The United States and United Kingdom are working together to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines, CNN reported on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 (read story here). Australia has a small navy, with fewer than 20 large combat ships, which includes 6 diesel-powered submarines (details here[...]
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9/11 tribute (video)
There were many events today marking the 20th anniversary of the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks, and many videos to choose from: speeches, singing, ceremonies. What’s an editor to do? I chose this one. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Did an airliner hit the Pentagon?
Yes. Unequivocally, yes. Conspiracy theorists refuse to believe it. Some people drink fish tank cleaner or eat horse pills to “cure” Covid-19. There are lots of gullible, stupid people in the world. The evidence that a hijacked airliner crashed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, is[...]
PHOTOGRAPHY: 9/11 Teardrop Memorial
Did you even know it exists? Designed by a Russian architect, donated by Russia, the groundbreaking attended by Vladimir Putin, and dedicated by Bill Clinton, this memorial to the victims of the 2001 and 1993 terrorist attacks stands in an industrial area of Bayonne, New Jersey, across the harbor fr[...]
September 7th, 2021 - 12:54 pm § in America, Law and Courts
Remember Gitmo?
You remember what “Gitmo” is, and who’s there, right? Okay, let’s review. “Gitmo” is shorthand for the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It houses terrorists, including detainees from the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. It’s still in opera[...]
The Afghanistan Papers
With U.S. troops now completely out of Afghanistan, most Americans don’t want to hear about that country anymore, much less read an entire book about our war there went awry. Nobody learns anything from the mistakes of the past anyway. So this posting will be very short. The Afghanistan Papers[...]
Is the movie “Reservoir Dogs” an allegory on nuclear war?
“Reservoir Dogs” was Quentin Tarantino’s (bio here) first film, released in 1992, and typifies his film work. On its face, it’s a crime noir movie about jewel thieves who come into conflict with the police and each other. Its explicit portrayals of violence grossed out audien[...]
Toddler tantrums
“The toxic acrimony of national politics is seeping down to the local level — and the consequences look ever more ominous.” This is Niall Stanage (bio here), an Irish journalist looking at America from the outside in, writing for The Hill where he’s an associate editor. Read the [...]
Afghan debacle increases risk of war between U.S. and China
A couple days ago I wrote (here), “I’m concerned about a couple of things. One is whether our withdrawal from Afghanistan will be interpreted in Beijing as a lack of resolve and embolden China’s dictator to attack Taiwan.” I wasn’t imagining things. And it didn’t take lon[...]
Who’s to blame for the Afghanistan debacle?
Afghanistan will fall to the Taliban, probably within days. For many Afghans, that’s very bad. There will be a bloodbath. The survivors will be dragged backward into the Tenth Century. Girls won’t be allowed to go to school, will be pushed into arranged marriages, forced to wear burkhas[...]