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Putin’s nuclear threats mask conventional weakness Every time Putin plays his nuclear card, he seems so delusional he might think Russia is the only country with nukes. Who does he think he’s scaring? Putin’s war in Ukraine has weakened Russia so much that, like North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, he resorts to hollow nuclear threats in… Read more.
Yesterday, Netanyahu made an extraordinary apology for failing to rescue Israeli hostages. But his apology was as cynical as Trump’s apology for his lewd remarks on the infamous Access Hollywood tape. IDF soldiers found six dead Israeli hostages in a tunnel in Gaza on Sunday. This discovery provoked protests among tens of thousands of Israelis.… Read more.
Putin threatened “escalation” if US-supplied weapons enabled Ukraine to kill any of his invading Russians. More ominously, he warned he would use all means at his disposal if Ukraine even threatened Russia’s territorial integrity, implying a willingness to use nuclear weapons. He insisted this was a red line, claiming “it’s not a bluff”—as if Russia… Read more.
The United States spent 20 years trying to build Afghanistan in its image. Yet US soldiers surrendered it to the Taliban by sneaking away at night, abandoning a $2 trillion investment and countless Afghan allies. America’s evacuation from Kabul The retreat shocked the world and humiliated America. But just as in Vietnam, US military leaders… Read more.
In the interest of full disclosure, and to at least limit friendly fire, please beware that I voted for Joe Biden. In fact, when he picked Kamala Harris as his running mate, I duly gloated in “I Picked Biden-Harris 2020 in January 2019. Now It’s Official!” August 12, 2020. In other words, I not only… Read more.
Here is the forlorn note iPINIONS sounded at the beginning of “Friday Will Effectively Mark The End of America’s 20-Year War in Afghanistan,” January 11, 2021: _________ I have been pleading for nearly 15 years for the United States to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan. Because it has been patently clear for at least that… Read more.
