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Trump Honors Veterans Day by Planning His Own Ukraine-Style War in Venezuela

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump mobilizing military to attack Venezuela

Trump is marking Veterans Day by plotting his own Ukraine-style war in Venezuela. iPINIONS thinks this proves America’s folly isn’t failing to learn from history, but repeating it for ratings. See my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-honors-veterans-day-by-planning Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: foreign policy, Latin America, military, Putin, Trump, Venezuela, Veterans Day

Russian Fighter Jet Downs US Drone – Proving It Can Menace US With Impunity.

Friday, March 17, 2023 at 6:24 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Russia forces down US drone and Biden says it was just an accident

Russian pilots have been menacing US pilots and unmanned drones for years. And they’ve been doing so with reckless abandon and impunity. So this comes as no surprise: Russia downs US drone The Kremlin said it would try to retrieve the wreckage of the surveillance drone, which the Biden administration said was crashed in international… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Black Sea, drone, Joe Biden, military, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping

Egypt: military savior a bigger devil than Mubarak?

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 5:04 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I have been obliged on a few occasions to explain why I quote from previous commentaries so often. In a nutshell it’s because I find nothing more disingenuous and self-serving than commentators waxing clairvoyant on unfolding events by claiming they predicted things would be thus in one or another commentary, but conveniently failing to provide… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Egypt, military, pro-democracy protesters

Gays in the Military: Don’t ask don’t tell repealed!

Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 5:56 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I don’t know why anyone would want to serve in the U.S. military these days – when chances are very good that he or she will be shipped right out to the killing fields of Iraq and Afghanistan.  All the same, I celebrate the belated recognition of gays and lesbians to do so … openly: The government’s “don’t… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: DADT, Don't ask, don't tell, gays, military

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