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Turkey Greenlights Sweden’s NATO Membership – After Giving Members a Near Heart Attack

Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at 6:17 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan straddles Western democracies and Eastern autocracies, much as Turkey straddles Europe and Asia. His politics are as ambidextrous as Turkey’s geography is strategic. And Erdogan has used Sweden’s application for NATO membership to display his ambidexterity. Turkey greenlights Sweden’s NATO membership Russia’s genocidal invasion of Ukraine scared Finland and Sweden straight. It moved both to… Read more.

Prigozhin’s Failed Coup Succeeded in Exposing Putin’s Fake Power

Monday, June 26, 2023 at 4:18 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Prigozhin’s failed coup Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner mercenaries marched on Saturday to overthrow Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. And they seemed as hell-bent as Libyan opposition forces were when they marched to overthrow Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. Everyone was rooting for those Wagner mercenaries to succeed. That is, except for the notorious few… Read more.

African Leaders on Fool’s Errand to Broker Peace Between Ukraine and Russia

Saturday, June 17, 2023 at 6:32 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

African leaders on fools’ errand African leaders say they’re on a mission to broker peace between Ukraine and Russia. Evidently, they think European leaders haven’t bothered to try. But prevailing facts and circumstances make clear these Africans can only be on a fool’s errand. An African delegation on a peace mission to Ukraine headed by South… Read more.

Chinese Fighter Jet Intercepts US Spy Plane with ‘Unnecessarily Aggressive’ Maneuver

Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 6:19 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Chinese fighter jet intercepts US spy plane On Friday, a Chinese fighter jet intercepted a US spy plane over the South China Sea. The US is complaining that it did so in an “unnecessarily aggressive” manner. And it published a video of this intercept to prove its point.  That video has gone viral. No doubt,… Read more.

South Africa Is Sending Arms to Russia – Because China Ordered It To

Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:03 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

South Africa is sending arms to Russia because the world is at war. For now, Ukraine is the battlefield. And, for now, Russians and Ukrainians are the combatants. But countries are taking sides. They are siding with Ukraine and the forces of democracy, or with Russia and the forces of autocracy. Some countries are hedging… Read more.

What Sudan Ceasefire? Army Launches Offensive against RSF

Sunday, April 30, 2023 at 3:17 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

What Sudan Ceasefire? The Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) reportedly extended their ceasefire. The RSF announced a “humanitarian truce” for 72 hours beginning at midnight tonight. Except that the army marked that announcement by launching an offensive against the RSF. It reportedly wants to drive the RSF out of the capital, Khartoum.… Read more.

China’s Xi Speaks with Zelensky – as a Feint for Putin and Himself

Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 7:31 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Chinese President Xi Jinping finally spoke with Zelensky today. But he only did so as a feint to help Russian President Vladimir Putin and himself. Yet everyone is reacting as if Xi offered Zelensky a credible peace plan. A plan, that is, that will make Ukraine’s looming counteroffensive unnecessary. But nothing could be further from the… Read more.

Banning TikTok Is about National Security. Quitting Social Media Is About Mental Health

Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 7:48 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Yes, TikTok harvests your data. But social media like Facebook and even retailers like Whole Foods and Amazon do too. Banning TikTok? The difference, of course, is that the latter are US companies harvesting data to sell you stuff. Whereas the former is a Chinese company doing so to turn you against your own country.… Read more.

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

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.

Will China Supply Weapons to Help Russia Finish Off Ukraine?

Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 6:32 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his Chinese counterpart at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. They discussed many bilateral issues, but only one question mattered: Will China supply weapons to help Russia finish off Ukraine? U.S. intelligence suggests China is considering providing arms and ammunition to Russia, an involvement in the Kremlin’s war effort… Read more.