TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
Speaking on Fox News on Sunday, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster reported that the chance of a US war with North Korea is “increasing every day,” warning that the US is in a “race” to solve the problem. The implication of McMaster’s comments are that the US feels itself increasingly approaching a point where they Read More…
The New York Times reported on October 22 that the United States has “just over 240,000 active-duty and reserve troops in at least 172 countries and territories,” which is a staggering total. But in an intriguing revelation the Times reported that there are a further 37,813 troops deployed “on presumably secret assignment in places listed simply as ‘unknown.’ The Pentagon Read More…
The Pentagon intends to expand the U.S. military presence in northern Syria even after the total elimination of ISIS, The Washington Post reported. The newspaper also said that the U.S. would support the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to pressure Assad and make concessions at United Nations-brokered peace talks in Geneva. According to the White Read More…
Geopolitics becomes a lot easier if we can discern repeating patterns. For example, the common thread through the crises in Ukraine, Libya and Syria is a clever but ruthless playbook of regime-change. This stratagem of toppling governments while appearing noble should perhaps be called the “geopolitics of crocodile tears.” There were times in history when Read More…
At a moment of widespread acknowledgement that the short-lived Islamic State is no longer a reality, and as ISIS is about to be defeated by the Syrian Army in its last urban holdout of Abu Kamal City in eastern Syria, the US is signaling an open-ended military presence in Syria. On Monday Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon Read More…
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, in opening remarks to the Arab League today, declared that the kingdom “will not hesitate to defend its national security to keep its people safe” while requesting that joint action be taken to stop Iranian “aggression” and attacks on Arab states. Last weekend Saudi Arabia called an emergency session of the Arab League to Read More…