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Hamas loses safe havens
The DOJ murder indictments close off avenues for Hamas to find safe exile The Department of Justice unsealed charges of terrorism, murder conspiracy, and sanctions evasion against six senior leaders of Hamas. Multiple Arab countries hoped Hamas would give up … Continue reading Hamas loses safe havens
New World Order
China has effectively aligned the Global South through massive funding of its Belt and Road initiative, with political control of a nation’s foreign policy substituting for repayment of loans. China wants to use its dominance of emerging economies at the … Continue reading New World Order
Haters are going to hate
Hate is a powerful emotion that propagandists are weaponizing. We’ve seen Hamas’s hatred of Israel and Jewish people consuming the lives of men, women, and children. China refuses to condemn it. China’s economy is faltering, and its goal of surpassing … Continue reading Haters are going to hate
The buck stops short of Xi’s desk
After the Great Recession (aka Global Financial Crisis) caused by America’s sub-prime mortgage meltdown, Xi Jinping prevented political instability arising from high unemployment using a debt-driven and dramatic building campaign. It worked. But now provincial debt and the decline of … Continue reading The buck stops short of Xi’s desk
Nature revokes Xi’s mandate of heaven
IN IMPERIAL CHINA, A RULER’S LEGITIMACY DEPENDED ON AN ABSENCE OF NATURAL OR MANMADE DISASTERS. Typhoon Doksuri brought the most significant flood in 140 years to northern China, devastating the capital city of Beijing. Flooding led to widespread damage to … Continue reading Nature revokes Xi’s mandate of heaven
When a Balloon Hits Your Eye Like a Big Pizza Pie
By mounting an operation to retrieve the balloon and its payload intact using military assets and personnel we’ve reinforced our standing as the greatest military power and the greatest intelligence power in the world. Continue reading When a Balloon Hits Your Eye Like a Big Pizza Pie
China Catches a Cold
It was said, “When America Sneezes, the World Catches Cold”. Now, the world is catching another form of coronavirus, and the world is feeling the effects of the Covid spread in China. Japan and the United States will see a … Continue reading China Catches a Cold
Asia is for Asians
Xi Jinping’s ‘Asia for Asians’ mantra embraces the Chinese goal of pushing American influence out of the region, as the Japanese attempted to push European and American influence out of the Pacific to make way for their “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere”. Continue reading Asia is for Asians
Happy Birthday Marine Corps — a Global Force for Good!
Back when the Marine Corps was born, the leaders of our young nation saw global commerce as a source of wealth for her people but a part of their destiny – today, we would say its part of our DNA. … Continue reading Happy Birthday Marine Corps — a Global Force for Good!