Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. The recent deaths of three U.S. soldiers near the Jordanian-Syrian border made me reflect on an obvious fact: It would be hard to kill U.S. soldiers in the Middle East if they weren’t based and deployed there....
‘All Options Are on the Table’
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. There they go again. The geniuses inside the DC Beltway are bombing the Middle East again, specifically 85+ targets in Iraq and Syria allegedly supported by Iran. It’s funny: I don’t recall a Congressional...
Keep Giving Scores of Billions to Ukraine Because Taiwan
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. I was reading Heather Cox Richardson again and came across this priceless quote: [NATO Secretary General Jens] Stoltenberg: It would be a tragedy for the Ukrainians if President Putin wins, but it will also...
Funding Ukraine to Kill Russians
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. “Meanwhile, Ukraine is running out of ammunition.” That was the last sentence in Heather Cox Richardson’s “Letters from an American” column for January 25, 2024. I read her daily columns. She’s a strong...
That Old Canard of Isolationism
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. In my “daily briefing” from Reuters this morning, an old canard popped up again: As Donald Trump strengthens his lead in the race for the Republican nomination, some US allies are worried about an American...
Bombing Another Country for Peace
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Last night, the U.S. bombed another country, Yemen, in the name of the “rules-based order.” Yemen has been striking shipping as a form of protest against the ongoing Israeli genocide-in-slow-motion in Gaza. It...
Learning from Old Globes
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Back in 2015, I broke out my old globe and wrote the article below. My globe is roughly 100 years old, when Israel didn’t exist. The relatively tiny area of Palestine (look for Jerusalem) is labeled “Brit...
More Arms to Israel: No Congressional Approval Required
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Another “emergency” shipment of arms to Israel: What a way to end the year! First, the Biden administration sent $106 million in tank shells to Israel without Congressional approval. Now, the government is...
Thoughts on War in Gaza and Ukraine
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Some thoughts – more or less connected – on war in Gaza and Ukraine: Israel is engaged in a "traditional" war of conquest. Like the Romans destroyed Carthage, Israel is essentially destroying Gaza using...
‘Tis the Season for War
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. As Christmas approaches, it doesn’t seem to be the season to be jolly, unless you’re a U.S. weapons manufacturer. It seems instead yet another season for war, as the president and Congress fight over how much...
