Foreign Policies Archives – https://ezkool.com/category/foreign-policies/ Sun, 08 Nov 2020 03:11:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ezkool.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ezkool-logo-75png.png Foreign Policies Archives – https://ezkool.com/category/foreign-policies/ 32 32 12773863 If Only We Could Trexit https://ezkool.com/2016/06/2if-only-we-could-trexit/ https://ezkool.com/2016/06/2if-only-we-could-trexit/#respond Sun, 26 Jun 2016 15:23:59 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=63544 If only Donald Trump would Trexit. Before November, when he’ll likely Trexit anyway. Yes, I know that the British vote to leave the European Union is being interpreted as a warning that the angry, anti-immigrant, anti-trade, build-an-entire-sea-around-the-country (which the British actually did at minimal cost), xenophobic population in England is heading towards the United States, […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/06/2if-only-we-could-trexit/feed/ 0 63544 The Endless Election Finally Begins https://ezkool.com/2016/06/endless-election-finally-begins2016/ https://ezkool.com/2016/06/endless-election-finally-begins2016/#respond Sun, 12 Jun 2016 15:49:06 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=63415 Good news: The primaries are over. Well, except for the DC primary this Tuesday, but that one really won’t count for much. Bad news: The general election is on our doorstep, promising us five months of mudslinging, advertisements across numerous screens and multiple forms of media, and, oh yes, some policy prescriptions. At this point, […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/06/endless-election-finally-begins2016/feed/ 0 63415 Mr. May vs. Ms. October https://ezkool.com/2016/05/mr-may-vs-ms-october/ https://ezkool.com/2016/05/mr-may-vs-ms-october/#respond Sun, 22 May 2016 16:01:10 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=63308 Those of us old enough to remember the halcyon days of the late 70s and early 80s and the great New York Yankee teams of that era with their owner, George Steinbrenner. George knew greatness and proved it when he went out and bought Reggie Jackson to patrol right field for the 1977 and 1978 […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/05/mr-may-vs-ms-october/feed/ 0 63308 The Reality Show Election Just Got Very Real https://ezkool.com/2016/04/reality-show-election-just-got-real9/ https://ezkool.com/2016/04/reality-show-election-just-got-real9/#respond Sun, 03 Apr 2016 15:53:20 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=63012 It is true that political discourse has taken a wildly unpredictable and extremely troubling turn in this country, but just when it seems that the shouting match will get louder, along comes a politician who is calm, focused, steely, intelligent, moral and principled. Who is this person? The current occupant of the Oval Office. A […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/04/reality-show-election-just-got-real9/feed/ 0 63012 Terror Reminds Us of What’s At Stake https://ezkool.com/2016/03/terror-reminds-us-whats-stake5/ https://ezkool.com/2016/03/terror-reminds-us-whats-stake5/#respond Sun, 27 Mar 2016 16:11:28 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=62929 Just when it looked like we were going to spend the spring being subjected to the GOP food fight about wives and Supreme Court blockades and keeping swarthy people out of the country, along comes a cold sweat, fear-inducing, terror-in-the-night event in Belgium to focus us on what’s really at stake in this election. So […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/03/terror-reminds-us-whats-stake5/feed/ 0 62929 A Political Snow Job https://ezkool.com/2016/01/snow-job15/ Sun, 24 Jan 2016 16:51:07 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=62315 If nothing else, the big blizzard that hit the East Coast is sparing us from some of the oh-so-trite coverage of the presidential election, which actually only gets underway eight days hence. Governor Christie did make it back to New Jersey for the storm, even though he had originally said that the Lieutenant Governor, Kim […]

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]]> 62315 White Man’s Skin Turns “Dark Skinned” After Liver Transplant from Black Man https://ezkool.com/2015/12/white-mans-skin-turns-dark-skinned-after-liver-transplant-from-black-man/ Sun, 13 Dec 2015 20:53:39 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=61541 The 65-year-old Russian man was diagnosed with hepatitis C and cancer, and would have died if he didn’t get the liver transplant. He traveled to the United States and paid $500,000 for the transplant. The liver came from a 38 year old black man. What happened next left everyone, including doctors, perplexed. “I noticed that […]

