Wall Street Journal, Republicans attacked for thwarting U.S. ABM defense Angelo Codevilla has just denounced the Republican political establishment for sabotaging U.S. development of ABM technologies capable of defending against Russian and Chinese ICBMs. President Trump’s initial budget reduced fiscal 2017 missile defense spending by 4%, but after North Korean threats, Trump declared “I don’t […]

Axis of evil Russia and China joined yesterday at the U.N. Security Council to weaken a U.S.-backed resolution for stronger sanctions against North Korea. They also warned against U.S. efforts to depose the Kim Jong-un regime. Russia has been going beyond diplomatic support for the North Korean regime; it’s also actively trading with it. The […]

Pressure on China to benefit itself by abandoning Kim Jong-un Senator McCain favors upping the military stakes by redeploying U.S. nuclear weapons back to South Korea. But former U.N. ambassador John Bolton’s proposal to unify the Korean peninsula under South Korea’s governance would be a peaceful win-win resolution for China and the rest of the world. […]

Hurricane Irma is not surprisingly dominating today’s news cycle. Predictably, there are some grumps who argue that humans should have left Florida to the alligators, mosquitoes, and flamingos. But the worst disasters are human, and for this former U.S. president Obama and present German chancellor Merkel deserve the winner’s circle for the one-two knockout punch […]

The Justice Department has decided not to prosecute former IRS executive Lois Lerner for stonewalling tea party applications for non-profit status, and two important House Republicans aren’t happy. The activities and inactivities at Justice are fueling Republican unhappiness with Attorney General Sessions, Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein, and Special Counsel Mueller. Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, […]