As far back as 1997, during his speech at Johns Hopkins University, the then U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott defined a number of principles that later on became widely known as the Talbott Doctrine. Without going into too much detail, the basic premise of it was as follows: “We have no business being in Central Asia, but we will not let anyone else throw their weight around there either.”
The deployment is being presented as part of a “larger, long-term US military involvement in Lithuania” meant to deter Russian aggression.
Self-proclaimed “Interim President” Juan Guaido and the Venezuelan opposition have been given $52 million by the Trump administration.
This past weekend all the media outlets lit up with a “bombshell” report that President Trump and his attorney former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani had attempted to get the new Ukrainian president, Volodomyr Zelensky, to give them information about corrupt business dealings with Hunter Biden and the connection between Hunter’s help and the influence of his father, former Vice President Joe Biden.
Dozens of Afghan civilians are dead, local officials said Monday, following operations carried out late Sunday by U.S. and Afghan forces.
Days after the Houthis' truce offer, at least 27 Saudi airstrikes were reported against targets in northern Yemen in just the last 24 hours.
The Pentagon just announced that they will be deploying more U.S. forces to Saudi Arabia.
Trump will be joined by national security officials when he is presented with a wide range of military options by the Pentagon.