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]]> 61541 Let’s Get This Straight: Donald Trump Will Not Be President https://ezkool.com/2015/12/trump-will-not-be-president/ Fri, 11 Dec 2015 02:27:06 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=61482 He won’t even be the Republican nominee in 2016. Yes, I know, the New York Times just published a poll that has Trump high atop the GOP field and gaining strength as the one candidate who will keep us safe. He’s everywhere on cable and network news and is a constant topic of conversation on […]

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]]> 61482 Refugees From Reality https://ezkool.com/2015/11/refugees-from-reality/ Mon, 23 Nov 2015 01:01:18 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=61200 Leave it to the GOP (and some uninformed Democrats) to make a frightening situation something to panic over. The Paris attacks were terrible. The threat of more terrorist attacks on Europe is very real. But if you want to stop terrorists from coming into the United States, tampering with the refugee system is exactly the […]

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]]> 61200 Does This Mean War? https://ezkool.com/2015/11/does-this-mean-war/ Mon, 16 Nov 2015 01:06:35 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=61097 I’m being a bit of a coward by posing my title as a question, but I do firmly believe that the western world is headed towards a much larger, more coordinated and, ultimately, more deadly military conflict. If it sounds like war, smells like war, destroys like war, breeds intolerance like war, then it must […]

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]]> 61097 52-42 https://ezkool.com/2015/09/52-42/ https://ezkool.com/2015/09/52-42/#respond Sun, 20 Sep 2015 15:51:58 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=59915 That’s really all you need to know about Carly Fiorina’s chances of becoming either the Republican nominee or president of this great country. She’s an accomplished woman with plenty of money and a great speaking style, but when it came to getting votes, she couldn’t win, even in the great Republican year of 2010. Fiorina […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/09/52-42/feed/ 0 59915 The Iran Deal Will Survive https://ezkool.com/2015/09/the-iran-deal-will-survive/ https://ezkool.com/2015/09/the-iran-deal-will-survive/#respond Sun, 06 Sep 2015 23:28:45 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=59803 Foreign affairs used to be the one area where the country supported the president to show the world that, although we might have messy domestic issues, the United States was indeed united when confronting the world. Oh how things have changed. I support the Iran deal for three basic reasons: 1. I assume that Iran […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/09/the-iran-deal-will-survive/feed/ 0 59803 The August Election https://ezkool.com/2015/08/the-august-election/ https://ezkool.com/2015/08/the-august-election/#respond Sun, 30 Aug 2015 15:50:53 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=59725 OK, I’ll play along. According to the polls, the guesses, the conventional wisdom, the money and the low-down, scandal-mongering, hyper-partisan, yellow-dog press, we now know who’s going to win that all-important August 2015 presidential election. I’m sure you know that this election is a rather unusual one in American politics because it doesn’t take place […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/08/the-august-election/feed/ 0 59725 And On Your Left… https://ezkool.com/2015/08/and-on-your-left/ https://ezkool.com/2015/08/and-on-your-left/#respond Sun, 23 Aug 2015 17:16:15 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=59638 With so much of the interesting political maneuvering happening on the right, we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that there will be Democratic debates in the fall, and they could be just as interesting as the Republican candidate-a-thons. While Hillary Clinton still leads in every match-up with one or the other GOP candidate, she’s […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/08/and-on-your-left/feed/ 0 59638 Afraid of Rubio? They All Scare Me. https://ezkool.com/2015/05/afraid-of-rubio-they-all-scare-me/ https://ezkool.com/2015/05/afraid-of-rubio-they-all-scare-me/#respond Mon, 25 May 2015 23:53:18 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=58994 Ooohhh! Scary!!! Yes, The New York Times reported last week that many Democrats are most afraid of a presidential match-up between Hillary and…Marco Rubio. Scary!!! And why? Because…he has a story! Scary!!! And he’s good looking. And he’s a good speaker. And he’s Hispanic and his father came here from Cuba and he won big […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/05/afraid-of-rubio-they-all-scare-me/feed/ 0 58994 The Foreign Policy Election https://ezkool.com/2015/05/the-foreign-policy-election/ https://ezkool.com/2015/05/the-foreign-policy-election/#respond Sun, 17 May 2015 21:53:44 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=58948 First it was Jeb Bush. Now it’s Marco Rubio. For other Republicans, it’s all about Hillary Clinton and Benghazi. Meanwhile, Scott Walker has tripped over his