It’s truly fascinating to watch the headlines just this past month alone to try and figure out the transaction logic in so many self-contradicting thoughts, and the damage it is doing for perceptions of American leadership: Dogs of War Terrorist killed by US: “he died like a dog” US dog injured by terrorist: “dog is … Continue reading US Constantly Contradicting Self on Syria Policy
This just in from Gorbachev’s interview in Reuters There’s no ideological struggle between Russia and the West. But there are economic links, freedom of movement, communication and a cultural convergence. So I’m convinced that a new Cold war can be avoided. His advice is to stop building walls if we want better global and national … Continue reading Gorbachev: A New Cold War Can Be Avoided
A privacy breach affecting hundreds of thousands of users in June 2014 happened several months after Yahoo had hired a CSO who publicly boasted he personally was the reason users could trust security of the service. He then quietly left in disgrace, failing to reveal this and other breaches, to become the CSO at Facebook … Continue reading Massive Biometric Data Breach Traced to 2014 Yahoo
After a series of tragic missteps by the White House, which led to tens of thousands of Kurds being killed and hundreds of thousands of refugees, American officials tried to claim they had created a cease-fire. On the face of it their claim doesn’t make any sense, as America turned tail and abruptly left its … Continue reading Turkey: “This is Not a Ceasefire”