by drjmcurtis | Oct 14, 2017
Telling Baghdad they plan to defend Kirkuk, Iraqi Kurds warned Baghdad that they wouldn’t give up their oil reserves without a fight. Abandoned by the Iraqi government when the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria overran Kirkuk June 6, 2014, the Kurds were left to fend...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 12, 2017
Detecting a 2.9 magnitude earthquake at North Korea’s Sungilbaegam nuclear test site, President Donald Trump inches closer to military action against Kim Jong-un’s Stalinist regime. Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted Oct. 4 that he doesn’t’ think the U.S. knows...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 11, 2017
Exploiting a public spat between 71-year-old Donald Trump and 65-year-old retiring Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), the U.S. press continues its relentless negative coverage of the president. Finding any reason to highlight only nefarious stories about the Trump White...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 10, 2017
Watching National Football League viewership and game attendance decline due to players’ National Anthem protests, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell penned a letter to owners to “move past” the controversy. When President Donald Trump weighed in Sept. 22 at a rally in...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 9, 2017
Expecting President Donald Trump to decertify the July 15, 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action AKA the Iranian Nuke Deal on Oct. 12, Iran warned the U.S. of a “crushing” response. Fulfilling a campaign promise to “tear up” former President Barack Obama’s Iranian...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 9, 2017
Playing hardball with Congress, 71-year-old President Donald Trump asked Congress for new restriction on green-cards, money for his border wall and restrictions on unaccompanied minors entering the U.S. to extend former President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 7, 2017
Campaigning to “tear up” the July 14, 2015 Iranian Nuke Deal, 71-year-old President Donald Trump looks poised to “de-certify” the agreement, letting Congress decide what to do. Motivating the original deal was the U.S. belief that Iran was enriching weapons grade...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 6, 2017
Searching for a motive in Oct. 1 Las Vegas massacre killing 58 concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival , 64-yer-old Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock has authorities baffled. Crime scene information, including thorough searches of Paddock’s computers and...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 5, 2017
Showing how the Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] often gets things wrong, CIA’s Korea Mission Center Deputy Asst. Director Yong Suk Lee thinks North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is a “rational” man. Lee reacted recently to 71-year-old President Donald Trump calling...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 4, 2017
Speaking at an energy forum in Moscow today, 64-year-old Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed doubt that a U.S. strike on North Korea would neutralize Kim Jong-un’s nuke and ballistic missile program. Putin doubted that U.S. intel could pinpoint all the nuke...