We all know that the media tells us that President Obama’s charm has the world respecting us again. We all know, too, that he’s been pressing all these countries that like us so much now to provide some military help in Iraq and Afghanistan. Well...
Last Sunday Venezuela President Hugo Chavez accused the US of violating Venezuela’s airspace with an unmanned spy plane; he ordered his military to be on alert and shoot down any such aircraft in the future. Speaking during his weekly...
Although some pentagon officers expressed concern that this would happen as long as 5 years ago, our military was unprepared for what happened this month. Iraqi terrorists hacked into the system to download video and communications from some UAVs...
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...
In a speech recently delivered near Kirkuk, Iraq, Sec Def Gates said that the role of our military in Iraq remains critical in preserving gains made and helping to prevent violence prior to Iraq’s national elections. The Iraqi theater has...
To my liberal friends: Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced...
I’m indebted to my West Point classmate, Mike Wikan, for his comments on President Obama’s speech this evening as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. I couldn’t my thoughts any better, so I have borrowed most of is words. I’m guessing that the...
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...