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Tag Archives: nine-eleven
Have We Forgotten?
Alan Zendell, December 7, 2023 Shortly after nine-eleven, a Seattle Times columnist of Japanese descent sardonically thanked ISIS for committing an act so heinous, it would eventually make Americans forget the attack on Pearl Harbor. It seems he was correct. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aggression, appeasement, civilians, dystopian future, Hamas, history, holocaust, israel, NATO, nine-eleven, nuclear war, Pearl Harbor, rules of war, Ukraine
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It’s Time for Saudi Crown Prince MBS to Step Up
Alan Zendell, October 7, 2023 The United States and Saudi Arabia have been strange dance partners for several decades. Are they friends? Enemies? Business Partners? The Saudis have always acted in their own interest, as has the government of Israel, … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Egypt, Hamas, iran, Iraq, israel, Jamal Khashoggi, Jordan, Kuwait, MBS, nine-eleven, OPEC, osama bin laden, Soviet Union, Syria, terrorist, Yom Kippur War
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Sitting on the Sidelines
Alan Zendell, October 27, 2021 As a kid trying to absorb the sanitized fantasy that my public schools called American History, I wondered how the world continually got itself into situations in which there was suddenly no alternative to war … Continue reading
Kabul, a Disquieting Echo of Saigon
Alan Zendell, August 6, 2021 “Do not let my party pretend to be outraged by this. Both the GOP and Dems failed here. Time for Americans to put their country over their party.” That was Representative Adam Kinzinger (R, IL) … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Kinzinger, bipartisan failure, Dwight Eisenhower, george w bush, Ho Chi Minh, iran, Iraq, nine-eleven, Osama bin Ladin, Ronald Reagon, saudi arabia, Soviet Union, Taliban
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Leaving Afghanistan, Triage on a Global Scale
Alan Zendell, July 9. 2021 Triage is an unpleasant but necessary concept. Sometimes, we can’t save everyone no matter how deserving or worthy they are. It happens on battlefields, during epidemics, and in routine hospital settings, as when there are … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Qaeda, allocating resources, COVID, infrastructure, intelligence failures, ISIS, Jihad, nation building, nine-eleven, osama bin laden, revenge, Soviet Union, Taliban, warlords
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Presidential Christmas Messages
Alan Zendell, December 25, 2020 It wasn’t too long ago that the worst thing we had to bear on Christmas was a presidential address filled with empty platitudes. One of the more heartfelt was Harry Truman’s first such address in … Continue reading
Stress Tests
Alan Zendell, December 12, 2020 Stress tests have been used ever since people have been building and manufacturing things to assure their safety and soundness. Would you get on an airplane if you didn’t know that every piece of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush, charismatic leaders, civil war, Clinton, constitution, demagogues, depression, divisiveness, equality, fox news, hyperpartisanship, inclusion, John Roberts, misinformation, nine-eleven, Obama, Roger Ailes, social media, supreme court, Trump, Trumpism, vietnam, watergate
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Three Invasions
Alan Zendell, December 10, 2020 Three times in its history, the United States has been the victim of unprovoked attacks on its Homeland that killed and injured thousands of Americans. The first was the Day of Infamy at Pearl Harbor, … Continue reading
The Week in Hypocrisy
Alan Zendell, September 13, 2018 If it weren’t so disturbing this might be funny, but then, there’s really very little about hurricanes that’s funny. I know because I spent my honeymoon in one of the most devastating storms of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 3000 dead, 9/11, border wall, Brett Kavanuagh, FEMA, first responders, Florence, florida, Harvey, houston, hurricanes, Irma, Maria, Mueller investigation, new orleans, nine-eleven, Paul Ryan, presidential immunity, puerto rico, roe v wade
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