Category Archives: War

Panmunjom

sunbeam July 1, 2019 Comments Off

“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”

I was watching history being made overnight on Saturday into Sunday. So did millions of other people around the world. We all stayed up to watch the first sitting U.S. president cross into North Korea (3:45 AM ET). PDJT and North Korea’s Chairman Kim Jong-un took another step towards peace. And South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in was grinning from ear-to-ear.

Panda Exposed

sunbeam June 24, 2019 Comments Off

It has been an interesting week in US-China relations. As recently as a few of weeks ago, China had been threatening to blacklist foreign companies that “sided” with the US in the ongoing trade war.

The move to establish the blacklist came after the United States hit Huawei with an export ban, effectively barring US companies from doing business with the smartphone and telecom equipment maker.

The ban was designed to keep the nation’s networks secure from foreign adversaries. The concern is that the company’s products could offer the Chinese government a way to spy on sensitive US communications. Huawei denied the accusations.

In the middle of May, Xi Jinping, China’s leader, had warned his people of a new “Long March.” “We are here at the starting point of the Long March to remember the time when the Red Army began its journey,” Xi told cheering crowds in Jiangxi province. “We are now embarking on a new Long March, and we must start all over again.” Jiangxi province is the site of the Red Army’s retreat in 1934-36. Xi appeared to be warning his people that hardships lay ahead.

D-Day

sunbeam June 6, 2019 Comments Off

Today is the 75^thanniversary of the beginning of the end for Hitler’s Germany.

On this day in 1944, Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower gave the go-ahead for the largest amphibious military operation in history: Operation Overlord, code named D-Day, the Allied invasion of northern France. The operation had been delayed one day by bad weather.

NBC Reporter Breaks From The Party Line

sunbeam January 4, 2019 Comments Off

NBC & MSNBC News veteran correspondent William Arkin announced his resignation effective Friday over what he described as “Trump circus” reporting that is increasingly favored over real journalism.

Arkin is no supporter of PDJT. However, he said part of his reason for leaving was the network’s obsession with opposing the president at every turn. In particular, Arkin, who is anti-war, notes that the MSM automatically oppose any and all peace initiatives coming from PDJT. He indicates that the MSM have become little more than mouthpieces for the warfare state. ...