Foreign policy usually comes down to a choice between bad and worse — or, at least bad and less bad, for those optimists out there. I know, it’s not exactly inspiring — but it’s the truth. The lesser evil may cause contention, even conflict, but ultimately it will be less destructive than the alternative. Such is the case with America’s effort to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
No word in the English language is weaponized more freely and recklessly by people who don’t know what it means than “fascism.”
Buried in the news cycle, lost amid the flames and broken glass from the rioting and looting across America, is a potentially tectonic shift in global geopolitics. We could already be at a major strategic turning point in the nascent Cold War between the US and China — but only if Washington takes advantage of Beijing’s recent blunders.
Anti-Israel activists are blaming the Jewish state for George Floyd’s death, invoking antisemitic conspiracy theories to make their cases.
Even today, people seem to have forgotten that, at least in the short to medium run, North Korea poses arguably the greatest threat to the US, its interests, and its allies. (China is the great long-term strategic threat.) After all, the North has nuclear weapons, could theoretically defeat the US in war, and is ruled by a dictator who is strange and unpredictable.
Today, 72 years after Israel declared independence, Israel’s enemies know they can’t defeat Israel militarily, so they use a different strategy: Make Israel look belligerent on the international stage to undermine the Jewish state politically, diplomatically, and economically. To its eternal shame, the Times bolsters this nefarious effort each day with its distorted coverage of the Jewish state.
Before the coronavirus hit, President Trump could take credit for a booming economy. Indeed, for the first three years of his presidency, economic growth was strong and consistent. Businesses were feeling confident. Americans had more money in their pockets.
Years from now, we’ll look back on the coronavirus pandemic as a pivotal turning point in the second Cold War, the conflict between the US and China for global supremacy.
Years from now, we’ll look back on the coronavirus pandemic as a pivotal turning point in the second Cold War, the conflict between the US and China for global supremacy.
Next Monday is the first anniversary of the heinous shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in California. On April 27, 2019, a gunman opened fire on Jews gathered in the synagogue for services, killing a 60-year-old woman and injuring three other people (including the rabbi). The man charged with perpetrating the attack, John T. Earnest, 20, is awaiting his trial.
