Citizen Writers Fighting Censorship by Helping Americans Understand Issues Affecting the Republic.
Washington Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Sunday that NATO members have received a green light to send fighter jets to Ukraine as the United States and its allies continue their efforts to help Ukraine defend itself against a Russian invasion.
As I predicted some weeks ago in an article on this site, Russia has invaded the Ukraine. Also, as I predicted, the European nations have provided about as much help to the Ukraine as they provided to Poland in 1939 — practically none. A friend in Australia recently wrote, “I don’t know about you, but …
Wondering how Vice President Kamala Harris’ inappropriate laughter at a joint press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw on Thursday may have been received by the Ukrainian people? After watching a video of the exchange, a former spokeswoman for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote in a Twitter post, “It would be a tragedy if this …
After more than two weeks of non-leadership while watching the unmitigated Russian invasion of a sovereign country, it’s pretty apparent that our “leaders”, both civilian and military, have completely abdicated their primary responsibility (to LEAD).
The Chinese are sitting in the catbird seat during the Ukraine crisis. With patience and shrewd diplomacy, they can exploit virtually any outcome. They want to maintain their trade with the EU and keep their economic engine running. I suspect they want to see a protracted crisis that bleeds the west and Russia and strengthens their global position economically and militarily, while keeping the trade flowing. The crisis is in their interests, especially if sanctions blowback on the west and weaken them and open the door for a new reserve currency.
Russian mercenaries are withdrawing from Africa and redeploying to Eastern Europe as Moscow builds up troops on the Ukrainian border. Abuja, Nigeria – The infamous Wagner Group, run by one of President Putin’s closest confidants
For Beijing, the speed and severity of sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and its allies is a warning sign that could affect future economic and foreign policy.
While Putin Ravages Ukraine, Lloyd Austin’s Military Upguns Gender Dysphoria Propaganda
Thoughts on Ukraine Part 11: New Equilibrium Figure New Equilibrium Issues The figure above starts as a section of the New Equilibrium portion of the Conceptual Framework developed in Part 1. I have added elements based on developments over the last week. As the central question mark shows, there is still a great deal of …
Image: DreamsTime Why did China give about $70 million to the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), located in Philadelphia? In 2017 Penn hired Joe “The Big Guy” to its faculty as the Benjamin Franklin Presidential Practice Professor. Penn paid Big Guy $390,000 for 2017 and over $400,000 for 2018. But Professor Biden did not teach a …
Vladimir Putin’s violent assault on the sovereignty of Ukraine is not going as swimmingly as he no doubt predicted. Could that lack of progress goad him into as even more rash action?
As experience in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq show, if we do not do a rigorous assessment before an intervention and do not continue to do it throughout the intervention, a nation can bleed itself badly. Perhaps the key screening questions are will the people support the intervention and will they fight?
The first casualty in war is truth. The levels of complexity in the conflict in Ukraine are mind-boggling. Let’s review some truths that haven’t been killed – yet.
Far from de-escalating the situation, news of Biden’s assurance incensed the man who was already setting up to pounce.
Musings of a former US attack helicopter pilot with relatives on both side of the Ukraine – Russian Border.
Thoughts on Ukraine, Part 9: Impact on World’s Food Figure Sunflower Oil and Wheat are Two Key Ukrainian Food Exports One voice missing from the security discussions on Ukraine is food security. The agricultural community certainly understands it, and there is a lot of discussion. But history tells us that hunger is a powerful source …
During a Zoom call with members of Congress on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated his requests for a no-fly zone, more harsh sanctions and additional lethal military aid. Specifically, he asked for Russian-made MiG29 fighter jets. Ukrainian pilots know how to operate these planes, he said. As far as NATO leaders, including President Joe …
The US wants to avoid war with Russia. But is our Ukraine policy achieving that goal or pushing us closer to war?
Biden White House has gone from merely inept to downright dangerous. It’s important that Presidents are respected by our friends and in some instances feared by our enemies. That is not the case with the Biden Administration.
CBP official: “This was not only a clever attempt to try and smuggle in narcotics, one I haven’t seen before, but also time consuming …”