George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
Israel's belief in its military invincibility might be its downfall.
Joel Weickgenant, RealClearWorld
KYIV -Ã The process of separating our train wagon from the rest of the convoy and rolling it down a grassy stretch of alternate track was achingly slow under a mid-afternoon sun. The train had just crossed the Romanian border into Ukraine, and after 15-odd minutes at a full standstill while customs officials took passengers' passports, we endured the journey.
Ronald Tiersky, RealClearWorld
The populist hero is always a political and social risk in any kind of politics, but particularly in a democracy, because he or she arises amid crisis. A healthy democracy has no need for heroes. The country today is not in crisis, but the Republican Party certainly is. In the Republican Party at this moment, âÂÂ'tis the power of Lynch law, of soldiers and pirates; and it bullies the peaceable and loyal.â This might be a colorful way of describing Trump's... Читать дальше...
Roger Cohen, New York Times
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam â Lives can turn in an instant. For former Senator Bob Kerrey, that moment came on Feb. 25, 1969, when, as a young lieutenant in the Navy SEALs, he led his squad into the Vietnamese village of Thanh Phong. By the time they withdrew, 20 civilians had been slaughtered, including 13 children, according to survivors.Ã
