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Our Flawed Democracy is Hurting Our Diplomacy
Alan Zendell, September 21, 2021 In June, President Biden traveled to the U. K. to engage with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and attend his first G7 meeting. From there, he went to Belgium, where he attended the Brussels 2021 Summit. … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Angela Merkel, Australia, Boris Johnson, ecep Erdogan, EU summit, France, G7, germany, japan, Jens Stoltenberg, moon jae-in, NATO, Scott Morrison, Shinto Abe, South Korea, Trmp's treasonous acts, turkey, UK, UN, vladimir Putin
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Eight Months In
Alan Zendell, September 8, 2021 Did anyone else hear the alarm bells going off on all the cable hype networks? Catastrophe! Afghanistan was a debacle, COVID-Delta is killing people faster than its parent virus, and Republican Governors and legislatures are … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Biden, COVID, Delta, florida, Gregg Abbott, masks, Ron deSantis, Texas, Trump, vaccines
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Freedom
Alan Zendell, August 31, 2021 One of the first things we Americans learned as children was that we lived in “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” We heard it repeatedly until it became a mantra, … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, armed insurrection, civilization, COVID, Donald Trump, ignornace, inalienable rights, iran, Iraq, Joe Biden, mask mandates, pandemic, Science, second amendment, the jungle, vaccination, vietnam
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Best Laid Plans – Two Striking Contrasts
Alan Zendell, August 22, 2021 The City of New York and the effort to wind down our military involvement in the war-torn (so-called) nation of Afghanistan both faced daunting challenges of Intelligence gathering and logistics over the last few months. … Continue reading
The Spectacle of a Spiteful President
Alan Zendell, November 17, 2020 As if our nation hasn’t been through enough this year, we now find ourselves counting down for another sixty-four days, crossing our fingers that the transition to a Biden presidency takes place without calamity. With … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Anthony Fauci, Biden transition, CDC, Chris Murrary, Chris Murray, election fraud, exponential growth, Georgia, iran, Iraq, Michael Osterholm, Mitch McConnell, pandemic, record caseloads, record death rates, Republican Caucus, sabotage, Senate majority, transfer of pwer, University of Washington, uranium, vladimir Putin, xi Jinping
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The Slow Death of Democracy – Part One
Alan Zendell, June 10, 2020 There are many ways to know a thing. We start with facts to gain a cognitive understanding. We research context and solicit other people’s views to make sense of it. When possible, we observe it … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Congressional Republicans, constitution, COVID-19, deep state, fake news, Fascism, fox news, hitler, Iraq, lies, Mussolini, nativism, police, populism, price of freedom, revolution, scapegoats, The Big Lie, Trump, truth, Weimar Republic
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When Trump Called Erdogan…
Alan Zendell, October 14, 2019 If you made a list of things Donald Trump has done right as President, appointing General James Mattis as Secretary of Defense would be at the top. But like most of the potentially right things … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Bashir al Assad, Erdogan, europe, ISIS, James Mattis, japan, Joint Chiefs, Kurds, NATO, special forces, Syria, turkey, vladimir Putin
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Locked and Loaded
Alan Zendell, September 16, 2019 A couple of weeks ago I was with an old friend who is currently well-placed in Defense Department circles. He’s a scientist, not prone to hyperbole, wild speculation, or making assertions without sound bases. So … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020 election, Afghanistan, Houthi, iran, Iraq, israel, John Bolton, Kim Jong Un, Mike Pompeo, North Korea, oil, Pentagon, saudi arabia, Shia, Sunni, Trump, war, Yemen
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A Trump Thanksgiving
Alan Zendell, November 22, 2018 I’ve always considered Thanksgiving untouchable. For years it’s been the only American holiday that remained free of self-righteous religious preaching and self-important politicians, who were thankfully smart enough to realize that what we were most … Continue reading
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Tagged Admiral McRaven, Afghanistan, economy, family, holiday, hypocrisy, imperial rule, John Roberts, narcissism, nineth circuit, osama bin laden, supreme court, tariffs, trade wars
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