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Chinese officials are gaslighting liars. They make Donald Trump look like a Boy Scout. But, like a broken clock, they might be right this time. The mission of this Chinese spy balloon might be trolling more than spying. Chinese spy balloon But why would China launch a balloon to spy on US nuclear silos? Doesn’t that seem… Read more.
Russia is threatening to end nuclear arms control. But its president, Vladimir Putin, has become the boy who cried wolf. So many political analysts are dismissing this as just another idle threat. I disagree. Nuclear arms control Putin is establishing a pretext to honor Russia’s quid pro quo with Iran. Because I suspect Russia struck… Read more.
NATO is still infighting over sending weapons to Ukraine. It began with stinger missiles. This, even though Ukraine needed them to take out Russian tanks. That has been the case with practically every weapon Ukraine has pleaded for. Infighting over sending fighter jets has been most enduring in this respect. Now NATO is infighting over… Read more.
The world is at war in Ukraine – by proxy. Many countries are taking sides. Others are hedging their bets. Exhibit A is South Africa. It claims it remains non-aligned. Yet it’s conducting war games with Russia and China. That belies its claim. Ukraine is pitting democracies against autocracies President Biden has framed this as… Read more.
Pictures of President Biden golfing in the Caribbean are all over the media. But so are pictures of President Zelensky braving war trenches in Ukraine. This unwitting juxtaposition does not bode well – for Biden. Biden golfs while Zelensky braves war trenches Biden has done more to help Ukraine than any other world leader. And… Read more.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine will meet with President Biden at the White House on Wednesday and later deliver a prime-time address to a joint session of Congress, a daring trip abroad intended to reaffirm American support for his country, White House officials announced late Tuesday night. (The New York Times, December 21, 2022) Ukraine… Read more.
Biden’s Dithering Over Sending Weapons to Ukraine President Biden has been dithering over sending weapons to Ukraine from day one. His dithering will be the biggest blunder of this war. And, given the blunders President Putin has committed, that’s saying a lot. Putin’s blunders began with his ill-fated decision to launch his genocidal “Special Military Operation.” His master… Read more.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky seems hellbent on drawing NATO into direct conflict with Russia. For example, he immediately blamed Russia for a missile that crash-landed in Poland last Tuesday. We can chalk that up to the fog of war. But then Polish President Duda announced that the “missile appears to have been fired by Ukrainian air defence.” More to the… Read more.
UN Secretary General Mr. António Guterres will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday. Reports are that he hopes to prevail upon Putin to allow for the safe passage of civilians from areas of conflict and the delivery of humanitarian aid to hard-hit areas. (Reuters, April 19, 2022) Never mind that this will… Read more.
For China, to help, or not to help Russia: that is the question. It can help Ukraine defend itself against Russia’s genocidal invasion. And, by doing so, it would join the civilized world. Or it can help Russia take Ukraine. But, by doing so, it would suffer sanctions and boycotts. This, like those that have… Read more.
