TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
Geopolitics becomes a lot easier if we can discern repeating patterns. For example, the common thread through the crises in Ukraine, Libya and Syria is a clever but ruthless playbook of regime-change. This stratagem of toppling governments while appearing noble should perhaps be called the “geopolitics of crocodile tears.” There were times in history when Read More…
Only 36 percent of Americans consider Saudi Arabia to be a friend or ally and little benefit has come from America’s special relationship with Saudi Arabia, However, U.S. leaders seem to be accountable elsewhere. The Ritz Carlton Hotel in downtown Riyadh is now serving as a temporary prison, holding some of the 201 people that Read More…
At a moment of widespread acknowledgement that the short-lived Islamic State is no longer a reality, and as ISIS is about to be defeated by the Syrian Army in its last urban holdout of Abu Kamal City in eastern Syria, the US is signaling an open-ended military presence in Syria. On Monday Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon Read More…
Following comments by the White House last week that the administration would soon bring more pressure on North Korea, President Donald Trump has confirmed as much to a crowd of reporters, adding that, as of today, that North Korea would once again be designated a terror sponsor. Trump cited the killing of North Korean leader Kim Read More…
The US now has more troops in Somalia than at any other time since 1993. One of the many quiet escalations in countries where US military operations on the ground hadn’t really been well publicized in the first place, officials say that the US has more than doubled the number of ground troops in Somalia this Read More…
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSIn a time of universal deceit, telling the Truth Is truly a revolutionary act, and that has never been more apparent than in today’s hyper-partisan climate, where facts no longer hold sway, and one’s opinion is now only as strong as Read More…