I was not looking forward to The United Nations Association Leadership Summit. What concerned me was not the seminars or panels with veteran US
Category: Foreign Policy
Beware of Putin after World Cup and meeting with Trump
Four and a half years ago, on Sunday, February 23, the 2014 Winter Olympics ended in Sochi, Russia. Four days later, masked Russian troops
North Korea, Iran and 45: a brief study in illogic
To recap: North Korea – Has threatened mission strikes on U.S. land; has missiles capable of said strike; continues to develop nuclear weapons; starving
Trump transcripts: Latest “thinking” on Syria
For those who think that Donald Trump is thinking about issues, think again. From his utterances [let’s not dignify them by calling them “statements”]
What a Hell of a Way to Organize: An Interview With Francis Horton
(reprinted from Midwest Socialist) Francis Horton is that rarest of U.S. soldiers: a leftist and self-identifying socialist. Born in Missouri in 1983, he joined
What we don’t say about the Gold Stars
If we needed to be re-awakened, the PBS Series “The Vietnam War” reminded us that men and women who served in Vietnam were certainly
Where does US have troops in Africa, how many, and why?
Recently, many of us learned that the US has troops stationed in Niger and in other African nations. The news came as a surprise
A review of “October: The Story of the Russian Revolution”, by China Mieville
Centennials don’t have much objective relevance, but they are marked nonetheless. It shouldn’t surprise, then, that everyone from The New York Times to Alex
US has troops in Niger? Why?
I was surprised to learn that last week, four US soldiers were ambushed and killed in the northwestern African nation of Niger. I was
Trump’s Saudi arms deal: Phony
During his visit to Saudi Arabia, Donald Trump crowed about completing a $110 billion arms deal. But, like so many of Trump’s other big-number