Now it’s Putin’s turn
Once Zelensky got onboard – which he sorta kinda is – the ball was in Putin’s court. So this could be the start of a big story or it could end up meaning nothing at all. How’s that for clarity … Continue reading →
Category Archives: War and Peace
Ukraine ceasefire: yes, no, maybe so?
Here’s the latest: The U.S. and Ukraine said Kyiv would accept a 30-day ceasefire with Russia after talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, with Washington pledging to immediately lift a freeze on intelligence sharing and military aid to Ukraine. “Ukraine … Continue reading →
Trump: loose cannon or wily negotiator?
Commenter “Hubert” states my own thoughts on the matter quite well when he writes: Now comes news that Trump is threatening Putin with more sanctions to get him to the negotiating table. Unlike mkent, I suspect there is method to … Continue reading →
Try, try again: Ukraine peace talks
I take this as a hopeful sign. I’ll take any hopeful signs I can get: Senior U.S. and Ukrainian officials are planning to meet next week to discuss the first steps of a deal to end the war. Both President … Continue reading →
Ukraine, Trump, and Europe: what in the world?
I have a very uneasy feeling about world events. Of course, I wouldn’t exactly call that a new phenomenon. The Biden administration featured errors and weakness of such magnitude that aggressors felt emboldened and acted on it. Biden was certainly … Continue reading →
Ukraine deal: on or off?
Trump has paused military aid to Ukraine: The United States is pausing all U.S. military aid to Ukraine until President Trump determines the Ukrainians show a commitment to good faith peace negotiations, a senior Trump administration official tells Fox News. … Continue reading →
Ukraine War, Vietnam War
Two different countries, two different wars, two different times. And yet I keep thinking of comparisons and even parallels. Here are some of my thoughts. (1) The US parties have switched sides since Vietnam days. At the end of the … Continue reading →
Israel: what’s next for the remaining hostages and for the war?
Here’s an extremely touching and difficult interview with a recently released hostage. This man looks haunted, like a man come back from the dead. The first group of hostages never looked or sounded like this. He also discovered, after his … Continue reading →
Video and the shaping of the propaganda narrative, on Trump and Ukraine and otherwise
What could be more real and more true than video as a record of what happened? And now that video is so ubiquitous, shouldn’t it mean that we get closer to the truth? Well, yes and no. Obviously, if AI … Continue reading →
What Rubio has to say about the meeting with Zelensky
I just saw this post at Legal Insurrection which features an interview with Rubio and a transcript. Well worth watching or reading. Here’s an excerpt from Rubio’s remarks: … [Y]ou guys only saw the end. You saw what happened today. … Continue reading →
More on the Trump/Zelensky/Vance blowup
This is such a big story at the moment that I thought I’d start another thread for it. I’m still basically angry at all three parties, and continue to think that once it got going the much better thing to … Continue reading →
The IDF issues its report on how and why Israel failed to prepare for 10/7
Here’s a summary. An excerpt: The investigations found that the State of Israel, including both political and defense echelons, believed or carried out the following, due to their perception of Gaza: Over the past decades, Israel considered the threats from … Continue reading →