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The Macron/Trump Bromance
Alan Zendell, April 25, 2018 I don’t know where French President Emmanuel Macron stays when he’s in Washington but I imagine he wishes his suite included a soundproofed room. It’s easy to picture him returning from his day with President … Continue reading
Wishes for 2018
Alan Zendell, December 30, 2017 Civility – That’s the motto of the county I live in. You see it everywhere, on bumper stickers, lawn signs, government letterheads: “CHOOSE CIVILITY.” It sounds corny, almost naïve, but it works. While my state … Continue reading
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Tagged alabama, assault weapons, civility, decency, diplomacy, diversity, dogs, getting credit, golden doodle, gun violence, hate groups, honesty, Nazis, patton, silent majority, terror, tolerance, Trump, tweets
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The Only One Who Matters
Alan Zendell, November 6, 2017 The United States State Department has more than 30,000 employees. Most of them are dedicated professionals with no political affiliation. Many have narrow specialties which they’ve been honing for twenty years or more. Many speak … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, cuban missile crisis, diplomacy, foreign service, japan, mcmaster, moon jae-in, South Korea, state department, Trump, vladimir Putin, xi Jinping
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The Beginning of the End?
Alan Zendell, November 2, 2017 Immediately after Robert Mueller announced the guilty plea of George Papadopoulos and the indictments of Paul Manafort and Richard Gates, I received an email asking (rhetorically) if this was the beginning of the end. The … Continue reading
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Tagged congress, diplomacy, environment, impeachment, innovation, legislative agenda, mueller, Pence, polls, russia investigation, Trump
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Raqqa
Alan Zendell, October 17, 2017 Where, a mere five years ago, a thriving city of a quarter million (and more including its environs) stood on the Euphrates River in northeastern Syria, this is what’s there now. . Somehow, the world … Continue reading
War Drums
Alan Zendell, October 8, 2017 Back in the 1960s, Donald Trump and I were among millions of young American men who did everything possible to avoid being drafted and sent to Vietnam. At least according to interviews published decades later, … Continue reading
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Tagged deferment, diplomacy, iran, japan, Kim Jong Un, Missiles, narcissism, North Korea, nuclear weapons, Rocket Man, Seoul, South Korea, threats, Trump, vietnam, war as a last resort
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Korea
Alan Zendell, July 7, 2017 Given the history of Korea since World War II, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that it’s the mess it is today. We like to think of the Korea problem as an example of the Good Guys … Continue reading
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Tagged china, cold war, deal making, diplomacy, douglas macarthur, Hyundai, ICBMs, japan, Kim Jong Un, korea, North Korea, nuclear threat, Samsung, soviet expansion, Trump, United Nations
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