CNBC is raising an alarm about China’s Covid-19 vaccines. Five of the six countries “with both high vaccination rates and high rates of Covid-19 infection … rely on vaccines made in China,” CNBC said in an article published here on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. CNBC said it ident[...]
Archive for the ‘Foreign Affairs’ Category
June 30th, 2021 - 8:35 pm § in Foreign Affairs, Politics
Remembering Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld, “America’s worst secretary of defense,” died Tuesday, June 29, 2021, days shy of his 89th birthday. I remember when he was a rising star in the Republican Party and some people even believed he’d be president someday. He didn’t come close. But the one-t[...]
Will China’s emperor start a war?
“Xi Jinping is a man on a mission,” the influential Washington D.C.-based Foreign Affairs magazine says. Much of his focus is on domestic issues such as eliminating corruption, political rivals, and internal dissent. But he’s also picking fights with other countries, “especia[...]
June 17th, 2021 - 11:19 am § in China, Foreign Affairs
Top U.S. general doesn’t think China could seize Taiwan now
America’s top general believes China’s military “does not currently have the capability to take Taiwan by force and is not likely to try” anytime soon, The Hill reported on Thursday, June 17, 2021 (read story here). Gen. Mark Milley (photo), chairman of the Pentagon’s j[...]
June 16th, 2021 - 1:41 pm § in Foreign Affairs
North Koreans facing hunger again
“North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned about possible food shortages and urged the country to brace for extended COVID-19 restrictions as he opened a major political conference to discuss national efforts to salvage a broken economy,” ABC News reported on Wednesday, June 16, 2001 (read [...]
Speaker Trump? Sure, why not?
An idea being floated in rightwing circles is that Trump is elected to Congress in 2022, the GOP recaptures the House, and he becomes Speaker. Sure, why not? There’s no piece of that which is illegal or implausible. Trump is eligible to run for Congress, likely will be elected if does, the GOP[...]
May 26th, 2021 - 11:00 pm § in Biden, China, Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs, Health, Politics, Science
What if the lab leak theory is true?
“Last summer,” an Atlantic article (read it here) begins, “a University of Michigan virologist … published an essay on the need to ‘rethink’ some basic research-safety practices in light of the coronavirus pandemic. But he and his co-author—another biosecurity-b[...]
May 24th, 2021 - 12:38 pm § in Foreign Affairs, Israel/Palestine
What aid does the U.S. give Israel?
Currently, about $3.8 billion a year, nearly all of it military assistance. Read story here. Did you know Israel’s “Iron Dome” defense system against Palestinian rocket attacks is largely financed by the U.S. under Obama-era aid policies? For an in-depth look at Biden’s break[...]
May 15th, 2021 - 1:19 pm § in Foreign Affairs, Israel/Palestine
Where is Jared’s peace plan now?
Dead on arrival, it seems. It was never a real peace plan anyway. Jared is a citizen of Israel. His “plan” was heavily skewed in favor of Israel (read details here). The Palestinians couldn’t be expected to accept it, nor did they. Nor did Israel’s rightwing leader, Netanyahu[...]
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