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The Case for Ending Maduro’s Rule
Washington has spent over ten years being lectured by the same class of foreign policy caretakers who confuse timidity with wisdom. They warned that pressuring Maduro would spark chaos, that confronting a narcostate would destabilize the region, that any assertive move by the United States would summon ghosts from a century ago. They sold fear as strategy. They were wrong every time. And the loudest of them, Juan González, was a political adviser elevated into a national secu

Rick de la Torre
Nov 213 min read


Trump’s Saudi Gambit
President Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia this week wasn’t just another diplomatic courtesy call—it was a signal flare across the...

Rick de la Torre
May 144 min read


How Commercial Tracking Undermines U.S. National Security
The recent Wired investigation exposing how commercial data can be used to track U.S. military and intelligence personnel in Germany...

Rick de la Torre
Nov 25, 20242 min read


A Strong Choice for NATO
The Trump administration’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as U.S. Ambassador to NATO is a bold and strategic move that underscores a...

Rick de la Torre
Nov 20, 20242 min read
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