The DiploMad 2.0

Wracked with angst over the fate of our beloved and horribly misgoverned Republic, the DiploMad returns to do battle on the world wide web, swearing death to political correctness, and pulling no punches.

Sunday, March 30, 2014

A Thought or Maybe Two on the San Francisco Gun-Running Scandal . . .

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Well, well, well . . . reads almost like a script for Fox's "Sons of Anarchy" TV show. California state senator Leland Yee, ...
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Friday, March 28, 2014

The Russia Factor

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Some time back, perhaps 2002 or 2003, maybe a bit earlier, I attended an international security conference in Singapore. Several countries h...
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Sums it up re a University Education . . .

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Took this picture today over at the University of California, Irvine. One picture kinda sums up where our universities are . . . and I don...
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Saturday, March 22, 2014

Quo Vadis, Caesar Vladimir Vladimirovich?

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Via The Hill (h/t Drudge ) we see that the Conqueror of Crimea is setting his imperial eyes on regions far removed from Russia's tradit...
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Flight MH370 and Foreign Policy in a Dangerous World

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I don't know about you, but I am finding the coverage of missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 beyond annoying. Every couple of hours it...
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Monday, March 17, 2014

Crimea River: The Obama "Sanctions" Kick in; Moscow Stock Exchange Moves Up

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Wow! Those are some "sanctions" on Russia, eh? My head is just reeling! So much testosterone in the air! These "sanctions...
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Saturday, March 15, 2014

Frightened by Kerry "Ultimatum," Russian Troops Move out of Crimea . . . and Further into Ukraine

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In line with his threat to the Assad regime that we would do  "something unbelievably small"  if the Syrian dictator didn't do...
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W. Lewis Amselem, long time US Foreign Service Officer; now retired; served all over the world and under all sorts of conditions. Convinced the State Department needs to be drastically slashed and reformed so that it will no longer pose a threat to the national interests of the United States.
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