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    Victory Planned

    by Navy Capt. (Ret) Peter O'Brien President Zelenskyy has now briefed President Biden, former President Trump, Vice President Harris, most of the heads of state...

    Unambiguous Ambiguity

    Tsar Vlad I is in the news again, talking about nuclear weapons. The news media reports he has changed his nuclear policy but I...

    To Amend #2

    by Navy Capt (Ret) Peter O'Brien Here are two more amendments to chew on (you have only one more week to suffer through this). I...

    To Amend

    by Navy Capt. (Ret) Peter O'Brien I have a good friend, a very smart good friend, who suggests that we as a nation are unlikely...

    Tim Wilson Discusses Security Issues on Epoch TV’s International Reporters Roundtable

    Project Sentinel Distinguished Fellow Tim Wilson joined Epoch TV's International Reporters Roundtable on July 28th to discuss Security issues after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a public rally in Butler, PA as well as major breaches with the Olympic games in Paris

    Strategic Lessons

    Ukraine has the simple and horrible problem of geography. Strictly speaking, it's not a strategic mistake as much as it is just an uncomfortable fact. If you wander through history you will find that countries without hard borders - a nasty mountain range, a raging river, perhaps an ocean - always have troubles with neighbors.

    Thoughts on A Recent Trip

    I just finished an 8 day trip during which I drove a tad more than 2700 miles and, for what it's worth, here are some comments and thoughts on life in general and life in America

    Place Your Bets

    The attempted assassination of former President Trump has now had a chance to settle in just a bit, and in capitals around the world I would suspect that there are senior planning teams taking out their portfolios and looking at their assumptions.

    To the Mainstream Media: Thank You

    In practical terms, sincerity is the opposite side of the coin of trust. To be trusted you must be sincere, you must try to do what's right and you must tell the truth. Further, once trust is lost it cannot be easily regained. Those who have had their trust violated rightly should be exceptionally demanding in trusting such an individual ever again in even the most minor of matters. 

    Whither Ukraine 

    The latest casualty estimate - not from Kiev - suggests Russia has suffered some 55,000 Killed In Action (KIA), though that number may be as high as 85,000. This would expand into some 200,000 - 300,000 wounded in action (WIA).

    More Lessons Learned

    We are 120 weeks into the war in Ukraine, a peace conference begins in a week in Switzerland (at which only one side is represented), and the war continues to evolve.

    A CENTURION’S CENTENNIAL

    May 19 marked one hundred years since the passing of a great Jewish scholar and poet, Abraham Elijah Kaplan (1891-1924). His father had been a celebrated scholar, who had passed away in his 30s, leaving young Abraham fatherless. His father’s best friends was Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer (1870-1953), who saw to it that the son was well educated in the schools of Lithuania. Abraham studied under great Jewish thinkers and by his late 20s and early 30s he had written several beautiful essays in scholarly journals.