Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Back in 2015, I broke out my old globe and wrote the article below. My globe is roughly 100 years old, when Israel didn’t exist. The relatively tiny area of Palestine (look for Jerusalem) is labeled “Brit...

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Another “emergency” shipment of arms to Israel: What a way to end the year! First, the Biden administration sent $106 million in tank shells to Israel without Congressional approval. Now, the government is...

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Some thoughts – more or less connected – on war in Gaza and Ukraine: Israel is engaged in a "traditional" war of conquest. Like the Romans destroyed Carthage, Israel is essentially destroying Gaza using...

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. As Christmas approaches, it doesn’t seem to be the season to be jolly, unless you’re a U.S. weapons manufacturer. It seems instead yet another season for war, as the president and Congress fight over how much...

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Last night, I watched the classic film version of H.G. Wells’s “The War of the Worlds.” Made in 1953, the film depicts a Martian invasion of the Earth, with humans being massacred in droves due to the superior...

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. We are witnessing the obliteration of Gaza. The death toll has already surpassed 16,000 as Israel continues to pummel targets with American-made bombs and missiles. Even CNN is worried (from my email update...

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. A report from Sy Hersh suggests that the Russia-Ukraine War may finally be sputtering to a diplomatic conclusion. The senior generals on both sides seem to be the main actors, but who really cares as long as...

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. A recent article by Major General (ret.) Dennis Laich and Colonel (ret.) Lawrence Wilkerson notes a crisis in military recruitment in America. Here’s how their article begins: The U.S. military’s all-volunteer...

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. After dropping 6000 bombs in six days, the Israeli Air Force has now reached the staggering sum of at least 15,000 bombs dropped on densely populated areas of Gaza. The bomb tonnage is already equivalent to...

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. It’s depressingly true that no nations or peoples are immune from committing atrocities. History is filled with them. Atrocities, that is. Did Hamas commit atrocities, most notably on 10/7? Yes. Has Israel...