A Focus on International Conflicts
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Resisting the Temptation of Moral Panic
A third round of peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine failed on Monday as Russian forces continue to target cities with “tactics reminiscent of medieval siege warfare.” Russia’s indiscriminate shelling of cities with heavy rocket fire has created the “fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.” Millions of refugees …
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Blind Faith: Crisis Actors, Ukraine, and YouTube Prophets
Time and again, the predictions of these prophets have failed to transpire. … Where are the Matt Lee types among God’s church who are willing to say, “Enough is enough! Prove to us why you are worthy of our blind faith”? One of the most consistent prophetic themes on YouTube is the promise of an…
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20 Years after 9/11, Can We Finally Admit the Truth?
Perhaps the greatest casualty on September 11 was truth. Patriotic Americans across the country rallied around our flag rather than our exclusive truth claims for one faith and the moral obligations that come with it. At the time, it was considered intolerant and unpatriotic to…
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Profound Incompetence
Even if President Joe Biden made the right decision to withdraw our troops from Afghanistan, he certainly failed in his execution of this mission. While our anger appears justified, we may be better served to learn from President Biden’s mistakes by questioning whether we are executing our own mission with an similar level of incompetence….
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North Korea: Contemplating the Inconceivable
“Yesterday’s conflict does not have to be tomorrow’s war,” President Trump told reporters in Singapore after an historic meeting with Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un.[1] Never before has a sitting U.S. president met with a ruling Kim family patriarch, but now the two leaders have signed a joint pledge in which “Chairman…
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North Korea—Is an Easy Fix What We Really Want?
Over the past few days, North Korea has launched a missile over Japan, detonated a hydrogen bomb (which was five times more powerful than any bomb they had detonated prior), and has threatened America with an EMP strike. Rather than backing down in the face of international pressure, North Korean rhetoric and blatant taunting of the U.S. has escalated since my August 16 post. Not only is the North Korean threat headline…
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Why Is North Korea so Aggressive?
For decades, North Korea has projected hostility toward the United States, but their aggression has escalated to a new level in 2017. Highlights include: June 13 – Otto Warmier, an America college student who was tortured and detained in North Korea for 17 months, was returned to the U.S. severely brain damaged and in a…
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North Korean Crisis: A Product of Failed Foreign Policy
The Korean Armistice Agreement halted the bloodshed of the Korean War which cost the United States 36,000 American soldiers and wounded another 100,000.[1] Signed on July 27, 1953, the armistice was designed to suspended hostilities while a formal peace treaty could be negotiated. Sixty-four years later, no such peace treaty has been signed.[2] As such, the Korean…
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North Korea: The Doomsday Scenario
Despite North Korea’s paranoia, the world does not want a war with North Korea. Aside from the casualties and cost of war, any invasion of North Korea must include a plan to rebuild the country after it is defeated. However, North Korea’s society, government, infrastructure, and technology are abysmal. According to Business Insider, “North Korea’s…
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