Even by many of his critics’ accounts, President Donald Trump’s Asia trip was largely a success. “During his first visit to Northeast Asia as president, [Trump] stayed on script, deepened relationships with his counterparts and succeeded in communicating the right combination of assurance regarding the United States’ commitment to its allies and resolve in the […]
Vice President Mike Pence visited Japan and gave a speech that alarmed the liberal media over its rhetoric, primarily how the U.S. will not tolerate aggressive actions by the North Korean communist regime. Let’s take a look at the headlines and see how the media framed Pence’s speech (which you can watch here): CNN: Vice President […]
The status quo is no longer the status quo, per the actions of the Trump administration. Often, reporters would accompany cabinet members as they travel abroad for summits and meetings with other foreign leaders. Now, that long-held protocol is no more, at least for the new Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Tillerson did not take […]
From Task and Purpose: The Army announced Wednesday that a brigade of Fort Riley soldiers began a nine-month deployment to South Korea as officials from that country met with their U.S. counterparts in Washington over growing tensions with North Korea. The 1st Armored Brigade, 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley in Kansas is sending 3,500 […]
An interesting and insightful piece on the scars of war in South Korean architecture, mostly represented through sculptures that commemorate the Korean War. Photo by dombrassey
A 5.3 on the Richter scale is no small matter, especially when it’s related to a nuclear weapons test in North Korea. This has Japan, South Korea and the U.S. very concerned, including longtime North Korean ally China. Photo by Photographing Travis
That’s a major ‘oops’ moment: Taiwan’s navy on Friday mistakenly fired a supersonic anti-ship missile, although there were no injuries caused by the mishap, the official Central News Agency reported. The 500-ton patrol boat Chinchiang was undergoing an inspection inside a military base when the missile — a Hsiung Feng III — was fired off […]
Note that this former advisor, Bill Johnson, has no definitive proof, but he claimed that after the Pacific Command did not give the State Department a heads-up in counterterrorism operations in the Philippines, they were able to eliminate their targets (who had escaped several times previously).
No wonder world leaders don’t take Obama seriously: President Obama had dinner with celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain during his foreign policy trip to Hanoi, Vietnam, on Monday after winding down last week with a golf trip to Andrews Air Force Base right outside of Washington, D.C. The conversation between the two was taped for an episode of […]