Monday, June 11, 2018

Trump and international order, Secret Service and the North Koreans, Kim Jong Un's excrement, G-7 social democratic theory

Trump is not shredding the international order. To say otherwise is to misread international relations and to ignore the facts on the ground.
For the Secret Service, the North Korea summit is seriously stressful: the Service hopes to avoid a communication breakdown with North Korea's security detail.

Why North Korea hides Kim's crap: Kim Jong Un brings his own toilet to Singapore to conceal biological information. But it won't stop MASINT collection.

The G-7's socialist-leaning communique: Trump was right not to sign a communique replete with left-wing political theory.

Friday, June 8, 2018

Israel vs. Iran, Putin's hooligans, G-7 allies, Manafort's day

How Israel would defeat Iran in a war: Israeli military superiority places them significantly ahead in a potential conflict.

Putin won't order them into battle, but Russian hooligans will pose problems at the World Cup. They won’t leave foreigners alone at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
At the G-7 Trump has a responsibility to listen to the complaints from May and Macron but not Merkel and Trudeau, who are not supporting the U.S. alliance.

Manafort's bad day means Trump will keep gearing up against Mueller. The special counsel charged Trump’s former aide with obstruction and witness tampering.

Thursday, June 7, 2018

Free speech in gaming, Harvard's Clinton whitewash


Valve is right to protect its Steam gaming platform from censorship. Free speech demands that discretion be left to the individual in determining what is acceptable. A Harvard panel just whitewashed Hillary Clinton's State department record. A lack of humility by the liberal foreign policy establishment highlights why many Americans support Trump.



Wednesday, June 6, 2018

China submarines, DDay Germany, Putin's Europe, 90 days

To deter China, send a US submarine — not an aircraft carrier — through the Taiwan Strait. A US submarine would outmatch its Chinese counterparts and serve a  deterrent message in relation to any prospective Taiwan conflict.

Heather Nauert is right, D-Day was good for Germany: Allied forces saved the country from Nazism and held off total Soviet domination.
Putin, not Trump, is responsible for the European Union's gravitation toward Russia. European countries are scared into deference of Russia’s aggression and cronyism.

Trump should give the Europeans 90 days to negotiate a new nuclear deal with Iran. If they fail to do so after that period Trump should impose secondary sanctions.

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Special Report

UK counter-terrorism, Israel reporting, Submarines and deputy secretaries of state

Why and how Britain is getting tougher on terrorists: to reduce actionable threats.

Ambassador David Friedman is right, journalists should do research before condemning Israeli security forces. U.S. Ambassador to Israel comments on misinformed coverage of Palestinian protests.
The US should send a submarine and the deputy secretary of state to Taiwan to signal that the U.S. won’t yield for Chinese assistance in pressuring Kim Jong Un

Monday, June 4, 2018

Kim's moderates, SCOTUS cakes, Qatar Petroleum, Trump pardoning


Don’t read too much into Kim Jong Un’s supposed moderation purges. The North Korean regime remains entrenched in Kim’s corner and Kim knows it.
Why the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the cake maker and how the Colorado commission made it easy to reach that decision.
Qatar Petroleum just cut a major Argentinian deal with Exxon Mobil. Here’s why that should raise our counter-terrorism eyebrows. A self-pardoning Trump could not save himself from the law. The law is designed to provide remedy for all convictions against all individuals regardless of status and power.

Kim Yong Chol, London violence, Trump on North Korea, Roman Abramovich