Mark Alexander ~ There is a very real risk that a cornered Putin would utilize tactical nukes in Ukraine. ~ “I want an American character, that the powers of Europe may be convinced we act for ourselves and not for others; this, in my judgment, is the only way to be respected abroad and happy […]
April 1, 2022 by PA Pundits - International
Mark Alexander ~ Vladimir Putin needs to go, but can economic sanctions depose an autocrat? ~ “There is a rank due to the United States, among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness.” —George Washington (1793) Recall, ahead of the 2020 election, sleepy Joe Biden took a jab […]
March 14, 2022 by PA Pundits - International
Mark Alexander ~ Why Biden really fears altering Russian petroleum product imports. As corrupt Russian dictator Vladimir Putin tightens his grip on Ukraine, preparing for its annexation or puppet president installation, there is a lot of bluster about “cutting off Russian oil.” Some reports indicate that Joe Biden is aggressively discouraging congressional Democrats from supporting […]
February 26, 2022 by PA Pundits - International
Mark Alexander ~ “Vladimir Putin doesn’t want me to be President.” This is a bookend column. I began the week with analysis about Vladimir Putin doing exactly what he told Joe Biden he was going to do, invade Ukraine — the biggest military invasion since Adolf Hitler swallowed Poland in 1939. And I began that […]
February 25, 2022 by PA Pundits - International
Douglas Andrews ~ The invasion hasn’t surprised anyone, nor has the inability of the American president to ward it off. Barack Obama just called. He said his speechwriters want their snarky “Russia” punchline back. Rarely are leftists proven so grievously wrong as Joe Biden’s then-boss was a decade ago, when, during the third and […]
January 20, 2018 by PA Pundits - International
By Dr. Peter Brookes ~ Team Trump gains ground standing up to bad guys Mainstream media reporting can give the impression that the Trump administration is fraught with chaos, leaving the affairs of state abroad unattended to or adrift. Indeed, you’d think that nothing could possibly be getting done in American national security and foreign […]
March 13, 2017 by PA Pundits - International
By William R. Hawkins ~ Two days after his speech to a joint session of Congress during which he stressed a budget dedicated to national security and public safety, President Donald trump visited Newport News shipyard for a tour of a new aircraft carrier. He told the crowd, “I asked Congress to eliminate the defense […]
June 7, 2015 by PA Pundits - International
By Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D ~ The special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom is a political creation that reflects underlying realities. To assess the future of that relationship, and how the EU will affect it, we need to know how it began. For the relationship to come into being, the U.K. […]
August 16, 2014 by PA Pundits - International
By Dr. Laina Farhat-Holzman ~ Getting somebody else to fight while you watch is an old idea. “Let me hold your coat,” says an onlooker in a bar fight. Even better is watching a prizefight in which poor, unfortunate idiots beat each other to a pulp for entertainment and prize money. World War II was […]
June 24, 2014 by PA Pundits - International
A Dry Bones Cartoon ~ According to PressTV (the Iranian News station): Kerry goes on defense over foreign policy failures “US Secretary of State John Kerry says he may take the blame for the US foreign policy failures, as the crises in Ukraine and Syria continue and the so-called Middle East peace talks are stalled.”-more […]
March 8, 2014 by PA Pundits - International
By Daniel Greenfield ~ The international community looked into Putin’s eyes and blinked. Multilateralism has failed as badly as it did in the days of the League of Nations, but then again it never actually worked. The international order that everyone pretends is a real force in world affairs is really the United States and […]
February 12, 2014 by PA Pundits - International
A Dry Bones Cartoon ~ Yup. The U.S. Administration keeps trying. Read More by Yaakov Kirschen at Dry Bones . http://drybonesblog.blogspot.com/
January 19, 2014 by PA Pundits - International
By James Carafano Ph.D.~ Gavrilo Princip was no sharpshooter. He didn’t have to be. His target passed just feet in front of him. Princip plugged the heir to the Hapsburg throne in the jugular vein. Archduke Franz Ferdinand bled out in his car. That single killing sparked a global slaughter. European security issues had grown […]
October 18, 2013 by PA Pundits - International
A Dry Bones Cartoon ~ This year the leadership of North American Jewry will hold its annual General Assembly meeting in Jerusalem. I and the LSW (Long Suffering Wife) will be there to launch our campaign to make our Dry Bones Haggadah THE Haggadah for 2014. If you’ll be at the GA, don’t be a […]
September 18, 2012 by PA Pundits - International
By Jim Kouri, CPP. ~ In the aftermath of the Islamist attacks on two U.S. embassies which occurred almost simultaneously on Tuesday, President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton displayed surprise, even shock, to the press and the American people. But Mrs. Clinton’s view that the attacks are isolated incidents doesn’t seem accurate, […]
September 14, 2012 by PA Pundits - International
By P.J. Gladnick ~ Quick! Get NBC’s Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel a chair. Engel claims that he was so shocked at Barack Obama’s statement that he now considers Egypt neither an ally nor an enemy that he “almost had to sit down.” So if this is true, why did Obama support the overthrow of […]
June 3, 2012 by PA Pundits - International
By Dr. Laina Farhat-Holzman ~ The most difficult political-military situation a nation must face is when to take action against a threat. Too much force can be overkill. However, if a great power hesitates, this can be perceived as weakness, or can give an enemy an exaggerated belief in his own power. The United States […]
April 30, 2022 by PA Pundits - International
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