Category: foreign policy

A Spread Of Motives

     Karl Schmidt at The Village Hemorrhoid asks an important question:      Wouldn’t You Think That Other Countries Might Take Heed To What The Muslims / Islam Have Sworn To Endeavor To Accomplish…      It’s a question that’s been asked many times, including by myself. But it will continue to be asked, for the bizarre …

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A Nation Or An Idea?

     I don’t always get to every article every Gentle Reader cites while it’s still fresh in people’s minds. Sometimes I must admit to being embarrassed at having missed something tremendously significant. That’s the case today.      The impetus is this Dennis Prager article from a few weeks back. If you haven’t read it, I …

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The Diplomat

     peace n: A state of tension falling short of armed conflict. [Definition proposed by the late Keith Laumer in his Retief tales]      Among the political fantasies of our era, the notion that one can negotiate an enduring peace with an enemy ideologically committed to one’s destruction ranks very high, possibly supreme. Yet that …

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