US vice president JD Vance has reportedly told the UK government that it must roll back its LGBTQ+ hate speech laws to get a trade deal over the line.
‘Roll back LGBTQ+ hate speech laws to secure a US trade deal’, UK government reportedly told
Tag: National Security
Beyond the Barriers: Security and Segregation in Gaza
While listening to an interview with David Petraeus on Iran International (run by Iranian opposition), I was struck by his mention of the “gated communities” concept for post-war Gaza (17:37). As the former commander of Multi-National Force – Iraq during the Iraq War, Petraeus oversaw various security strategies, including the implementation of walled-off neighborhoods designed to control movement and reduce violence. However, it appears that the U.S. military ultimately abandoned the idea, likely due to growing resistance from Iraqis, who viewed the barriers not as security measures but as a form of forced isolation.
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W.J. Astore
You can’t do a wrong thing the right way
During World War II, the Nazi system of extermination camps was fairly efficient. Relatively small death camps like Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka killed an astonishing number of people, more than 1.6 million and nearly all Jews, quickly and efficiently. If there were a Nazi DOGE, I suppose these death camps may have won “efficiency” awards from it. They stripped the incoming victims of all their valuables and then killed virtually all of them. The loot stolen by the SS was then distributed, again fairly efficiently.
The DOGE Is All Wrong
China is beating U.S. in biotech advances, report warns
Noboa Taps Blackwater’s Prince to Battle Ecuador’s Chaos
President Daniel Noboa shocks the world, revealing a strategic alliance with Erik Prince, Blackwater’s founder, to tackle Ecuador’s security crisis.
Noboa Taps Blackwater’s Prince to Battle Ecuador’s Chaos (archived)
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US and European armies should join our war on gangs, Ecuador president tells BBC
Noboa has already ordered the foreign ministry to seek cooperation agreements with “allied nations” to support Ecuador’s police and army, and is also seeking parliamentary approval to change the constitution to allow foreign military bases in Ecuador again.
The Latest on Colby’s Strategy of Denial
There’s little in Elbridge A. Colby’s past to suggest that President Trump’s most loyal and fierce allies would embrace him.
Mr. Colby, 45, has deep roots in the foreign policy establishment that Mr. Trump is trying to destroy. He is the grandson of the former C.I.A. director William Colby; a product of Groton, Harvard and Yale Law School; someone who has spent much of his career working across party lines on some of the most complex national security issues: nuclear weapons strategy, China’s military buildup, the commercialization of space.
A Pentagon Nomination Fight Reveals the New Rules of Trump’s Washington
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US Army War College: Adapting US Defense Strategy to Great-Power Competition
USNI: A Forward Denial Defense: Inside the First Island Chain
Trump and Hegseth Fire Judge Advocates General of the Army, Navy and Air Force
Trump and Hegseth Fire Judge Advocates General of the Army, Navy and Air Force
Hegseth, a former Army National Guard officer and media personality, has been a vocal critic of what he perceives as restrictive rules of engagement that hinder military effectiveness. In his 2024 book, The War on Warriors, he argued against the limitations imposed by international laws, suggesting that such constraints disadvantage U.S. forces against adversaries who do not adhere to the same standards.
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Trump orders military to plan invasion of Panama to seize canal: report
President Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to prepare plans for carrying out his threat to “take back” the Panama Canal, including by military force if needed, two U.S. officials familiar with the situation told NBC News Thursday.
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Colombia’s students can’t publish anything about Palestine or Ukraine?!
First They Came for Mahmoud Khalil…
Trump Admin Is Trying To Deport Mahmoud Khalil for Speech That’s ‘Contrary’ to US Foreign Policy
The Trump administration is trying to deport 30-year-old Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder who was arrested by ICE agents over the weekend, for activity that is “contrary” to US foreign policy based on his involvement in protests critical of Israel’s war on Gaza at Columbia University.
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