China Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with top Chinese officials in Alaska next week. [Link] Blinken said the US will take action against those who commit human rights violations in Hong King. [Link] Myanmar The US sanctioned the children of Myanmar’s...
This month, the Iraq war—in which I served as a U.S. Marine more than a decade ago—turns 18. As a result, soon there will likely be service members deploying to Iraq who were born after the war began in 2003. When they arrive, they will find the conflict remains a...
“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to relive it.”- Santayana There are some books you read which leave lasting scars on the mind. For me, that was The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer. Having first read it as a child when war was...
US News NY Governor Cuomo’s advisors changed Covid numbers to make it appear the governor wasn't responsible for killing as many nursing homes residents as he did. [Link] Biden extends an executive order naming Venezuela as a threat. [Link] Myanmar The US blocked...
People often express consternation over how something as awful as the Holocaust could ever have transpired. It seems utterly incomprehensible, until one reflects upon the acquiescence to government authorities of individuals, most of whom served as unwitting cogs in a...
On Thursday, February 25, the Joe Biden administration bombed Iraqi Shi’ite militias in Syria, killing between 1–22 depending on who’s doing the reporting. Why did Biden order this strike? On February 15, there was a rocket attack in Erbil, the capital city of...
US News Twitter will introduce a strike system for users who tweet “covid misinformation.” Too many strikes will get users banned. [Link] Eighty members of the House sign a letter to Biden urging him to undo Trump’s Cuba policy and return to the détente pushed by...
In summer blockbusters and other entertainment, the United States Armed Forces are almost always portrayed through the lens of their most elite units, such as the Navy SEALS or the Army Rangers. But while the special forces are heroes in their own right, they’re not...
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