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H.R. McMaster: America’s Weakness Is a Provocation
H.R. McMaster: America’s Weakness Is a Provocation
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The White House’s preference for de-escalation has ushered in the most dangerous period I can remember.
By H.R. McMaster
09.09.24 — U.S. Politics
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H.R. McMaster: America’s Weakness Is a Provocation

On August 21, Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin went to the Democratic National Convention to beg for their son Hersh’s life. A week later, Hamas terrorists shot and killed him in an underground tunnel in Gaza, where he had been held hostage for 11 months. President Joe Biden’s response was a letter of condolence.

That’s as strong an example as any of …

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H.R. McMaster

H. R. McMaster is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a distinguished visiting fellow at Arizona State University. He is author of the best-selling books Dereliction of Duty, Battlegrounds, and At War With Ourselves.

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