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Latest Commentary: Kegsbreath Lies to Congress -- Secretary of War Crimes and unreformed alcoholic Pete Kegsbreath testified yesterday to the House Armed Services Commitee and today before the Senate counterpart. He is combative in an arrogant but ignorant way, smugly denying reality. He pitched a fit over the Iran War being called a "quagmire" mainly because it has not gone on more than a couple of months. He said the Democrats in Congress are a bigger threat to America than the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is surprising since the Democrats have not launched any missiles or drones. Worst of all, he cannot keep his story straight about the Iranian nuclear research. All in all, he is an embarrassment to the nation and the administration. His trial when all of this is over should prove amusing. [30 April] Charles III Addresses US Congress -- The relationship between the US and the UK has cooled over the decades, finding a new low with the Trump administration. While the UK may have a couple of issues that the US needs sorted out, the UK has a basketful of complaints starting with tariffs, going on to disrepect of British troops and beyond. Moreover, the government of Sir Keir Starmer is ideologically opposed to the fascism of the Trumpists. So when King Charles came to America this week, His Majesty found himself on the highwire performing stunts at which many others would not succeed. However, his decades-long apprenticeship as Prince of Wales proved useful in said performance. His address to a joint session of Congress was a masterclass in diplomacy. [29 April] Anticpated Peace Talks Not Happening -- As last week came to an end, there was an impression among those following the peace talks between Iran and the US that there were more talks coming this week-end. Quite why they believed this is hard to say as Iran never said it was going to talk to the US. The Iranian Foreign Minister did go to Islamabad to deliver Iranian demands to the Pakistani mediators, but never did Tehran say they would talk to representatives from Washington. When Mr. Trump finally realized there were no Iranians with whom to talk, he canceled the trip his son-in-law and business buddy were going to make. [25 April] Gulf States Leaving US Camp -- The Gulf Coooperation Council [GCC] is a 45-year-old alliance among Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. It waas designed as a protective arrangement against the Iranian revolution being exported to their lands. Over the decades, the GCC states came to rely on US bases in their territory for security. Their thinking was that if Iran attacked them, the US bases there would serve as tripwires to bring the US into the fight.They calculated that threat would detter Iran, and for decades they seem to have been right. But when the US and Israel attacked Iran without warning the GCC states, the security guarantee turned into a security threat. The GCC is leaving the American camp as a result. [24 April] US Soldier Arrested for Betting on Maduro Raid -- A US special forces soldier wagered on the raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Gannon Ken Van Dyke alledgedly made 13 bets between Christmas 2025 and the end of January this year. He placed around $33,000 dollars on the line with Polymarket, a bookmaker that claims it is a market that predicts the future. He profited by approximately $400,000 if the allegations are true. He now faces 3 counts of violating the Commodity Exchange Act, which regulates predicitns markets to the extent they are regulated at all. He also faces a charge of wire fraud and another of unlawful monetary transaction. If found guilty on all counts, he faces up to 60 years in jail. That hardly seems sufficient for profiting off the possible deaths of his comrades. [23 April] © Copyright 2026 by The Kensington Review, Jeff Myhre, PhD, Editor. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written consent. Produced using Ubuntu Linux.
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