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Zelensky Is Alienating NATO by Insisting the Missiles that Landed in Poland Were Russian

Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 6:04 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

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.

Secretary General Will Meet Putin to Talk Humanitarian Aid. But No Safe Haven…?

Sunday, April 24, 2022 at 1:27 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

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.

China Is Thinking of Supplying Weapons to Russia. But It Fears Sanctions

Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 7:17 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

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.

The Plot to Kill Vladimir Putin…?

Saturday, February 19, 2022 at 6:47 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Putin’s paranoia I laughed at Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron sitting so far apart at a big marble table. It made them look like two wannabe Napoleons. I thought Putin was trying to snub Macron. But then I noticed Putin keeping the same absurd distance from his own foreign minister, Sergey… Read more.

America’s Evacuation from Kabul Looks Too Much Like Its Evacuation from Saigon

Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 6:37 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The United States spent 20 years trying to build Afghanistan in its image. Yet, US soldiers suddenly surrendered it to the Taliban last month by sneaking away at night. America’s evacuation from Kabul  News of the retreat shocked the world. It also humiliated the United States. But, just as in Vietnam, US military leaders in Afghanistan knew for years this war… Read more.

Ethnic Cleansing in Libya

Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 8:27 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

NATO countries bombed Serbia in large measure because the Serbs were ethnically cleansing Muslims from “their” country. Therefore, the unconscionable and untenable irony cannot be lost on NATO leaders that they are now aiding and abetting Libyan rebels who are ethnically cleansing black Africans from their country. Every day these rebels are betraying hints that… Read more.

The War in Libya and the War Powers Act

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 10:35 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The War Powers Act The War Powers Act of 1973 requires US presidents to get congressional consent before committing the military to armed conflict. But almost every president since WWII has ignored this Act. Under the Act, the President can only send combat troops into battle or into areas where ‘imminent’ hostilities are likely, for… Read more.

Russia consolidates control over Georgian territories…despite ceasefire

Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 4:59 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

As much as I would like to comment on the latest feats of athleticism at the Beijing Olympics, I cannot in light of ongoing developments in Georgia.  And nothing troubles my conscience and geopolitical consciousness more in this respect than the prevailing ignorance I find amongst so many American colleagues and friends about the origins… Read more.

UPDATE: With mission accomplished in Georgia, Putin orders ceasefire

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 5:08 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

[T]he US and EU have been effectively checkmated. Because, despite Saakashvili’s bellicose rhetoric about dire consequences if Putin does not retreat from his “large-scale military aggression” in Georgia, he knows that neither he nor his Western allies dares lift a finger to back up their words with action. And this fact is only reinforced by the U.S.… Read more.

China vs. Taiwan (and the US): Making Waves in the Taiwan Strait

Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at 10:45 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

China vs. Taiwan Cold War tensions are rising between the United States and China over Taiwan. I published a commentary a few months ago delineating why. In short, I cited the Cold War tensions between the US and the former Soviet Union over Cuba. Of course, that Cuban Missile Crisis escalated to the brink of nuclear war.  The Soviet Union blinked and retreated… Read more.