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Ukraine Is Finally Bombing Moscow the Way Russia Bombed Kyiv

Monday, May 18, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Zelensky, Biden, Putin and the drone warfare afoot

Ukraine spent the first years of Putin’s genocidal invasion begging Biden and NATO for the weapons to strike back in kind. Instead, Washington dithered, NATO cowered, and Kyiv paid the price. iPINIONS argues that while Biden delayed, Ukraine innovated. Now its drones are reaching Moscow, its weapons industry is booming, and Europe is looking to… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Article 5, Biden, drones, European Union, NATO, Putin, Russia, Ukraine, Zelensky

Israel Should Support Ukraine – If Only to Help Itself

Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 6:38 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Israelis protesting in support of Ukraine with poster of Putin as Hitler and image of Zelensky addressing Israeli parliament inset.

President Biden declared the war in Ukraine a clash between democracies and autocracies. Sure enough, democratic countries are supporting Ukraine. Autocratic countries are supporting Russia. Israel is a Democratic country.  It follows that Israel should be supporting Ukraine. Yet it stands out among the few democratic countries that are not doing so.  But a quid pro quo between… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: autocracy, Bibi Netanyahu, democracy, drones, Iran, Israel, nuclear weapons, Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin

Russia Has Become Too Much of a Pariah State Even for Iran

Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 9:25 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Protesters linking Iran and Russia as terrorist states with Putin greeting Iranian president and Iranian president watching military parade inset.

Russia, the biggest pariah Ukraine has 50 countries discussing their intent to continue providing military aid at televised summits. Russia has 2 countries (Iran and China) denying they are providing the military aid everyone knows they are. Iran has denied supplying Russia with weapons for use in Ukraine, saying it ‘has not and will not’ do so. The denial,… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: autocracies, china, drones, Iran, Russia, Ukraine, weapons

Yes, Obama Should Drone American Terrorists Too!

Monday, February 11, 2013 at 8:16 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Anyone who harbored any delusion about Republicans/conservatives having a monopoly on political stupidity had to have been disabused of it last week. Because Democrats/liberals sounded every bit as stupid when they began hurling criticisms at President Obama for his drone strategy. Their criticisms stemmed from a leaked memo showing that Obama’s Justice Department provided the… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: drone memo, drones

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