Foreign Affairs

Trump vs. the Spy Chiefs: Who’s Right? | Patrick J. Buchanan – Official Website

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Trump vs. the Spy Chiefs: Who’s Right? | Patrick J. Buchanan – Official Website
— Read on buchanan.org/blog/trump-vs-the-spy-chiefs-whos-right-135918

I think the debate is healthy. One angle that was missed here is that a governments actions seldom reflect the wishes of its people. Especially in the Middle East. So to say that Iran, China, or Turkey , ‘for a few examples’, will not act in a certain way because of their diverse populations is not correct. Those countries are run by Dictators who do what they please without a healthy public debate about what should be done.

Not that the corrupt Western governments are much better, but there is at least a thin veneer of openness and debate. JohnBarleycorn

Pakistan upholds acquittal of woman in blasphemy case

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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s top court on Tuesday upheld its acquittal of a Christian woman who spent eight years on death row after being convicted of blasphemy, dealing a blow to radical Islamists who had staged violent mass protests last year calling for her execution. Aasia Bibi watched from a secret location as the decision was announced on television, according to a friend who was on the phone with her at the time. He said Bibi’s first thought upon hearing the news was that she would soon be able to join her daughters in Canada, where they have been granted asylum.
— Read on apnews.com/3cf437e7f39845a0ba3a8275991eba77

Good news

If the Army Stands With Maduro, What Is Plan B? – Taki’s Magazine – Taki’s Magazine

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Guiado’s constitutional claim to the presidency of Venezuela was a scheme cooked up in collusion with Washington, made in the USA, with Secretary of State Pompeo, John Bolton and Sen. Marco Rubio signing on, and President Trump signing off.
— Read on www.takimag.com/article/if-the-army-stands-with-maduro-what-is-plan-b/

Funny to here Putin whine about us in Ukraine with this going on.

Congress voted 357-22 Thursday to support Pelosi’s trillion dollar slush fund for NATO instead of $5 billion for a Mexico border wall -brassballs.blog

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As Speaker of the House, Pelosi is in charge of divvying up NATO’s trillion
dollar slush fund. It is more than the U.S. defense budget. It is more than
the budgets of 27 of the 28 countries in NATO. Only the U.S. has a budget
of over a trillion dollars. The U.S. has been paying from 66 to 82.5 per
cent of the NATO budget since 2011. Both slabs of pork, the U.S. and NATO’s
defense budget, are courtesy of U.S. taxpayers. Five billion dollars to
support the Mexican border wall to protect American citizens has never been
voted on or approved. Sources are NATO and the Congressional Record.
— Read on brassballs.blog/home/congress-voted-357-22-thursday-to-support-pelosis-trillion-dollar-slush-fund-for-nato-instead-of-5-billion-for-mexican-border-wall

They are spending money like it belongs to someone else, hey wait, it does belong to someone else………the taxpayers. Trump should grow a pair and veto this until he gets our wall.