I started to notice serious talk about the US cutting aid to Israel not long after 10/7 – and this was on the Israeli side. They realized that depending on the US for Israel’s arms was dangerous, although it might … Continue reading →
And to stream an execution live – isn’t that a kind of oxymoron? Here’s the announcement: The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, the Pentagon said Thursday, a stunning revelation about plans for … Continue reading →
Hard to believe that Nidal Hasan – aka the Fort Hood terrorist – is still alive. But perhaps not for long: The Pentagon announced Monday night that Nidal Malik Hasan, 56, better known as the Fort Hood shooter, will be … Continue reading →
I don’t think anyone could have foreseen this development at the outset of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the U.S. and Ukraine plan to build a drone factory in the U.S. as part of … Continue reading →
You can find a good roundup at Ace’s. Plus, the Iranian president says that Iran is at “full-scale war” with the US. Hasn’t that been the case for quite some time? Their approach at the moment continues to be to … Continue reading →
[NOTE: The following is a slightly-edited version of a previous D-Day post.] Today is the eighty-second anniversary of D-Day, the Normandy landings in WWII that led to Western Europe’s liberation. I wonder how many people under forty, either here or … Continue reading →
Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus. Platner claims that Susan Collins voted to send him to Iraq; he says that explicitly in the video at the link. He also says the US “destroyed” Iraq, but when I last checked, Iraq … Continue reading →
I just learned that tomorrow is the 573rd anniversary of the fall of Constantinople. The Byzantine Empire was no more, and the great city was now in the hands of the Ottoman Empire, as a result of military conquest after … Continue reading →
From commenter “Keith”: All it takes to be an antisemite these days is to question why we give Israel so much money. Of course that’s not all it takes. In fact, it’s a question I’ve asked, too: why so much … Continue reading →
As I said, I would have preferred that Trump let the whole thing slide when Pope Leo criticized him (and yes, it was the Pope who “started it” in terms of the fight). But that’s not Trump’s way, and one … Continue reading →
… seems to be going well so far: CENTCOM’s update stated, “More than 10,000 U.S. Sailors, Marines, and Airmen along with over a dozen warships and dozens of aircraft are executing the mission to blockade ships entering and departing Iranian … Continue reading →
I’m not Catholic and I’m not even Christian, and so I don’t ordinarily pay much attention to the Pope. But of course I follow any big news of the Pope and general trends, and the trend with the last two … Continue reading →