You can discuss it here. Afterwards: As expected, Trump’s speech was the usual recitation of accomplishments during his tenure, which are many. Also as expected (by the right, anyway), he didn’t mention impeachment. As usual, there were a bunch of … Continue reading →
At this point, unfortunately, Israel/Palestine peace plans are not enormous news for the simple reason that there’s no reason to believe that any such plan, however brilliant, could succeed. But Trump has tried to devise one, as have many presidents … Continue reading →
Jonathan Schanzer writes on ending Iran’s fictions: Soleimani’s killing was, without question, the most consequential act of Trump’s presidency. It didn’t just punish Iran for the action of its proxies. After decades of the U.S. letting the Islamic Republic get … Continue reading →
Is there nothing the man can’t do?: You just knew that in an era of pathological Trump Derangement Syndrome, Democrats would blame Trump for Iran shooting down a Ukrainian airliner at Tehran airport on the night Iran fired ballistic missiles … Continue reading →
Last night I did something I don’t often do – I watched a few minutes of television news coverage. In this case it involved what was going on in Iraq at the hands of the Iranians. I had planned on … Continue reading →
Lieberman on Trump’s taking out Iran’s chief terrorist: “This is very clear from the Constitution and common sense,” former Senator Joe Lieberman said on Fox News, “that if a president decides to take action like this he doesn’t have to … Continue reading →
How many people are aware that Trump’s threat to destroy 52 sites important to Iran was a response to a specific threat by Iran? Here’s what a prominent Iranian general had said just previously: [Gen. Gholamali] Abuhamzeh, commander of the … Continue reading →
Realizing that human institutions are made up of frail people is part of growing up; to be humble before the self-knowledge of our own defects. Only the stupid believe they can bestride the world like conquering colossi. But God knows … Continue reading →
The left wants us to think of the recent Iranian-sponsored and orchestrated attacks on the US embassy in Baghdad as “Trump’s Benghazi.” This approach seems to me to be another ill-thought-out move by the anti-Trump forces. After all, it reminds … Continue reading →
Those who hate Trump and consider him an illegitimate president and believe he won the election by trickery (or would like you to believe he won by trickery) or by fluke are ignoring this point: The election of President Donald … Continue reading →
…I’d be hopping mad right about now. To Pelosi and the leftist wing of the party: You made me put my seat at grave risk for this? And then you shelve the whole thing for an indeterminate time and a … Continue reading →
I want to highlight this comment by “JFM”: The Democrats have made Trump a sympathetic character. That sums up something I’ve been thinking for quite some time, and especially since the impeachment hearings began. Trump has always been a brash … Continue reading →