own feet while discussing the world and Chris Christie, who has something to say about everything, has little to say yet on foreign affairs. Why is this important? Because […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/05/the-foreign-policy-election/feed/ 0 58948 Major ISIS Leader Killed in US Special Forces Raid https://ezkool.com/2015/05/major-isis-leader-killed-in-us-special-forces-raid/ https://ezkool.com/2015/05/major-isis-leader-killed-in-us-special-forces-raid/#respond Sat, 16 May 2015 15:36:30 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=58938 Another win for America. Another win for the president many Republicans say is “soft on terrorism.” Islamic State senior commander, Abu Sayyaf, was killed and his wife captured in Syria during a raid by U.S. Special Forces, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said. The operation in eastern Syria was authorized by President Barack Obama, according to […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/05/major-isis-leader-killed-in-us-special-forces-raid/feed/ 0 58938 All Eyes On Israel https://ezkool.com/2015/03/all-eyes-on-israel/ https://ezkool.com/2015/03/all-eyes-on-israel/#respond Sun, 22 Mar 2015 14:57:57 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=58374 We’re going to need our mucking boots today because we’re going to wade into the Middle East. Until now, I have assiduously avoided all mention of the region because it’s messy and confusing and controversial and, quite frankly, my ideas have, shall we say, evolved over time. But the events of the day are far […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/03/all-eyes-on-israel/feed/ 0 58374 John Kerry: “Substantial Progress” Made in Iran Nuclear Talks https://ezkool.com/2015/03/john-kerry-substantial-progress-made-in-iran-nuclear-talks/ https://ezkool.com/2015/03/john-kerry-substantial-progress-made-in-iran-nuclear-talks/#respond Sat, 21 Mar 2015 19:01:30 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=58369 It’s Saturday, so I’m going to do what I can to upset a few Republicans. Here’s one story that is sure to achieve that goal – according to US Secretary of State, there is “substantial progress” being made in the Iran nuclear talks. Watch Republicans flip out on this good news! The United States and […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/03/john-kerry-substantial-progress-made-in-iran-nuclear-talks/feed/ 0 58369 Elected, Perchance to Govern? https://ezkool.com/2015/03/elected-perchance-to-govern/ https://ezkool.com/2015/03/elected-perchance-to-govern/#respond Sun, 01 Mar 2015 21:22:02 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=58161 Mitch McConnell, moderate. I thought I’d never see that characterization, but after last week’s embarrassing, incompetent, dangerous gambit the House Republicans played, he’s looking like the only GOP adult in the room. John Boehner seems to have lost his caucus and is now dependent on the far right to dictate what gets done in the […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/03/elected-perchance-to-govern/feed/ 0 58161 Top Black Democrats will Skip Netanyahu’s Republican Speech https://ezkool.com/2015/02/top-black-democrats-to-skip-netanyahus-republican-speech/ https://ezkool.com/2015/02/top-black-democrats-to-skip-netanyahus-republican-speech/#respond Fri, 06 Feb 2015 12:02:54 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=57883 All Democrats in Congress should be preparing to skip this speech. Doing so has nothing to do with Israel or the relationship that country has with America, skipping the speech will however emphasize the blatant disrespect shown by Boehner and his Republican party, and the disrespect Netanyahu is showing apparently has for the American political […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/02/top-black-democrats-to-skip-netanyahus-republican-speech/feed/ 0 57883 EXCLUSIVE: MITT ROMNEY OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENT IN 2016 https://ezkool.com/2015/01/exclusive-mitt-romney-officially-announces-candidacy-for-president-in-2016/ https://ezkool.com/2015/01/exclusive-mitt-romney-officially-announces-candidacy-for-president-in-2016/#respond Mon, 19 Jan 2015 05:37:02 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=57449 As seen on America The Not So Beautiful By Mike Caccioppoli This is a very exciting day at America The Not So Beautiful as Mitt Romney has chosen this blog to formally announce that he will be running for President in 2016. He told me that he hopes the third time is the charm and […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/01/exclusive-mitt-romney-officially-announces-candidacy-for-president-in-2016/feed/ 0 57449 The Pendulum Swings Both Ways https://ezkool.com/2015/01/the-pendulum-swings-both-ways/ https://ezkool.com/2015/01/the-pendulum-swings-both-ways/#respond Sun, 04 Jan 2015 17:52:23 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=57114   It took about 35 years, but the Republican Party is just where it wants to be. They have a Congressional