Category: international stuff
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WSJ: China thinking they are on the rise and USA sinking?
Maybe not. Xi Jinping likes the Greek analogy because he thinks China is the rising power and the U.S. in decline. He might think twice about that. “His real point was warning Mr. Trump not to risk a war by interfering with China’s designs to retake Taiwan—by force if necessary.” ************** Thucydides was the great…
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WSJ: “Is Ukraine Turning the Russian Tide?”
I suppose this can tie into this. Putin says Ukraine war coming to an end soon . Vladimir Putin held a subdued Victory Day parade on Saturday in Moscow, with fewer missiles and other weapons that are an annual boast about Russia’s military power. If it’s true that Mr. Putin feared a long-range Ukrainian drone…
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Putin says Ukraine war coming to an end soon
Wow, he looks shaky in this press conference with Soviet journalists.
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King Charles goes comedian; gets standing O
At the joint session of Congress. “Tale of two George’s” – very clever.
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Iranian Reza Pahlavi message to European press
Reza Pahlavi is part of the Iranian opposition in exile. He is the former Crown Prince.
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Former Carter and Clinton official Roger Altman on the blockade.
On CNBC where Altman is a a frequent guest. He had key roles in the Treasury Department for Carter and Clinton. He’s chairman of Evercore, an investment bank and he just turned 80, Altman had a heart transplant 24 years ago. I like him; very sensible.
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NY Times: “Trump Attacks Pope Leo … (& Pope responds) as Too Liberal and ‘Weak on Crime’”
UPDATE: hit the link – Leo, speaking to reporters on a flight to Algeria ahead of a 10-day tour of several African nations, said: “I have no fear of the Trump administration, or speaking out loudly of the message of the Gospel, which is what I believe I am here to do.” Asked directly about…
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Vatican: Report Pentagon lectured it’s Ambassador “Completely untrue”
America, the Jesuit US magazine, and no fan of Trump to say the least. “The narrative offered by some media outlets about this meeting is completely untrue,” the Vatican press office statement said. It said that Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the former papal ambassador to the U.S., “confirmed” that his Jan. 22 meeting with Eldridge Colby,…