Pompeo Promises New Liberal World Order - New Wine In Old Bottles?
In a major speech yesterday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo promised that the Trump Administration was creating a "new liberal international order," with the US re-asserting its "leadership." This sounds a lot like the old "new world order" promised by recently departed President George HW Bush. Is going back to the future really a good US grand strategy? ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhWThrLstmw
It appears as if some kind of explosion blew three huge holes in the NordStream I and II pipelines near Danish waters. Massive leaks are showing up on the surface of the Baltic Sea. Whodunnit? Would Washington blow up Russia's pipeline? Germany? Russia? Also today, the Democrats have become the party of war. Finally: Another $12 billion for Ukraine snuck into "must-pass" spending bill.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ENJk8bvVK8
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has brushed off President Biden's warning that attacking Rafah - with a huge concentration of Palestinian civilians - would be a "red line" for the US. He has vowed to attack anyway, defying his prime supplier of money and bombs. Also today: Will the US government actually BAN a social media platform?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGT1bkV_Y-M
President Biden has just announced a US ban on Russian oil and other energy supplies, suggesting that now is the time to accelerate the transition to "clean energy." As gas prices reach uncharted territory, are Americans being asked to commit economic suicide for Ukraine's "democracy"? Also: More insane "no fly zone" talk from Congress.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEBjORBNGBs
Baltics, Syria, Ukraine, South China Sea, Black Sea, Hungary -- so many flash points. With our current economic crisis and a failure of the interventionist enterprise, will desperation spark one of these flash points?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri_T3Ni3ZSQ