Category: international stuff
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Catholic Just War understanding and the Iran attack
Having carefully read four analyses (but I threw out the one from the magazine Commonweal since they will always just toe the Democrat Party line) it is very difficult to make a judgement. That was the consensus of the other three (from First Things, The Catholic Vote and the Pillar). I concur that it’s a…
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2 editorials: WSJ & NYT on Iran attack
I report you decide. You may or may not be able to get to the full editorials through the links. Most likely you can through the NYT. WSJ: “Trump Enforces His Red Line on Iran” The U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran that began Saturday morning is a necessary act of deterrence against a regime that is…
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WSJ: Four Iranian protestors on the violent government response
And plenty of evidence off people’s phone cameras of large makeshift morgues. Pretty awful. The sound is a little off at the beginning but soon clears up.
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Venezuela approves amnesty for political prisoners – short video
This is good news – hoping things work out for the best for Venezuela.
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Sec. of State Rubio on working with Europe
First, 45 seconds; the end of his speech at the annual Munich Security Conference. Then a CBS report on the conference, also short. And this on CBS
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“Japan’s Prime Minister, seeking closer US ties, wins landslide election victory.”
From the Wall Street Journal – The Prime Minister’s Liberal Democratic Party will have a majority on its own in a rebuke to Beijing. Ms. Takaichi comes out of the LDP’s conservative, pro-American wing. She favors more defense spending, which is urgently needed given China’s vast military buildup. So far she has managed President Trump’s…
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NY Post – “Hatred of Israel is the New Antisemitism”
The co-author of this excellent column – my opinion – also has an excellent interview which I’ve posted below the excerpted column. In the interview Noa Tishby gives a good summary of antisemism and how it has morphed from one reason to another since the Romans. As we mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January…
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WSJ: Europe needs the USA as much as ever
A long front page article from last week. The Continent’s dependence on America runs deep and belies attempts to replace it with new alliances The reliance puts Europe at a disadvantage in a world of great power competition and weakens its hand in negotiations with Trump on everything from trade to Greenland and Ukraine. For…
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CNBC interview with Sec. Bessent in Davos.
Good thing he’s Treasury Secretary. Very worth watching the whole interview. Killler line at about 2 minutes – “Since 1980 the US has spent 22 trillion dollars more on defense than the entire rest of NATO has.”