I’m with Iowahawk, who said on Twitter (April 30), referring to some of Obama’s foreign policy aides such as Ben Rhodes, “I have a hard time believing a foreign policy brain trust made up of America’s top failed novelists and … Continue reading →
I was listening to MSNBC for about 15 minutes last night, shortly after Trump announced that he was ending our participation in the Iran deal. The show featured a bunch of talking heads telling us in very dire tones that … Continue reading →
One of the many many perks of the end of the Obama administration was the long-hoped-for fading away from public life of John Forbes Kerry. When I looked at that Wiki entry of Kerry’s I was surprised to see that … Continue reading →
Netanyahu made an announcement today: Netanyahu, a longtime opponent of the nuclear agreement, said Israeli forces had recently seized reams of secret documents from Iran detailing what he called Tehran’s past attempts to conceal a military nuclear program. Iran has … Continue reading →
Austin Bay on Trump and the two Koreas. Here’s a sample: In March 2017, Trump’s foreign policy team of then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, Vice President Mike Pence and the tweeter-in-chief himself began a coordinated … Continue reading →
Well, the optics are certainly good. The reality is probably something quite different, although I couldn’t tell you what it is. But there is no reason to trust anything that Kim does. However, I can tell you one thing: if … Continue reading →
Maybe. And will this actually mean anything in the long run? I doubt it. But it’s certainly interesting.
Continue reading →The appointment of John Bolton as Trump’s National Security Advisor was bound to cause controversy and criticism, and so it has. I have always felt that Bolton is smart and tough, and much (not all) of the time I have … Continue reading →
It looks as though there will be a meeting between North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and President Trump: News of the meeting was delivered by South Korean officials after talks with Mr Trump at the White House. They passed a verbal … Continue reading →
As you can see from today’s headlines on memeorandum, the Parkland shootings are being used as a springboard for advocates of more gun control. This is hardly unusual; it’s regularly done after each such event. Some would say these tragedies … Continue reading →
Here’s the story: South Korean President Moon Jae-in has credited his US counterpart Donald Trump with making a “huge” contribution to bringing the North and South together for landmark talks… “War must not break out on the Korean Peninsula again,” … Continue reading →
I agree with the sentiment expressed here, that journalists need to question themselves more: With the rise of the Internet and disruption of institutional media, many journalists have cheerfully shrugged off the ideal of objectivity. This certainly makes tweeting easier, … Continue reading →