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1. I'VE GOT A BRIDGE TO...
The gullibility of President Obama
We have returned again and again to the preposterous notion that he can be trusted...
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2. WHEN MONEY IS A WEAPON
How the Treasury Got Into the Spy Game
Economic and financial intelligence is critical to sanctions against Iran, North Korea and Russia
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3. FRADKOV
A scapegoat for Putin?
Cracks are beginning to show in the Kremlin facade
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4. STEAMING TOWARD DISASTER
A very bad nuclear deal with Iran
The scope of the disaster this portends would be difficult to exaggerate.
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5. PUTIN'S TACTICAL NUKES
Upping the Ante
the reaction of the Obama administration to Putin
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6. POLITICO OBSERVATIONS 3
Russia maps out Europe, Obama stalls, and Justin
Obama might seek Iran as a new ally
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7. PUTIN IN CHINA
Taken for a ride
Two days before the opening of the Sochi Olympics there was a high-level Chinese visit...
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8. UNCONVENTIONAL RESPONSE
Fighting back in an increasingly chaotic world
Unconventional warfare is the ultimate in asymmetric warfare.
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9. RUSSIA, CHINA EYE PACT?
It's like the old Hayley Mills song.
The Chinese and the Russians have much to offer each other.
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10. RUSSIAN NEO-NAZIS
Crimean Events Bolster Russian Neo-Nazis
If pushed too far, the indigenous minorities in Russia will react.
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11. NOT SO MANLY
For some warhawks, we're never strong enough.
I doubt there's any nation on Earth that sees us as peaceful
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12. THE SNOWDEN OPERATION
How Snowden Enabled Russia's Seizure of Crimea
Greenwald and Snowden aren't merely silent about Crimea, they helped Russia seize it.
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13. METHOD MADNESS
Armed conflict often creates more problems than it solves
Has there been a shift in our government away from the trigger happy?
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14. CRIMEA RIVEN
It's Vlad the Annexer, Out for Blood?
So, then, what's the potential fallout of this bloody scenario?
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15. A TIME FOR COURAGE
The West and Russia
Vladimir Putin is obviously nostalgic for the Iron Curtain.
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16. HISTORY AND POLITICS
Putin and the Ukraine
Russia still hovers between East and West.
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17. PUTIN'S STRATEGY
There's A Method To His Madness
it is widely known that he seeks the formation of a Eurasian Union...
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18. UKRAINE'S YANUKOVICH OUT!
Ousted but will continue struggle for Ukraine's future
Russia looks unlikely to press on with its $15-billion bailout for Ukraine
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19. ROYALS REMAIN RELEVANT
The Brits still act as though England is a world power
Prince Charles will suggest a diet of sugar beets
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20. FALL OF FALLUJAH
Did they die in vain?
I dare not try to imagine how those who served at that time and place feel about recent events
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