Category Archives: Foreign Policy

Discussion of U.S. foreign policy

The Biden-Stalin Doctrine

Posted on February 23, 2024 by Jack

One death in Russia; tens of thousands in Gaza Continue reading →

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WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO AMERICA?

Posted on December 2, 2023 by Jack

Rummaging through my accumulated papers, I just came across the English translation of a speech I delivered in Czech on July 4, 1982, when I was American ambassador in Prague. At that time Czechoslovakia was ruled by a Communist regime … Continue reading →

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“SELF DEFENSE” DOES NOT LICENSE GENOCIDE

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Jack Matlock

Genocide is a crime—not just a “war crime,” but a crime against humanity. No genuine friend of Israel could support the carpet bombing of Gaza, the order for more than a million Gazans to leave their residences on territory Israel, … Continue reading →

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MUSINGS … “RUSSIAGATE” HYSTERIA

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Jack Matlock

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. That saying—often attributed to Euripides, though not found in his extant writings–comes to mind most mornings when I bring in the home-delivered New York Times and read the headlines of the … Continue reading →

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