Duterte Wants $16 Billion for Visiting Forces Agreement with American Military; Fair Price for US Ally in the South China Sea, or Extortion?

If China were to acquire these advanced and cutting-edge technologies ... would the U.S. accept defeat?

[T]he American president is building a personality cult that Ceaușescu borrowed from Stalin but raised to new heights.

From an American viewpoint, Gaza is a nuisance and perhaps something that can be worked around in the broader campaign against Hamas.

[T]he Republican Party is now a coalition of religious conservatives, the social and economic right, and libertarian oligarchs. For their part, the Democrats have become a broad “tent” uniting liberals, moderates, and socialists.

U.S-China relations remain governed by a delicate balance of deterrence and cooperation[.]

[Donald Trump's] warmongering vision ... has led the U.S. to take dangerously interventionist, unilateral and aggressive stances.

[At] least a few Republicans are actually objecting to the president’s overreach. They won’t rein him in, though.

The continued silence provides the occupation with cover to persist in killing and siege.