One is hard pressed to find a similar example of such fits and starts of both conflict and diplomacy as we are seeing in the war with Iran. So, what’s going on? Reality and fantasy are colliding.
Category: Updates
The Action Update: Gallery of Garbage
In this week’s edition of the Action Update, we look at terrorists, neo-Nazis, and other candidates for office in the United States. And then we look at what drives the fits and starts in Lebanon’s cycle of war and peace, and who is currently making decisions in Iran (today).
The Action Update: No More Forever Negotiations
On Friday, Israeli and Lebanese military leaders will be meeting at the Pentagon. The US and Israel share the same goal, ending Hezbollah’s reign of terror across Lebanon and northern Israel. Unfortunately, the powers that be in Beirut remain cowed by and/or sympathetic to the terrorists they’ve coddled for decades.
Let’s dive in.
The Action Update: Yellow Cake, Chocolate Cake, Something for Everyone
In this week’s edition of the Action Update, we’ll breakdown what’s happening in Beijing, why it matters for the war Iran, and the rest of the world. Also, there’s cake. Let’s dig in.
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The Action Update: Let’s See Some Receipts
In this week’s edition of the CUFI Action Update, we examine some problems and highlight a key part of one solution.
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The Action Update: Meet The Guy Sort of Running Iran
In this week’s edition of the Action Update we meet the dominant force (presently) in Iran, shine the light on the Pentagon’s effort to sneak a few million over to the LAF, and note just how valuable the Abraham Accords have proven to be.
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The Action Update: Getting messy for Massie
Hezbollah keeps killing, the Iranians are grieving, and Rep. Massie keeps getting it wrong.
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The Action Update: Ending the (real) Forever War
Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power once wrote, “…the most important part of decision-making was not the justness of one’s intentions but the effectiveness of one’s actions.”
It’s a half-true (at best) quote from someone who advanced and supported some of President Obama’s deadliest policies and acts of indifference. Although ultimately irrelevant to all but the neo-leftist choir, Ms. Powers and this specific quote exemplify the lie that is the foreign policy establishment. The truth is that serious people ensure they are making both just and effective decisions – sacrificing one for the other is why Ms. Powers and her ilk ultimately set the table for the 10/7 Massacre, the current war with Iran, and the deaths of more than 30,000 Iranian protestors.
So, with this in mind, let’s check in with an Administration that doesn’t accept the (deadly) Powers Compromise…
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The Action Update: The Donald J. Trump School of Diplomacy
For the purposes of the first part of this Action Update, we’re going to ignore what everyone is saying. Rather, we’ll just report the reality on the air, land and seas. After that, we promise we’ll bring back in everybody’s statements and opinions so we can check in on the diplomacy front…
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The Action Update: The Regime’s Trembling Remnant
While (current) Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragachi acknowledges that his regime is “in contact” with the US, he maintains, “this is not a negotiation.” Everything’s a negotiation, and we suspect that Mr. Araghchi knows that.
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