Chickens Come Home to Roost

NED’s Chickens Come Home to Roost

Make America Think Again! - Share Pat's Columns...

When Ronald Reagan called the Soviet Empire an “evil empire,” the phrase reflected his conviction that while the East-West struggle was indeed a global geostrategic conflict, it had a deep moral dimension. If Americans did not see the Cold War as he did, a battle between good and evil, Reagan …

Read more…


Make America Think Again! - Share Pat's Columns...
Marching as to War

Marching as to War

Make America Think Again! - Share Pat's Columns...

Sweeping through Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania this week, Joe Biden reassured all three that the United States’ commitment to Article Five of the NATO treaty remains “solemn” and “iron clad.” Article Five commits us to war if the territory of any of these tiny Baltic nations is violated by Russia. …

Read more…


Make America Think Again! - Share Pat's Columns...
Is Putin the Irrational One?

Is Putin the Irrational One?

Make America Think Again! - Share Pat's Columns...

Vladimir Putin seems to have lost touch with reality, Angela Merkel reportedly told Barack Obama after speaking with the Russian president. He is “in another world.” “I agree with what Angela Merkel said … that he is in another world,” said Madeleine Albright, “It doesn’t make any sense.” John Kerry …

Read more…


Make America Think Again! - Share Pat's Columns...
Russia and China

What Would the GOP Do?

Make America Think Again! - Share Pat's Columns...

Though Barack Obama is widely regarded as a weak president, is the new world disorder really all his fault? Listening to the more vocal voices of the GOP one might think so. According to Sen. Lindsey Graham, Vladimir Putin’s move into Crimea “started with Benghazi.” “When you kill Americans and …

Read more…


Make America Think Again! - Share Pat's Columns...
Intervene? Or End Syrian War?

Intervene? Or End Syrian War?

Make America Think Again! - Share Pat's Columns...

Whether saber rattling or not, word is out that the White House is “rethinking its options” on intervening in the Syrian war. The collapse of John Kerry’s Geneva 2 talks between the rebels and regime, the lengthening casualty lists from barrel-bomb attacks, and a death toll approaching 150,000, are apparently …

Read more…


Make America Think Again! - Share Pat's Columns...

Will Mobocracy Triumph in Ukraine?

Make America Think Again! - Share Pat's Columns...

Despite our endless blather about democracy, we Americans seem to be able to put our devotion to democratic principles on the shelf, when they get in the way of our New World Order. In 2012, in the presidential election in Egypt, Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood won in a …

Read more…


Make America Think Again! - Share Pat's Columns...
Stay Out of Wars

Is Kerry In Denial?

Make America Think Again! - Share Pat's Columns...

Does John Kerry understand the world he inherited? Is he in denial? Consider. At Davos, Switzerland, Kerry called it a “myth” that America is withdrawing, and “the most bewildering version of this disengagement myth is about a supposed U.S. retreat from the Middle East.” Is he serious? How else does …

Read more…


Make America Think Again! - Share Pat's Columns...
The worst peace scare in memory is sweeping through the think tanks of Washington

Is the Sun Peeking Through the War Clouds?

Make America Think Again! - Share Pat's Columns...

Prussian Chancellor Otto von Bismarck is sometimes credited with the proverb, “God has a special providence for fools, drunks and the United States of America.” Observing the unfolding of the Syrian crisis, the Iron Chancellor was an insightful man. In August, we were hours away from missile strikes on Syria …

Read more…


Make America Think Again! - Share Pat's Columns...