According to Andrew Bracevich, the Trump administration should approach the problems posed by North Korea with a seven step process. He writes at The American Conservative (abridged): There are seven postulates that ought to inform U.S. policy regarding North Korea. First, our objective. Nothing is more important than to be clear about what we are trying […]
A Neutral United States?
Former CIA Chief of the bin Laden unit, Michael Scheuer writes, For now, however, the beginning of wisdom is to look at what is going on in Iraq and Syria and see it clearly. In both places all of those folks that multiple U.S. administrations have identified as enemies of America are killing each other…. This […]
Who Owns the South China Sea Islands?
Pat Buchanan makes it clear that we do not. As Pat writes, the islands are not our vital interest. A naval clash with China over these islands makes little sense for America. Each of the China Sea claimants—Beijing, Taipei, Manila, and Hanoi—have maps going back decades and even centuries to support their claims. The U.S. […]
Are the Chinese About to Flee Bordeaux?
After buying up numerous estates in Bordeaux, some Chinese investors are looking for the exit. It turns out producing wine isn’t all smooth sailing. Jane Anson of Decanter reports that up to 40 Chinese owned Chateaux may be about to come back onto the market. She writes: It is believed that around 160 châteaux in Bordeaux are […]
Will America Ever Learn the Lessons of Afghanistan?
Former CIA officer and regular contributor to The American Conservative, Philip Giraldi recommends the book Fool’s Errand, by Scott Horton as a guide to the Afghan war and its background. Will America learn its lesson in the country, or forever continue a war without an end game there? Giraldi writes: I don’t know to what […]
America’s Best Course in the South China Sea
There is little benefit to America of backing up the claims of allies over disputed territories in the South China Sea. Benjamin Herscovitch explains an appropriate course of action for the U.S. in the region at Cato.org. To avoid needlessly entangling itself in the South China Sea dispute, the United States should not support the […]
The World’s Worst Weapon Is Now in Korea
In The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan writes that despite the new evidence that North Korea possesses the technology for creating the world’s worst weapon, a hydrogen bomb, the U.S. should wait on a preemptive attack. He writes: Arguably the world’s worst regime now has the world’s worst weapon, an H-bomb, with ICBMs to follow. What […]
Trump Keeping Promises, With No Help from the GOP
Despite a Congress and Senate that appear to be determined to do absolutely nothing until at least 2018, President Donald Trump has been ticking off a number of promises kept to voters. At The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan writes that the GOP coalition has gone to war against itself. This obviously can’t be a good […]
Should the U.S. Cut Japan and South Korea Some Slack?
For generations now the United States has implemented policies limiting the armament of Japan and South Korea. Each is now an ally, but limited by military weakness. What good is having an ally that’s so weak they can’t contribute to their own defenses? Doug Bandow, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, has written in […]
Scheuer: Trump Should Purge General Officers Corps
Michael Scheuer, former head of the CIA’s bin Laden unit, urges President Trump to purge the general officers corps for reasons including: –They and their predecessors have not won a war since 1945. In truth, they have won nothing in the most war-filled 72 years in American history. –They have regularly betrayed the military men […]
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