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FBI Director Warns China’s Hacking Poses Existential Threat

Friday, February 2, 2024 at 6:07 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The Chinese Dragon as cyber virus On Wednesday, when FBI Director Chris Wray began his congressional testimony, everyone expected to hear boilerplate law-enforcement concerns. Instead, Wray issued warnings about Chinese espionage and digital warfare that shocked the world.  ‘China’s hackers are positioning on American infrastructure in preparation to wreak havoc and cause real-world harm to American citizens and… Read more.

Xi’s State Visit to Russia Showed Limits to ‘Friendship Without Limits’

Friday, March 24, 2023 at 6:16 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Putin hoped Xi’s state visit to Russia would reinforce their “friendship without limits.” He wanted Xi to agree to supply weapons to help him wage his genocidal war in Ukraine. But Xi has been limiting his support to little more than parroting Putin’s propaganda. Xi’s state visit to Russia And who can blame Putin? After… Read more.

Biden’s Foreign Policy A-Team Is Failing Him

Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 8:13 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

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.

Kashmir Is to India as Hong Kong Is to China. Sorry Pakistan.

Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at 1:07 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

India and Pakistan have been fighting over Kashmir ever since the British partitioned India in 1947. In fact, not since the Peloponnesian Wars has one divided nation fought so many wars to so little effect. To be fair, each side insists it has only ever engaged in defensive cross-border skirmishes. And nothing lends more credence… Read more.

Putin Hyping Nukes to Look Strong? That’s Weak!

Friday, March 2, 2018 at 7:38 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The world had come to expect only North Korean President Kim Jong-un to bluster about nuclear strikes. Then came US President Donald Trump blustering about raining down nuclear “fire and fury.” And now comes Russian President Vladimir Putin blustering about this: Russia has tested an array of new strategic nuclear weapons that can’t be intercepted,… Read more.

China Buying the Global Influence Russia and US Fighting For…

Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 6:38 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Egypt’s new capital city moved a step closer to reality with the announcement that Chinese developers will largely fund the mega project. The China Fortune Land Development Company (CFLD) agreed to provide $20 billion for the currently unnamed city, after a meeting between heads of the firm and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. This… Read more.

Fall of the Berlin Wall

Friday, November 7, 2014 at 6:48 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Germany will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall this weekend. Every country in the West should be celebrating too. Fall of the Berlin Wall Of course, the fall of the Berlin Wall (on November 9, 1989) led to the reunification of Germany. But it also led to the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the… Read more.

Russia Reopening Base in Cuba? Whoopty Friggin’ Doo

Friday, July 18, 2014 at 5:45 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming (back to Cuba)! Russia has quietly reached an agreement with Cuba to reopen a Soviet-era spy base on America’s doorstep, amid souring relations between Moscow and Washington. The deal to reopen the signals intelligence facility in Lourdes, south of Havana, was agreed in principle during President Vladimir… Read more.

I Said Putin Would Hand Snowden Over. I Was Wrong.

Friday, October 25, 2013 at 5:35 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

iPINIONS argued in a July 2013 commentary on boycotting the Olympics over Snowden that Putin clearly had no use for Snowden and seemed certain to hand him over to his American partner well ahead of the Sochi Opening Ceremony. Well, such a handover now seems like a pipe dream. Far from using Snowden as a bargaining… Read more.

Margaret Thatcher, the ‘Iron Lady of the Western World,’ Is Dead

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 5:47 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman. This was how the UK Evening News quoted Margaret Thatcher, then the Conservative MP for Finchley, turning male chauvinism on its head. No doubt it delighted her audience at the National Council of the Townwomen’s Guilds in… Read more.