Category Archives: Foreign Policy

Ten Years of Blogging

My first post here on BattleSwarm was October 14, 2009, following Dwight’s lead, and only a day after my non-political blog. (Funny how Dwight and I and Borepatch all started blogging within a year of each other. Almost as if … Continue reading →

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Turkey vs. The Kurds

Following the withdraw of a small number of U.S. troops in the area (I’ve seen estimates range from 25 to 100), Turkey has launched it’s threatened offensive against Kurdish held Syrian territory along the border (which seems to bear the … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for October 11, 2019

Hooray! Today we’re finally getting fall! “BOMBSHELL: Audio, Email Evidence Shows DNC Colluded With Ukraine To Boost Hillary By Harming Trump.” The Blaze has released an audio recording that they recently obtained that appears to show Artem Sytnyk, Director of … Continue reading →

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China: Threat or Menace?

Between that South Park episode and the NBA, awareness of China forcing corporate entities to silence its critics has exploded into the mainstream, so let’s do a roundup of Chinese news: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam threatens Chinese military intervention … Continue reading →

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The Kurdish Conundrum

Before getting into the latest developments in Syria, let’s not forget that the entire reason we’re there is the Obama Administration’s foolish decision to try to overthrow Assad’s government on the cheap, actions that precipitated us showering pallets of money … Continue reading →

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Lee Stranahan On The Clinton State Department Crony Origin Of The Russian Collusion Hoax

Here’s an interesting thread by Lee Stranahan on how Clinton cronies at the State Department were building the Russian Collusion hoax story back in early 2016, before Fusion GPS hired Steele to assemble the fake dossier. So that’s TWO State … Continue reading →

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Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update for September 30, 2019

The Biden clan gets rich, Klobuchar kills a duck, O’Rourke threatens a kitten and calls Journey punk rock, while Yang channels The Dead Kennedys and the Q3 fundraising deadline looms. It’s your Democratic Presidential clown car update! Polls Too damn … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for September 27, 2019

Welcome to fall, or, as we call it in Texas, still freaking summer. It might get as low as 70° next week…at three in the morning. “Democrats were first to enlist Ukraine in US elections“: Earlier this month, during a … Continue reading →

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The Nothingburger of Nothingburgerton

Shortly after House Democrats launched an unofficial official impeachment inquiry for the now-laughable “whistleblower” scandal, President Donald Trump released the transcript of the conversation at the heart of the non-scandal showing there was no talk of freezing Ukraine aid or … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for September 20, 2019

Welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! I thought fall started tomorrow, but various reference sources say the fall equinox doesn’t actually occur until Monday, September 23. Flash flooding hits the Houston area from Tropical Storm Imelda. “Gov. Greg Abbott has declared … Continue reading →

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