Syria is about to provide a real test for President Trump’s vision of a more deliberate America that refuses to invest lives and resources in fights which are not central to America’s safety.
It is good that Bashar Al-Assad and his family dictatorship have been forced to flee Syria. In two generations, father and son imprisoned, tortured, and killed hundreds of thousands of Syrians. They forced millions to become refugees in Europe. They allied with Iran to undermine Lebanon and support Hezbollah’s attacks on Israel.
It is good that President Putin and the Russians could not generate the combat power to prop up the Assad family. The costly invasion of Ukraine — and the Ukrainian people’s courageous effort to fight it — have drained the Russian dictatorship militarily and economically. Now, its power is ebbing, and Russia finds itself in retreat.
- Respecting Your Enemies
We are a long way from this kind of strategic focus and yet it will be the key to an acceptable future. - A Swiss Warning Bares the Implications of an Older, Greyer, and Smaller West
The entire pattern of younger people having more children, who then had more children, is broken. - If We Lose Chicago
Looking at the consequences of Iran acquiring destructive weapons. - Winston Churchill and the Iran War
Past conflicts can provide valuable lessons for the present. - The Resurrection of Christ is the Foundation of Hope
On Easter, we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ – the most important day of the year for the Christian community.