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The New Reality of Confronting Russia
Alan Zendell, April 29, 2022, Today, CNN journalist Stephen Collinson published a compelling analysis of the current status of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It boiled down to two essential conclusions. One is that the fighting between Russian invaders and … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden Administration, Black Seaports, CNN, Crimea, Donetsk, EU, land bridge, Lloyd Austin, Mark Miller, NATO, nuclear weapons, Rand Paul, Stephen Collinson, vladimir Putin, volodymyr zelensky
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Judgment Day
Alan Zendell, April 22, 2022 Whether you favor the Judeo-Christian concept of God, the Quran’s vision of Allah, the philosophy of Gautama Buddha, or nothing of the kind, consider that there’s clearly a lot more to our universe than can … Continue reading
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Tagged autocracy, democracy, Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, France, Joe Biden, Klaatu, Marine Le Pen, morality, NATO, punishment, reward, russia, sin, vladimir Putin
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Playing Chicken
Alan Zendell, April 20, 2022, Remember the crazy things we did as teenagers and some still do as adults? How many times have you driven on a two-lane road behind a vehicle going well below the speed limit until you … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Kinzinger, Anthony Blinken, appeasement, Crimea, hitler, Joe Biden, NATO, nuclear weapons, RUssian natural gas, Russian oil, Sergei Lavrov, Soviet MIGs, Ukraine, vladimir Putin
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The Nuclear Endgame
Alan Zendell, April 14, 2022 As a fan and writer of science fiction, I have read several apocalyptic/dystopian novels and published one myself (The Portal, https://https://www.amazon.com/Portal-Alan-Zendell/dp/1523721049.) As reader and writer, I have always been fascinated by the authors’ conceptions of … Continue reading
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Tagged apocalptic novels, china, dystopian novels, famine, Middle East, mutually assured destruction, NATO, natural gas, oil, russia, Soviet Union, Ukraine, wheat
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The Nuclear Elephant
Alan Zendell, March 23, 2022, Conventional wisdom in the United States has it that Americans need not fear an accidental launch of nuclear missiles toward another country. It’s not something we can predict accurately, but we’ve seen evidence that our … Continue reading
Only Courage and Leadership Can Save Us
Alan Znedell, March 16, 2022 Interviewed by the Washington Examiner Tuesday, Donald Trump admitted he’d been wrong (well, not exactly,) about Vladimir Putin. Our former president, who repeatedly referred to himself as a genius who knew more about diplomacy than … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Merkel, Czech Republic, economic collapse, Justin Trudeau, NATO, no fly zone, Poland, Putin, russia, Slovenia, Trump, Ukraine, volodymyr zelensky
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Ukraine Reality Check: What Was Donald Trump’s Role?
Alan Zendell, March 15, 2022, Note: for this article I have relied heavily on a couple of published reports: a July 21, 2021 piece in Business Insider; a July 15, 2021 article in Just Security. It’s too late to save … Continue reading
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Tagged Boroshenko, Burisma, Chechniya, EU, Georgia, Hillary Clinton, Hunter Biden, impeachment, Joe Biden, Michael Cohen, Miss Universe, NATO, Putin, Syria, Zelensky
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The Ukrainian Line in the Sand
Alan Zendell, March 12, 2022 Watching horrific videos and interviews with ordinary Ukrainians, it’s important to remember the elephant in the room: Nuclear War. That would be the end of civilization as we know it and possibly the destruction of … Continue reading
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Tagged Chechniya, china, Czechoslovakia, Geoergia, hitler, iran, NATO, Neveill Chamberlain, nuclear war, Obama, Poland, President Biden, Putin, Sudetenland, Trump, Venezuela
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The Nuclear Madman Scenario
Alan Zendell, March 1, 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was always going to be a risky proposition with the borders between Ukraine and four NATO countries within shelling and rocket range of the fighting. The risk seems greater now that … Continue reading
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Tagged article 5, cuban missile crisis, John F Kennedy, Marco Rubio, NATO, Nikita Khrushchev, nuclear deterrence, richard nixon, russia, Ukraine, vladimir Putin
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Heroism and Leadership
Alan Zendell, February 27, 2022 Every major conflict produces heroes; sometimes they’re not the people you might expect. The hero of the first week of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is, hands down, Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine. If … Continue reading
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