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Are we the baddies? NBC chief foreign correspondent tweets amazement to find US foreign policy not always great

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Hearing that the Americans “have become the bad guys” on the world stage was a “gut punch” to NBC News reporter Richard Engel, but Twitter quickly set the astonished journalist straight with some history and facts. … Read More >Are we the baddies? NBC chief foreign correspondent tweets amazement to find US foreign policy not always great

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No playing around: US Army’s new card decks feature Russian, Chinese & Iranian weapons ‘to learn more about adversaries’

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The Russian-made S-400 air defense system – the one that triggers US threats of sanctions for nations if they decide to buy it – can actually help an American soldier to win a battle… in a card game. … Read More >No playing around: US Army’s new card decks feature Russian, Chinese & Iranian weapons ‘to learn more about adversaries’

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Everyone’s a US ‘ally’ these days – which shows just how little such alliances really mean

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Few terms these days are as abused as the designation ‘Ally.’ Ukraine, we are assured, is a US ally. The Kurds, too, are supposedly US allies. And, of course, Israel is invariably called one of America’s greatest allies. … Read More >Everyone’s a US ‘ally’ these days – which shows just how little such alliances really mean