Two deals: Munich and Iran
Victor Davis Hanson compares and contrasts. Well worth reading, as is most of what Hanson writes.
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Vietnam then and now: the turning
Michael Totten has an excellent article on Vietnam today. The country is a capitalist (or at least mostly-capitalist or semi-capitalist) success story and Ho Chi Minh’s worst nightmare: Hanoi’s economy looks and feels entirely unregulated; the city bursts with activity. … Continue reading →
“A defeat without a war”
This post by Scott Johnson at Powerline is a good summary of the Iran deal, and it has some excellent links. See also this by Thomas Sowell. I think the last line of the piece is too understated; the phrase … Continue reading →
Why isn’t the Iran deal a treaty? Please listen to this
There doesn’t seem to be a way to embed the audio I’m asking you to listen to, but please go to the link. The important part of the audio starts at minute 17:25 goes to minute 27:12, and another part … Continue reading →
A few more of my post-Iran-deal predictions
For a person who tends not to make too many predictions, I’ve certainly been making some lately. So here are a few more, for what they’re worth: I don’t think the Israelis will bomb Iran’s facilities unless they get some … Continue reading →
Selling Iran the rope
A quote from Lenin that’s been running through my head, post Iran deal: “The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.” Several commenters here have pointed out the ramifications of the Iran deal, particularly to … Continue reading →
The political aftermath of the Iran deal
Anyone who thought Hillary Clinton might part company with Obama was betting on the wrong horse: she’s given tentative approval to the deal, leaving herself a tiny bit of wiggle room. Obama and the MSM will spin the Iran deal … Continue reading →
Iran deal is reached
We knew it was coming. We’ve known it for a long, long time. So here it is (lots of articles and reactions at the link). These are my initial thoughts (I plan to write more a bit later in the … Continue reading →
Iran talks: on and on and on they go…
…and where they stop, nobody knows. But we can be pretty sure it won’t be anyplace good. I’ve written a lot about the current Iran negotiations, but don’t take the fact that I haven’t written about them lately to mean … Continue reading →
The battle of Castle Itter
Here’s quite a story—a description of one of the very last battles at the close of WWII, one in which the Wehrmacht and the Allies fought together against the Waffen-SS.
Continue reading →The NY Times tries really, really hard…
…to parse Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s latest remarks in a way that doesn’t make President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry look like fools, dupes, appeasers, or traitors. It’s a difficult task, and I can’t say that the Times succeeds. … Continue reading →
D-Day: 71 years
[NOTE: The following is a repeat of a post from the 65th anniversary of D-day. I have added a small amount of new commentary to update.] Today is the 71th anniversary of D-Day, the Normandy landings in WWII. Here’s a … Continue reading →