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Trump Upholds the Tradition of Lying About War Jan. 09, 2020
Donald Trump's administration has been a fountain of lies from his first day in office. But the U.S.... Read More
Fort Bragg Answers a 911 Call Again Jan. 09, 2020
When the president calls 911, the phone rings at Fort Bragg. It is an expression some version of whi... Read More
Anxiety Grips Leaderless America Jan. 07, 2020
George W. Bush and Barack Obama both had Gen. Qassem Soleimani in their gunsights. Neither ordered t... Read More
Mike Pompeo Was Definitely NOT a Marine Officer Nov. 09, 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has impressive credentials: He graduated third in his class from Los ... Read More
Pompeo and Barr Oct. 23, 2019
Two recent high-profile speeches by Trump administration officials say much — maybe even all w... Read More
America's Individual-Sanctions Weapon: Economic and Diplomatic Warfare Power With an Information Edge Oct. 16, 2019
With the goals of halting human rights abuse and deterring corruption, the U.S. Treasury Department ... Read More
Trump's GOP Defenders Need to Recognize the Clear and Present Danger He Poses Oct. 04, 2019
President Donald Trump either deliberately chooses not to acknowledge the supremacy of federal law o... Read More
Dangerous Straits Sep. 18, 2019
A new Middle East war seems a very bad option. Over the weekend, we got another reminder that we liv... Read More
Who Wants This War with Iran? May. 17, 2019
Speaking on state TV of the prospect of a war in the Gulf, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei ... Read More
Trump's Fondness for Strongmen Leaders Abroad May. 15, 2019
We the people are preoccupied and landlocked with the Mueller report on the Russia investigation, di... Read More
Are All the World's Problems Ours? May. 10, 2019
In 2003, George W. Bush took us to war to liberate Iraq from the despotism of Saddam Hussein and con... Read More
Is Bolton Steering Trump Into War with Iran? May. 07, 2019
Last week, it was Venezuela in America's gun sights. "While a peaceful solution is desirable, milit... Read More
Manila's Beijing Bromance Wrecks on Pag-asa Island Apr. 10, 2019
On April 4, the prickly Philippines president, Rodrigo Duterte, warned China that his country would ... Read More
The Churn and Burn of Trump's Cabinet Apr. 03, 2019
WASHINGTON — It was famously said that Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the cheery president who led... Read More
Mike Pompeo's War Warning to China Mar. 05, 2019
As President Trump flew home from his Hanoi summit with Kim Jong Un, Mike Pompeo peeled off and flew... Read More
Is Bolton Steering Trump into War with Iran? Jan. 15, 2019
"Stop the ENDLESS WARS!" implored President Donald Trump in a Sunday night tweet. Well, if he is ser... Read More
The Saudi Challenge Oct. 19, 2018
Jamal Khashoggi's murder — and no one now questions whether the Washington Post contributor wa... Read More
On North Korea and Iran, Trump is Deluding Himself Jul. 29, 2018
Take a tough Republican president, a Chinese government committed to help us and a North Korean gove... Read More
There Is No Russia Witch Hunt Jul. 27, 2018
We should all breathe a collective sigh of relief that Vladimir Putin will not be coming to Washingt... Read More
Will Iran and North Korea Capitulate to Trump? May. 24, 2018
American presidents have spent countless hours negotiating with adversaries to reach mutually bearab... Read More
