Hondo

after a long hiatus……. The change of power in Honduras seems by most accounts to be an appropriate demonstration of peaceful democratic process. The Wall Street Journal recaps it here. CATO offers a similar recap 27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000 width=228 height=195> Pat Buchanan (admittedly isolationist) says “Hands off Honduras!“  He clarifies further “The hypocrisy here is astounding…… That Obama... Read More

Most Americans? from which Amerika?

Michelle has spoken.  “I think I was like most Americans,” she told ABC News. “Pretty oblivious to the life of military families. Sort of taking it for granted.”  Hopefully she is telling the truth – because for certain the “most Americans” to whom she refers, those with whom she socializes, disdain the military just as Hillary Clinton famously did. We see repeatedly the profound conceit which characterizes... Read More

caught passing a note

Foreign policy is a complicated game.  Overlapping personal agendas, conflicting national strategies, cultural differences and domestic constraints make it a far more fluid, dynamic and often unpredictable effort than is typically portrayed in the media.  The biggest mistake the US typically makes, based on our naive outlook, is to assume that others want the same outcomes as we do.  We compound that with our desire that others “like us.” It... Read More