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Saturday, July 22, 2023

What If China Can't Be Deterred from Invading Taiwan?

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If China can't be deterred from invading Taiwan, we have to think about how to prevent China from conquering Taiwan that doesn't inv...
Friday, July 21, 2023

The EU Was Created by Euros. It Evolved. It Regulated. There are Many Regulations. And the Euros Have a Plan.

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The European Union's reach for an "ever closer union" never lets a crisis go to waste. Huh :  The European Union "must n...
Thursday, July 20, 2023

When You Assume ...

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Are China's chance of landing on Taiwan and conquering it impossibly low? Or are the Taiwanese vulnerable to being intimidated into succ...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

God Save America from Another Iraq War Lesson

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I don't worry about America failing to learn lessons from the Iraq War as much as I worry we'll learn complete BS that masquerades a...
Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Somebody Will Pay the Cost of Defending America

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We are a wealthy country. I'd rather spend money than blood to protect America. Holding off our most serious security problems "ove...
Monday, July 17, 2023

The Winter War of 2022 Looks Static

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The war looks static. Is it? The Russians are holding firm with Ukraine only making relatively shallow gains since early June. Westerners ar...
Sunday, July 16, 2023

Weekend Data Dump

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Fareed Zakaria fluffed President Biden something fierce . I haven't commented on Zakaria in ages. But it is still true that he couldn...
Saturday, July 15, 2023

Sacrificial Lamb

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China needs to delay America's effective intervention if China starts a war in the western Pacific. Cuba will be sacrificed to achieve t...
Friday, July 14, 2023

Is Russia a Target Without Limits for China?

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China has to reconsider what its partnership with Russia means even if in the short run nothing visibly changes.  China has discovered that ...
Thursday, July 13, 2023

Russia's Great Power Status Revoked?

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Does Russia's failure in Ukraine mean that the entire concept of a "great power" is invalid? I don't think so. Russia'...
Wednesday, July 12, 2023

The Twenty-First Anniversary of TDR

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Well, The Dignified Rant is 21 years old today. No. Please. Stop. Your cheering is embarrassing me. Since last year I ended my weekly post ...