Missiles, Momentum, and Success
Plus: A Month When Decades Happen.
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CATHY YOUNG: Missiles and Momentum in Ukraine.
FOLLOWING THE HORRIFIC OCTOBER 7 ATTACKS on Israel by Hamas, the war in Ukraine was understandably pushed to the sidelines of the news, inevitably prompting right-wing trolls like former Hercules actor Kevin Sorbo to tout its alleged invisibility as implied evidence that it was always fake newsā¦
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WILLIAM KRISTOL: A Month When Decades Happen.
There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.
āattributed to LeninAT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, President Joe Bidenās national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, remarked that āThe Middle East region is quieter today than it has been in two decades.ā It wasnāt a ridiculous statement at the time. But how does it sound now? Hamasās terror attack against Israel, and its implications and ramifications, most of which we have yet to see, make Sullivanās comment seem as if from a different era.
Which it was.
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