Trump’s March 19th press conference with the Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was priceless. A Japanese reporter questioned Trump as to why European nations and Japan weren’t forewarned about our plans to attack Iran. Trump smiled and responded with the observation that no one knows better about surprise than Japan, an obvious reference to the […]
On Wednesday mornings I participate in a discussion group. There are six or seven of us, and we communicate on-line rather than in person. During our most recent session I was asked for my evaluation of the Iranian situation. I said that I remained cautiously optimistic. Here I give a more complete explanation of my […]
I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop in Iran. That will be when the Iranian people rise up and overthrow the brutal regime that has held them captive for the last 47 years. I do not know that it will actually happen. I can only hope it does. The popular demonstrations that took […]
The Trump administration certainly knows how to keep us on edge. They are trying to manage a large number of bouncing balls. Is Trump a master juggler? Time will tell. The Venezuelan situation remains unresolved. The dictator is gone, but his coercive infrastructure remains. Can we put sufficient pressure on the remnants of the Maduro […]
The Trump administration is attempting to deal with a number of bouncing balls in both the domestic and international arenas All of these situations are difficult to manage, and there is no guarantee of success. Two of the international issues relate to Venezuela and Iran. In Venezuela we managed to get rid of Maduro, but […]
Three stories dominate today’s news. One is the conflict between Israel and Iran. Second is the planned “No Kings” demonstations in various American cities and the probably unrelated murderous attacks against two Minnesota state legislators. Third is the scheduled Washington parade to celebrate our army’s 250th anniversary. Israel hit Iran with a targeted and apparently […]
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