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The Baltic: The Land Of Wonder
Another of my op-eds for my friends at Ace News Room….I appreciate the confidence they show in my analyses to allow me to be part of their site……please take some time and visit their site is growing by...
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News For Those Neocons In The Audience
I enjoy finding stuff that would make a normal neocon go off and have a stroke…….that is if they can pull their heads out of Trump’s butt long enough to actually read some news…..and this one should...
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Has NATO Run Its Course?
Its an election year and as usual most GOP candidates have attacked the UN in one fashion or another….they have accused of everything from being ineffective to being the leader of a new world...
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Why NATO Has Become One of the Most Destructive Forces
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) began in 1949 as a first line defense against the rise and expansion of communism……since those early days it has expanded to become a first strike weapon the...
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The Baltics: Countdown To WW3?
I recently read an article about the region of Europe called “The Baltics”……it was not a very optimistic story of the future…..but first I have been watching the events in the Baltics…..I wrote an...
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NATO Should Not Enter Syria
When Obama nominated Chuck Hagel as SecDef I was very pleased…..for one, he and I served in the same unit in Vietnam and two, he was a sergeant in the Army…..for me that made him more than qualified...
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Empire’s Double Edged Sword: Global Military + NGOs
It seems that the world is at war….not necessarily a world war but rather a bunch of small conflicts that do not seem to make much sense…..but in a grand scale it makes perfect sense……we have a global...
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The New Iron Curtain
Does anyone remember the term “Iron Curtain?” If so where did it originate? (insert Jeopardy music here)…….times up! At the end of WW2 Winston Churchill said that there was an Iron Curtain dropping...
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What Would It Take For A Retaliation?
You know that every action has a reaction……every wrong needs to be set right….but what would it take for NATO to retaliate? We have an agreement with all the signees of the NATO charter that we will...
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How About an Amerexit
I know I said that I would let the “Brexit” thing go for now…..but I read an article that made a lot of sense……..at least to me….. As long as everyone is running for an exit….why not the US? The US is...
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The Bully On The Block
As a junkie of all things international relations…I am constantly watching the press and the think tanks to keep my readers abreast of what is happening and why…… I do so enjoy the media acting as the...
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The Cold War–Redux
I have written many posts saying that there seems to be a new “Cold War” brewing….I am not alone….many writers and analysts see the same cauldron bubbling…..writers like Jason Ditz or Antiwar……. All...
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An Agenda for NATO in the Middle East
NATO originally began as a way for the Western powers to counter any Soviet incursions into Europe during the Cold War (the original Cold War not the new one)……and since those days it has grown from...
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How Interesting Can Turkey Get?
Since the coup attempt in Turkey last month the country has gone batcrap crazy….I wrote an op-ed for my friends at Ace News Room on the subject…. By now everyone has heard about the recent coup attempt...
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Could NATO Do More?
One of the presidential candidates think that the US should reconsider its involvement in NATO (a position that I can agree), the other thinks we are not doing enough with NATO (a war hawk...
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The Satan Bug
Before I start the day’s post….I must say something but my lovely citrus trees….. I start my Sunday with the photos of my satsuma harvest….for those in the South no explanation is necessary….but in...
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Dreaming Up a Reason for NATO’s Relevance
As the process continues…the search for the perfect government…..I will leave most of it behind and return to my love of foreign policy. During the run up to the final result of the past election Mr....
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NATO Advisers In Syria Captured
Over the weekend I read a news report about NATO advisers in Syria….the report states that 14 were captured in a bunker in Aleppo when the city was being liberated…… At least 14 US-led coalition...
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Gee, Why Is Russia So Paranoid?
There is much talk these days that Russia is just being paranoid….that NATO and the USA does not have any intentions of starting a new Cold War…. I had try to explain a little history of Russia to help...
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Why NATO Needs A European Pillar
If you followed the last election then know that our newly elected president has no love for NATO…..he even called it “obsolete”….. There is a scramble going on the try and find a way to preserve the...
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