Regular Berean readers know that I have a very simple and historically conventional view of foreign policy: there are countries that are implacably against the U.S. and its interests (e.g. Russia), those that allied with ours (e.g., the U.K) and those that are not hostile but may or may not support our interests (e.g., India). […]
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Ukraine Stuns the Russians! Can we finally get the U.S. fully committed to helping them achieve victory?
02 Jun 2025
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Ukraine Fallacy Day 5: The war is unwinnable
10 Mar 2025
The old saying “it’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog” is something that is clearly rejected by some, including some of our beloved Bereans, when considering Ukraine. I have called for victory, if that is what the Ukrainians want, and suggested that they […]
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This is a favorite one of the conservative leftists, who are following in the footsteps of their progressive leftists of the past in playing the “blame America first” game. If we would just not have been so threatening to Russia, if we would have realized their legitimate sensitivity of external threats since they’ve been historically […]
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Putin smiling
01 Mar 2025
Like many, I’m still processing what happened in the oval office yesterday. I encourage all readers to listen to the entire event. Trump partisans are blaming Zelensky, Trump opponents are blaming Mr. Trump (and/or Mr. Vance). The question I have is simply this: Who invited the media in here? Mr. Trump controlled this completely (there […]
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War Years Estimated U.S. Military Deaths American Revolutionary War 1775–1783 ~25,000 War of 1812 1812–1815 ~15,000 American Civil War (Union & Confederate) 1861–1865 ~620,000–750,000 World War I 1917–1918 ~116,516 World War II 1941–1945 ~405,399 Korean War 1950–1953 ~36,516 Vietnam War 1955–1975 ~58,220 Wars in Afghanistan & Iraq 2001–2021 ~6,892 It’s an easy argument. Those that […]
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Is it possible that the Republicans in Ukraine can do worse than Biden did in Afghanistan?
20 Feb 2024
Afghanistan was an unmitigated disaster for the U.S., and despite Mr. Biden’s protestations that it was a success, his approval rating steadily declined in the aftermath, and has never recovered. To be clear, there were many other Biden failures (specifically his inflationary spending and his incredibly wrong-headed vaccine mandate) that have led to this result, […]
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Who knows? President Biden has steadfastly failed to make a case for what his goals are, nor therefore explained how those goals are in our national interest. Ukraine war critics are right to ask serious questions, but they’re wrong to deny support in the absence of this case by Biden–our interest in seeing Putin’s aggression […]
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Yes, Mr. Vance, Ukraine is a quagmire. But the question is, for who? And what is our strategy in Ukraine?
29 Sep 2023
I continue to be amazed and disappointed at the hostility and/or ambivalence to our friends, and openness to our enemies by politicians. The Biden Administration continues to romance the Iranians, who are the worst global actor there is, seemingly willing to do anything for a deal. For years, American presidents have been suckered by Vladimir […]
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Reality in the Biden Era
01 Apr 2022
When I talk to other conservatives that are lamenting the decay of our culture, I will often console them by noting that “life is conservative.” In other words, the realities inherent in all our lives tend to validate the conservative position. There is a reason why the book of Proverbs can resonate with anybody, a […]
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The world continues to be amazed at both the Ukrainian resistance and the Russian military’s ineffectiveness. What was thought by all the experts to be a maybe several day war is now in the weeks, quickly heading to months. And the carnage and humanitarian crisis is only increasing. This is almost the worst of all […]
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