Tag: war
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Enough Silence
I mean myself here. I have said little–not nothing, but not very much–about Trump’s war against Iran. I realize it is a complex issue and that if it comes to simply two sides(“we should have” and “we shouldn’t have”)a reasonable person might find some arguments to agree with on each side. But it is NOT…
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Trump and the Separation of Powers, Part II–The Military Power
I was planning to do a blog like this even before the US and Israel struck Iran about week and a half ago. Now it is imperative to me that I must do it and do it as soon as possible. First, some basics–1) The power to declare war belongs to Congress–this is not an…
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He Did It–What Was It?–And What Now?
Well, President Trump had his time with the Israeli-Iranian crisis. Whether it was good or bad for him I don’t know. I rather have the feeling that he largely enjoyed it, but not entirely. He may really not have wanted to go to war at first, then drifted, rather quickly toward a decision to commit…
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Trump and Other Nations–What’s Next and Where Are We Going Now?
There is so much to say about the Trump Administration that I don’t know where to start. I guess I’ll begin with foreign policy or whatever we should call Trump’s actions to and words about other countries. Not that there’s not a lot to say about domestic issues, but let’s put that off–a little while.…
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