by Vince | Jul 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
I find myself vacillating between thinking Barack Obama is utterly incompetent, or he’s an evil genius who has a nefarious anti American plan in mind. While my heart wants to tell me that the person who’s been twice elected President of the United States is a good man...
by James Raider | Dec 30, 2014 | Economy, Egypt, Energy, Foreign Trade issues, Iran, Middle East, Oil, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Uncategorized, Venezuela
We head into New Year celebrations enjoying a few extra dollars to spend, or put away for future needs, grateful that gasoline prices at the pump have eased enough to be felt. We also wish for continuation in this trend so that each of us can bask in a little relief...
by Vince | Sep 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Robert Kagan had an excellent piece in the Wall Street Journal a couple of weeks ago. Titled “Power Failure” it discussed the parallels between the aftermath of WW I and today. In it he talks about the feeling in the US and the UK after WWI that war itself had...
by Vince | Dec 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
The American military is the most powerful in the world. Indeed, we spend more on defense than the rest of the world combined. As one might expect, that amount of military spending translates into a lot of influence around the world, far beyond the bases in Germany or...
by James Raider | Oct 1, 2013 | Barack Obama, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Libya, Middle East, Syria
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the United Nations today was a very polite and diplomatic lecture to the President Of The United States. He instructed President Obama on methodology of international negotiations when confronted by a...
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