David Frum’s Axis of Ego
On today’s NY Times Op Ed page David Frum gives us a terrific example of the nuttiness that gave us the Iraq War. Frum is the former White House speechwriter who helped to coin the phrase “Axis of...
View ArticleWhen North Korea Falls
Thanks to our Kiwi correspondent for alerting us to the above titled article in the October Atlantic Monthly by Robert Kaplan. Kaplan is always interesting writing about soldiers and soldiering and his...
View ArticleBush, Iran, Diplomacy and War
Last April in an exchange with a friend I wrote about the possible role of diplomacy in the Bush Universe. I post it now as Bush appears to be embarking on a widening of his Iraq fiasco; much of what...
View ArticleNorth Korea: Another Intelligence Failure?
We may need to come up with a new term to replace “Intelligence Community” when referring to what we are told about countries’ nuclear capabilities. Maybe “Idle Speculation Community” as in: “Sources...
View ArticleBush’s Last Chance??
Graham Allison has written an op ed about diplomacy and power in the Kennedy era for today’s Boston Globe. Reading the piece suggests that the Bush administration – after six years – may be beginning...
View ArticleThe North Korea Conundrum
We have it. The smoking gun. The evidence. The potential weapon of mass destruction we have been looking for as our pretext of invading Iraq. There’s just one problem – it’s in North Korea. –Jon...
View ArticleTrump Threatens N. Korea with “Fire and Fury”
“North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States, They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen.” ,President Trump Several years ago (December 2010) this blog had a...
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