Djibouti, a tiny country on the Horn of Africa, is about to get a little crowded. The largest and only permanent U.S. Military base in Africa, Camp Lemonnier, will soon have new neighbors. China and Saudi Arabia are building military bases at the strategic Mandab Strait that sees 10 percent of the world’s oil and 20 […]
Could Trump Win Afghanistan Using Mercenaries?
A money man, an ambassador, a former SEAL, and a former Army policy advisor to the Joint Chiefs are all trying to persuade the Trump administration to outsource the war in Afghanistan to hired gun contractors. The money man, Steve Feinberg, is working the policy circuit in Washington trying to drum up support for the […]
This Senator Finally Gets it Right on Saudi Arabia
It’s not often you see a senator, or any politician for that matter, willing to break the unwritten Washington D.C. rule banning criticism of Saudi Arabia, but one courageous senator just did. After the Saudis condemned Qatar for supporting terrorism, Sen. Bob Corker and a few other brave politicians have pointed out just how much […]
Is Russia Really an Enemy?
Pat Buchanan examines the idea of whether or not Russia is an enemy. Despite heated rhetoric and frequently different viewpoints, Pat calls Sen. Tim Kaine’s labeling of Donald Trump Jr.’s contact with a Russian as “treason” a step too far. Treason is helping an enemy in time of war, but are we really at war […]
The Vacuity of the G-20
With another G-20 come and gone, what in the world has changed? Here’s what the summit did not accomplish: No change in trade policy. No change in environmental policies. Will any of the leaders who signed the communiqué spend a moment thinking about how to implement it back home, asks Walter Russell Mead in the […]
Does the West Have the Will to Survive?
Commenting on President Trump’s speech in Poland, Peggy Noonan suggests that if the president spoke at home like he did in Poland, more Americans would welcome him. “If he gives serious, thoughtful, prepared remarks only when traveling, he should travel more.” President Donald Trump, 6 July 2017, Warsaw: Our defense is not just a commitment […]
Richardcyoung.com Fully Supports President Donald Trump in First Meeting with Putin
President Trump will be meeting President Vladimir Putin of Russia at the G20 summit in Germany. Despite the unsubstantiated media circus surrounding Trump and Russia, the meeting is an opportunity for America and Russia to calm the tensions that have been destabilizing the world. Pat Buchanan writes that he hopes Trump will ignore the foreign […]
Lots More Coal
The New York Times is worried. China, it maintains, is in the process of seizing “climate leadership” from the United States and, along the way, reaping the economic and diplomatic rewards that come from dominating the world markets for wind and solar energy. More worrisome, with the U.S. pulling out of the Paris climate agreement […]
Trump Hammers China over Trade with North Korea
Efforts by the Trump administration, and the president personally, to work with China on the issue of North Korea’s increasingly unpredictable behavior, seems to have failed. With the recent launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile by the North Koreans, President Trump tore into the Chinese. The president hammered growing trade between the two countries, despite […]
Collision Course: A New Nuclear Threat in North Korea
Yesterday, the North Koreans successfully showed that they have the technology to fire an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) far enough to hit most of the United States. The ICBM is proof that North Korea has made great strides in its ballistic missile technology, and creates a new nuclear threat for the American people. Justin McCurry […]
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