Iran and Russia also have made strong moves […]
The Limits of American Patience
By Victor Davis Hanson | American Greatness Not being willing any longer to be manipulated is not succumbing to isolationism. Wondering whether the United States can afford another liability is not mindless nationalism. Questioning whether America can afford the status quo here and abroad is not heresy. Assuming we can borrow our way out of […]
More rational policies in our future?
. By Paul Driessen Trump’s Paris decision challenges bad science, economics and energy politics behind treaty In the wake of President Trump’s exit from the Paris climate treaty, reactions from other quarters were predictably swift, nasty, sanctimonious and hypocritical. Al Gore paused near one of the private jets he takes to hector lesser mortals to […]
If you want to fight a Taliban insurgency, fight like an insurgent
by LAWRENCE SELLIN, PHD, May 13, 2017 According to a senior White House official, President Donald Trump is deciding between two U.S. strategies in Afghanistan, one “more kinetic” and the other “less kinetic.” The more kinetic plan envisions an increase of at least 3,000 U.S. troops to the existing levels of about 8,400, a matching […]
Putin Positions Russia To Hit NATO Capitals In Mere Minutes
NATO officials accused Russia of “aggressive military posturing” Tuesday for deploying advanced missile systems to its westernmost regions, capable of hitting major NATO capitals. Russia’s “aggressive military posturing” will do nothing to “lower tensions or restore predictability to our relations,” NATO officials elaborated in the statement. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded to the accusation, telling […]
West Rattled Over Russian Missiles on NATO Border
Russia’s Iskander missiles have a range of around 500 kilometers, and their deployment in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania, has rattled the West Russia caused further alarm with its deployment of an S-300 missile defense system to its naval base in Syria. Moscow’s Defense Ministry spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov denied […]
