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Gen. Zwack: Calling Vindman a ‘double agent’ ahead of testimony is ‘reprehensible’
https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-10-29/gen-zwack-calling-vindman-double-agent-ahead-testimony-reprehensible
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Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and the Questioning of an American Jew’s Patriotism
One June evening in 2013, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency at the time, welcomed his guests from the GRU (Russian military intelligence) for a dinner in the American embassy compound in Moscow. General Igor Sergun, head of the GRU, arrived with two of his generals and an interpreter at the embassy home of Army brigadier general Peter Zwack, who was the American defense attaché. That night, Russian and American military intelligence officers, who had long been suspicious of one another, tried to put a good face on things. At the time, the Obama administration’s initiative to “reset” relations with Russia was floundering. Pro-democracy protests in Moscow had President…
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The Nuances of Navigating a Politically Charged Northeast Asia
Seventy-five years ago, on Sept. 2, 1945, dignitaries from nine Allied Powers boarded the USS Missouri to bear witness to history. Three days earlier, the magnificent warship had entered Tokyo Bay. It was flying the same flag flown over the White House on December 7, 1941, the day of the surprise Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor that catapulted the United States into World War II. Now, almost four years after the attack, a small Japanese delegation joined the gathering on the deck of the USS Missouri and, at the invitation of Gen. Douglas McArthur,
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CNN Brianna Keiler with Mark Milley Peter Zwack
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Why Are We Pulling Additional Forces Out of Germany?
The Trump administration’s decision to unilaterally withdraw additional military forces from Germany is short-sighted and unsettling. Why now? And why during these so unsteady times? We’ve already drawn down so much in Europe and serious, unresolved threats clearly remain. Is this a carefully staffed policy decision or just planning by a small group of administration insiders? Why so little pre-coordination with host nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or even our own military commands in Europe? And why is the White House in such a hurry to get this done by September? Is this, in part, a personal jab toward Germany? These military drawdowns, often involving moving families and shutting bases,…
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CNN: Brooke Baldwin – LTC Alex Vindman -BG Peter Zwack {Ret.}
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Honor These Vets Coronavirus or Not
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-honor-these-vets-coronavirus-or-not-20200425-khmxumuicfcclfmfjh4iwyagom-story.html
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Take Time to Remember the Handshake That Changed the World
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/493785-take-time-to-remember-the-handshake-that-changed-the-world
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Americans Should Consider This a Preparation Drill for The Big One
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/490154-americans-should-consider-this-a-preparation-drill-for-the-big-one
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Stepping back from the brink — and what’s next — in Iran
Iran inadvertently created an opening for Washington and Tehran to step back from the brink of all-out war by not killing U.S. personnel in its retaliatory missile strike Tuesday night into two U.S. and coalition populated Iraqi airbases. Tehran’s belated admission Friday of accidentally shooting down Ukraine Air Flight
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Averting war in 2020
In the first week of the new decade, we face another potential war in the Middle East. With last Friday’s early morning strike killing General Qassem Soleimani, the ruthlessly charismatic chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, we have entered uncharted waters. While on first blush I supported the strike since then I have felt considerable unease, wondering if we are ready to bear the brunt of inevitable “laws of unintended consequences.”
