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Hegseth in Brussels

Only one day after President Donald Trump had left France and returned to the White House, his Secretary of War (Congress approval for the change in name pending) met with his colleagues in NATO’s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. I am … Continue reading

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Trump Won the War?

This week, President Donald Trump is due visiting China after he had postponed the flight in March because of the war in Iran. He will meet China’s paramount leader in Beijing, Xi Jinping, and this is the first visit of … Continue reading

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It Wasn’t Obama

President Trump recently mused that, “I had spoken to a certain president (who I like, actually), a past president, a former president, and he said, I wish I did it, but then he didn’t do it. I’m doing it.” Asked … Continue reading

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US Presidents Lack Moral Center

In an interview with Al Jazeera on 12 January 2013, Noam Chomsky characterized then president Barack Obama as a man without “moral centre”. If you look at his policies I think that’s what they reveal. I mean there’s some nice … Continue reading

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“Iran aggressively pursues these weapons and exports terror, while an unelected few repress the Iranian people’s hope for freedom”

When reading president Trump’s new strategy on Iran and his respective remarks one cannot help: déjà vu. The above statement has been uttered 15 years ago by Trump’s predecessor, George W. Bush, when addressing the American people in his first … Continue reading

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