The feelings stage can be simplified into two scenarios.

1. Does the person just need to vent?
2. Does the person need to feel supported/ understood?

When I’m unsure I ask my partner if they need to vent, feel supported, and/or solve the problem.

The headlines leave out the part where this is a requirement of their security clearance. It is not uncommon for those holding a security clearance to be discouraged or prohibited from relationships with foreign nationals. It also isn’t a direct prohibition, it would just result in a loss of their clearance, and you are absolutely correct that this will result in more leverage against US personnel.

I agree, many of those articles are not news. The are opinion editorial pieces just like this one. This is political article and should be posted in politics, not news. I contend that the failure to differentiate opinion pieces from objective news is the reason so many people are able to fall victim to misinformation campaigns.

Fair point.

This is not a news article. It is a history article. The opposite of news.