Back to the future?
What is now happening is a return to the “Gunboat Diplomacy” we saw on the Orinoco River in Venezuela in 1898; the Yangtze River Patrol in China in 1902; and the attack on Veracruz in 1914.
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Israel
Four deaths and a funeral
This week, I have been struck by the contrast between one death in the United States and three deaths in Iran.
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Mathews promotes small-mindedness
In a recent The Island News op-ed called “A time and a place for everything,” author Louise Mathews wrote that she objects to athletes who speak out about LGBTQA+ “rights.”
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Hell hath no fury
Over the last two weeks, one of the more meaningful moments of the war on Iran was the celebration of the Iranian people when they learned of the death of the longtime tyrant, Ayatollah Khamenei. I was particularly impressed by the women who jubilantly burned their hijabs.
Beaufort women caught in Israel during missile strikes
Vonna Allen had stepped outside her hotel overlooking the Sea of Galilee to write a letter of prayer to Israel. The women traveling with her had been asked to write prayers and messages of encouragement to the country. Allen carried her paper to a quiet hill near the hotel outside Capernaum, looking across the water as she began to write. Then she heard explosions. “Boom! Boom!”
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Parris Island, MCAS Beaufort heighten base security in wake of attack on Iran
With the attack on Iran by the United States and Israel last week, Beaufort’s military installations are experiencing heightened security measures, including access to the bases for civilian employees, contractors and visitors.
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