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Post #500: No Exit in Iran

A Hopeless US Proposal Donald Trump thinks a 15-point plan will end the war with Iran. Seems like a hope…

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Post #499: Cuba is Trump’s Next Imperial Project

Another Nonexistent Threat Regime change in Cuba may be the next stop for the Trump war machine. Here’s what he…

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Post #498: Unexpected Gifts: Beijing and Moscow Gain from Trump’s War

I have previously commented about the strategic blunders the Trump regime has made in its war on Iran. Add this…

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Post #180: Trump’s Collapsing World

17 Aug 2017
As Trump’s world collapses around him—abandoned by CEOs, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, several key Republicans in Congress, and some in the conservative news media—it’s time to see him for…
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A Proposal to Move From Threats to Talks with North Korea

11 Aug 201710 Aug 2017
What might it take to create a breakthrough to resumption of US-North Korea talks?  The experiences of prior diplomacy suggest an answer: a special emissary of the president to meet…
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Post #179: Trump’s Threats

9 Aug 2017
The problem with Donald Trump’s “fire and fury” statement on North Korea isn’t merely that it intensifies an already tense situation.  Nor is it just another example of Trump’s inappropriate,…
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APB: Rex Tillerson Speaks on North Korea

4 Aug 20174 Aug 2017
On August 1 Secretary of State Tillerson gave his first press briefing since taking office. He spoke mainly about North Korea policy.  It is a perfectly sensible statement, containing none…
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Post #178: Reaching Paris Without Stopping in Washington

1 Aug 201731 Jul 2017
History may record that the planet’s climate crisis was avoided thanks to the efforts of three countries: China, Germany, and France.  Or not.  The preparedness of those three, and the…
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 US POLITICS: Michael Marien, The Trexit Scenarios: Possibilities for Trump Exit and Beyond

31 Jul 20171 Aug 2017
(ABSTRACT - July 31, 2017)                   Many observers in 2016 warned that Donald Trump was unfit for the White House.  After half a year in office, many more unhappy observers…
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Post #177: Jared Kushner and National Security

23 Jul 201722 Jul 2017
Jared Kushner’s latest revision of his financial picture reveals a very wealthy man, and couple, who continue to profit enormously from the Trump presidency.  But beyond the numbers lies the…
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Post #176: The Smoking Gun?

11 Jul 2017
With the revelation today (July 11) that Donald Trump, Jr. leaped at the opportunity to find some dirt on Hillary Clinton, we have our first clear idea of what his…
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APB: The US-China-North Korea Tangle

4 Jul 2017
It’s not too early to sound alarm bells about the downward turn in US-China relations.  Trump’s evident frustration with China over its presumed failure to rein in North Korea has…
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Post #175: Advise, Assist, Arm: The United States at War

27 Jun 201727 Jun 2017
During the Cold War, the US military and the CIA were involved in a multitude of “indirect” interventions in developing countries.  A few—most dramatically and tragically, Vietnam—evolved from a supporting…
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Post #174: Disengaging with Cuba

17 Jun 2017
President Obama’s engagement with Cuba was one of his administration’s success stories.  The policy shift was based on the entirely realistic as well as humanitarian assessment that permanent estrangement deepens…
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Post #173: Keeping Trump Alive: A Strange Consensus

13 Jun 2017
The leaders of both parties are divided on numerous matters, but on one critical piece of business they seem united: keep Donald Trump in office.  That rather extraordinary, and by…

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