Hindsight isn't always 20/20. It's reassuring to recall the Cold War as a time when the nations of the Free World (we capitalized the term back then) were united in a great struggle against Communism. The reality wasn't quite so neat.

For example, in 1966, Charles de Gaulle withdrew France from NATO's integrated military command, expelled NATO headquarters and forces from French soil, and pursued an independent nuclear deterrent and foreign policy. It only officially rejoined in 2009.

In the mid-1970s, there was serious concern that NATO member Portugal might go Communist. Also in that era, the Italian Communist Party often won a large share of the vote in national elections, peaking at almost 35% in 1976.

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Readers of a certain age will recall the late, great Tina Turner introducing her iconic performances of "Proud Mary" by informing her audience: "We never, ever do nothing nice and easy. We always do it nice and rough."

President Trump could say the same about his policymaking. Greenland is the most recent example.

Mr. Trump understands that the Arctic island is essential for America's national security and that of Europe as well. Look at the globe from above. The shortest routes for long‑range Russian or Chinese missiles targeting the U.S. pass over the polar region. There's also the Greenland‑Iceland‑UK (GIUK) gap, a key chokepoint through which Russian submarines must pass to reach the Atlantic.

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Iran, Venezuela, and Ukraine are very different countries, but most Iranians, Venezuelans and Ukrainians want the same thing: to not be ruled by tyrants.

They look to America for support – which means they look to President Trump. Where else and to whom else would they look?

To the U.N.? Sadly, that's now a club for dictators headed by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, a senescent socialist sycophant.

What about the "international community"? Oh sure. Its capital is in Shangri-La, right? To qualify as a community means members share values, interests, and goals.

Millions of Iranians, Venezuelans, and Ukrainians do share a kind of fellowship. One of the attributes they have in common: patriotism.

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Nicolas Maduro was led to believe that Russian air defense systems would keep American helicopters from landing near his fortified compound in Caracas. He was misinformed.

The Venezuelan dictator also thought that any hostiles who managed to enter his residence would be taken down by his Cuban bodyguards. But Caribbean muscle proved no match for Delta Force special operators relying on actionable intelligence provided by a clandestine CIA team. More than 30 Cubans were reportedly KIA.

President Trump deserves enormous credit for authorizing this intervention, fully aware of the risks entailed but also anticipating significant rewards – for the U.S., Venezuela, and Latin America.

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Following the massacre on Bondi Beach earlier this month, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters that the murderers were adherents of a "radical perversion of Islam."

Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett added that the men who gunned down 15 Jews, including a 10-year-old girl and an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor, were aligned with the Islamic State, which she claimed is a terrorist organization – "not a religion."

Really, mates?

It's been a generation since Al Qaeda's attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Back then, most people had no idea who Osama bin Laden was, much less what he believed.

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