Category Archives: History

The Syrian Withdrawal

The place is a mess, and it does complicate China’s life for them to have to deal with it. My only concern is for the Kurds. But maybe they can cut a deal with Assad. And it is worth noting that Erdogan will be limited in his military ambitions by the need for maintenance of his NATO equipment.

[Mid-morning update]

The fate of the Kurds.

They really deserve their own country, but that never seems to be in the cards. Ignoring the Marxist PKK, they’re the only real allies, other than Israel, in the region.

How The Russian Witch Hunt Started

A long read, but why Trump has Ukraine on the brain.

[Update a few minutes later]

Mr. Trump goes to Washington.

[Update a few more minutes later]

The IG report on FISA abuse will be out on Friday, and someone needs to put Adam Schiff under oath.

[Update a while later]

The pre-impeachment of Donald Trump never stopped.

[Noon update]

The curious case of the incurious press.

The Kavanaugh “scandal”

The other victim.

She’s lucky she wasn’t called a nut and a slut, as they were going to do with Lewinsky.

The asymmetry here is striking with these horrible people. In the case of Clinton, they were pressuring women to lie to protect a rapist. In this case, they pressured a woman to lie to falsely accuse a good man of being a rapist. In both cases, these people who (in some cases are the same people) hold themselves up as righteous paragons of virtue, though they are in fact monsters seeking nothing but power.