On 14 Dec the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Mullen said that the insurgents “have a dominant influence in 11 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces.”br /Further, they are becoming more effective at using IEDs and small-unit tactics. Mullen said that...
While General McChrystal, the US and NATO commander in Afghanistan, sought 40,000 additional troops, Obama eventually settled on 30,000 after an intensive 3-month study of the mission and how best to achieve goals. According to the White House, most...
Before anyone starts deciding just what it will take for us to win in Afghanistan and come home, remember the war in Iraq isn’t over yet. Yes, the Iraqi military and government are doing much better and have taken on much of their own self...
FBI Director Mueller has asked former FBI director William Webster to take a look at how the bureau handled information about the Army major psychiatrist in the months before the shooting at the Texas military base where he killed 13 people. The...
Between 20 Aug and 17 Oct more than 30 key insurgents, mostly Taliban and Haqqani network senior leaders, known for leading the planning and executing of deadly attacks directed towards Afghan citizens, government officials, and the military, as...
Recent releases from the White House indicate that the president will use my alma mater, West Point, as the background for his announcement that he will, indeed, reinforce our troops in Afghanistan. He’ll do it with fewer troops than the...
President Obama said Tuesday he intends to “finish the job” in Afghanistan on his watch and destroy terrorist networks there. The president said he would reveal his decision on how many additional troops to deploy to Afghanistan after...
The Pentagon says any surge into Afghanistan will be a challenge due to the poor infrastructure in the country. The talk was presuming that there would be such a surge. President Obama continues his deliberations.br /In response Germany’s...
Former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura secretly visited Fort Hood earlier this week and spent about two hours consoling those who were wounded in Thursday’s shooting spree. They told the base commander that they did not want any...
There is no shortage of people who want to become American citizens—that’s not surprising as we Americans enjoy more freedom and prosperity that citizens of any nation on earth.br /br /Many legal emigrants who seek citizenship join our military. I...