When will US companies begin standing for something more than their bottom line? ===== WSJ2/21/2018 Mercedes-Benz, the luxury unit of Daimler AG, recently learned the price of crossing Beijing. Earlier this month the German car maker was attacked by state media after posting an anodyne Dalai Lama quote on Instagram. The company quickly and abjectly apologized to the Chinese government. It then went... Read more
Archive for the ‘Countries’ Category
Mueller’s Mole Hills
February 21 | Posted by mrossol | Jenkins, Russia, Special CounselThe clarity with which Mr Jenkins presents is refreshing. ===== WSJ 2/21/2018 On Aug. 17, 2015, 63 days after Donald Trump’s escalator ride at Trump Tower, a lightbulb went on. Certain pro Trump emails that colleagues and I were receiving were coming from Vladimir Putin’s internet trolls. “The Kremlin is now in the Donald’s corner . . .?” I emailed a... Read more
Pence at the Knesset
January 24 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Christianity, IsraelNeeds no additional comment. Pence speaks for himself. ========= WSJ 1/24/2018 As I walked out of the Knesset following Vice President Mike Pence’s Monday afternoon address, an Israeli cameraman turned to me with a jovial expression. Speaking in Hebrew, he asked me about the man whose speech he had just heard: “Was that the messiah, or the vice president of the United States?”... Read more
Make Iran Great Again!
January 4 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Iran, Middle East, Obama, TrumpOnly one post for tonight. This one should be enough… ========= WSJ 1/4/2018 Iran erupted last Thursday. By Friday, the protests against the government, which began in Mashhad near the Afghan border, had spread to dozens of cities. So when we traveled on Saturday to a movie theater on Manhattan’s Lower East Side to see “Darkest Hour,” Gary Oldman’s portrayal of Winston Churchill,... Read more
Help Iranians!!
January 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Iran, Politically correct, TrumpDon’t be like Obama… ======= WSJ 1/2/2018 Iran has a peculiar habit of surprising Americans. It has done so again with the protests engulfing its major cities. The demonstrations began over economic grievances and quickly transformed into a rejection of theocracy. The slogans must have unsettled the mullahs: “Death to Khamenei!” “Death to Rouhani!” “We will die to get our Iran back!” Imperialism has... Read more
Middle East Reality
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | Israel, Radical Islam, The LeftWe need more politicians with a “reality” perspective. ======== WSJ 12/27/2017 By Reuel Marc Gerecht Alot of people are in a funk over President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The liberal media, most former government officials who’ve dealt with the Israeli–Palestinian imbroglio, and just about everyone at the United Nations appear certain that the decision had a lot to do... Read more
