Here’s the statement: President Donald J. Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates spoke today and agreed to the full normalization … Continue reading →
…that if Trump gives a speech at Gettysburg that would be a “shoring up” of the confederacy? The MSM knows nothing of history. But that’s okay, because neither does its audience. There’s always that “knaves/fools” question, though. Perhaps the MSM … Continue reading →
[NOTE: The following is a slightly changed version of a post of mine. If you follow the links in the second paragraph, you’ll find three other pieces I’ve written about the decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima.] Once again … Continue reading →
USNS Comfort comes to town: More photos here. Those photos conjure up childhood memories for me. I was born a few years after the end of WWII, but in my childhood there was still a lot of war consciousness. My … 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 →
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 →
And that’s one of Iran’s problems these days. From Victor Davis Hanson: Snce World War II, the United States has been involved in a series of crises and wars in the Middle East on the premise of protecting U.S., Western, … 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 →
We all knew the name of Osama Bin Laden. He was really a household word in the US, because of 9/11. But it appears that in terms of geopolitical influence and scope, Suleimani was much bigger, and his takeout might … Continue reading →
SCOOP: Senior US government official confirms to CBS News the strike was in response to active threat to US interests in the region personally overseen by GEN Suleimani. Official made clear US prepared to take further action if diplomats, soldiers … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a somewhat-edited version of a previous post.] Today is the seventy-eighth anniversary of the December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attack. The generation that reacted to it by mobilizing and fighting World War II is on its last … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post.] Yes, indeed, I am that old—old enough to just barely remember when Veterans Day was called Armistice Day. The change in names occurred in 1954, when I was very small, in … Continue reading →