majority and are flush with the optimism of a political movement that they believe has broad popular support. They are looking forward to perhaps winning the presidency in 2016 and finally being able to […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/01/the-pendulum-swings-both-ways/feed/ 0 57114 Barack: Hack Attack Lacks Tact, but Raoul Is Cool https://ezkool.com/2014/12/barack-hack-attack-lacks-tact-raoul-cool/ https://ezkool.com/2014/12/barack-hack-attack-lacks-tact-raoul-cool/#respond Mon, 22 Dec 2014 03:19:16 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=56882 As I said before, it really doesn’t feel like the holidays, and with the events of the past week I would guess that others are wondering where the spirit went. Or when it’s really going to arrive. The Sony hacking is certainly a wake-up call for anyone who doubts the severity of our online, privacy-free, […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/12/barack-hack-attack-lacks-tact-raoul-cool/feed/ 0 56882 The Pentagon Confirms – ISIS Now Has U.S Weapons https://ezkool.com/2014/10/the-pentagon-confirms-isis-now-has-u-s-weapons/ https://ezkool.com/2014/10/the-pentagon-confirms-isis-now-has-u-s-weapons/#respond Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:25:59 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=55770 What now Republicans? What great idea do you have now to fight ISIS. “Arm the rebels” you screamed every day on my television and although the president told you that was not a good idea, you screamed louder. Well the President listened, and now it has been confirmed that ISIS has our weapons! What now […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/10/the-pentagon-confirms-isis-now-has-u-s-weapons/feed/ 0 55770 Congressional Cowards Decide to Run Away From a War Vote This Year https://ezkool.com/2014/09/congressional-cowards-decide-run-away-war-vote-year/ https://ezkool.com/2014/09/congressional-cowards-decide-run-away-war-vote-year/#respond Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:56:05 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=55192 John Boehner, the Republican House Speaker  and leader of the cowards in the House of Representatives, told The New York Times that the goal of this Congress has absolutely nothing to do with the Constitution. The leader of the congressional cowards explained their main goal is sitting back and waiting ’till next year when hopefully […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/09/congressional-cowards-decide-run-away-war-vote-year/feed/ 0 55192 Breaking: The U.S Has Began Bombing ISIS Targets in Syria https://ezkool.com/2014/09/breaking-u-s-began-bombing-isis-targets-syria/ https://ezkool.com/2014/09/breaking-u-s-began-bombing-isis-targets-syria/#respond Tue, 23 Sep 2014 01:46:16 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=55013 The United States launched airstrikes in Syria against ISIS targets, sources tell NBC News. The U.S. military plans to strike up to 20 targets — logistics, fuel and weapons depots; training sites; troop encampments; command and control sites; and headquarters for the Sunni fighters. The U.S. military will deploy manned and unmanned air assets, including […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/09/breaking-u-s-began-bombing-isis-targets-syria/feed/ 0 55013 ISIS Releases 49 Hostages https://ezkool.com/2014/09/isis-releases-49-hostages/ https://ezkool.com/2014/09/isis-releases-49-hostages/#respond Mon, 22 Sep 2014 11:48:52 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=54976 Dozens of Turkish hostages abducted by Islamist militants in northern Iraq were freed Saturday after three months in captivity, CNN reports. Militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria raided the Turkish consulate in June and seized 49 people, including Consul General Ozturk Yilmaz. Others abducted included his family, children and other citizens who […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/09/isis-releases-49-hostages/feed/ 0 54976 Go Home https://ezkool.com/2014/09/go-home/ https://ezkool.com/2014/09/go-home/#respond Mon, 22 Sep 2014 00:10:43 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=54970 I came across this article by Fred Barnes in The Weekly Standard because I happened to be trolling around right wing sites and thought he had a provocative, interesting idea. I also found a site that castigated Progressives for Palin Derangement Syndrome. You know, that knee-jerk negative reaction the left has whenever Palins’s name comes […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/09/go-home/feed/ 0 54970 Jesse Ventura – Bush and Cheney are Responsible For Whats Happening in Iraq – PIC https://ezkool.com/2014/09/jesse-ventura-bush-cheney-responsible-whats-happening-iraq-pic/ https://ezkool.com/2014/09/jesse-ventura-bush-cheney-responsible-whats-happening-iraq-pic/#respond Sat, 20 Sep 2014 13:59:26 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=54942 I must say, I totally agree.

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