Israel-Iran conflict

 Israel-Iran war will bring military and terrorism challenges for U.S.

Israel-Iran, CJNG

 Is Israel going to bomb Iran or is it just buffering Trump's diplomacy?

What happens when the Jalisco New Generation Cartel starts killing Americans?

China drone threat, Trump-Putin call, NCIS review, Macron-China

 Ukraine drone attacks offer a China warning for the U.S.

Trump prostrates before Putin's threat of new war crimes

from Tuesday:

NCIS launches internal review following Navy Secretary security incident

from Monday:

Emmanuel Macron slightly turns up the heat on China

CPAC Hungary, West Bank

 CPAC Hungary: the age of Chinese Communist collaborators is here

Israeli settlement expansions in West Bank undermine US interests

NATO spending,

 NATO's troubling new addiction to defense spending gimmicks

Biden NSC

 Biden's callous national security cull

Iran terrorism, Golden Dome, Trump-Europe, Trump-Putin, Comey

Will Iran kill nuclear negotiations with terrorist attacks in the West?

Trump's Golden Dome is big gamble but may bring big rewards

Trump plays good cop, Europe plays bad cop with Russia and Israel

from Monday

Putin plays Trump for an idiot with continuing ceasefire prevarication

from last Friday

James Comey puts fidelity to profits before fidelity to FBI and country

Gaza-Jordan, GOP-SALT

 Jordan saves children in Gaza while others protest for show

Republicans should let the "One, big, beautiful bill" die on SALT hill

Arabs and Israel, Putin Istanbul

Why Trump is boosting Saudi Arabia and sidelining Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump values the Arabs' financial relationships and deference over Netanyahu's arrogance.

Why I believe Putin will go to Istanbul. Putin wants to avoid new U.S. sanctions and Trump's ire. He will likely fear that failing to attend may lead to a breaking point against him.

POTUS and Putin

Guest Wall Street Journal op-ed

Trump isn't the first president Putin has played. Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Biden were all played by Putin also.