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The bigger NATO gets, the weaker it gets. Instead of turning NATO into a towering, unchallengeable global giant, it has made the Alliance a weak joke.

The idea that the US government identified twelve culprits who were responsible for trying to overthrow American democracy is by any measure ludicrous, if indeed there was a major plan to disrupt the election at all.

Remember, the US only negotiates when it knows it is losing. Empires dictate terms, they don’t sue for peace.

Improving the relations with Russia was Donald Trump’s pre-election promise given to American people who voted for him. As one can see, the US president remains true to his word.

Real wars are like that. Easy to start, always promising quick, assured victory – and invariably they disappoint.

The fate of relations between the world’s two premier nuclear powers can no longer be held hostage to poor-sport Democrats who simply do not know how to lose an election with grace.

The announced meeting between Trump and Putin has already produced a good result by revealing the hypocrisy of the media and politicians.

Just a few years ago, it would have been exceedingly difficult to imagine Russia serving as a model for the very bedrock of conservative beliefs. Now the West has some hard lessons to learn, which are in reality nothing more than plain old common sense.

What is on the table is a Grand Bargain for peace in the Middle East which begins with Trump offering Putin these concessions pre-summit to grease the skids of negotiations, Tom Luongo writes.

Despite US efforts at engineering Regime Change from Ukraine to Brazil, the accession of India and Pakistan to the SCO confirms the isolation of NATO in the wider world.