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One way to think of the initial U.S. role in Afghanistan was that it was payback to Russia for Vietnam by a generation of officers that had seen it close up. And they wanted to give the Russians their own Vietnam. Similarly, another way to think of Ukraine is payback to Russia for Iraq from…

Since pointless fact checks over largely unimportant things are all the rage, we might as well join the fun. Ron DeSantis sparks outrage after suggesting the French would not have put up any resistance to a Russian invasion – Conservative governor’s statement is mocked for lack of geopolitical knowledge – The Independent “A lot of other places…

It’s the Chicago way. We all remember the Black Lives Matter campaign to go after American history and the Italian-American community in Chicago by pulling down the city’s famous Columbus statue. Chicago’s Mayor Lightfoot easily gave in to them and we now know just how hard she went after Columbus. Mayor Lori Lightfoot blocked a…

Before the Black Lives Matter race riots and the endorsement of the hate group by every major corporation and branch of government, juries could be counted on to do their jobs. Since then that’s no longer been the case with successful lynchings of police officers in the George Floyd drug overdose case and others. Bringing any…