War is hell, it has been said, but apparently we’re working hard to make it nice. A Marine general who court-martialed a sergeant for urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters and posing for pictures with them in Afghanistan will scale back...
The US has been a major player in Asia and Southeast Asia since at least WWII. Yet on 20 Nov it was announced that 15 Asian nations, who, by the way, compose half the world’s population, are forming a Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership...
There have been lots of little things that have indicated that, at least in the Army, our senior officers are not as good as our troops deserve. The 4-star commander of US Africa Command, a couple of years ago, was relieved for spending lots of...
No, I didn’t make this up. It seems the Petraeus Scandal, which seems to get weirder and weirder at every turn, has now revealed an attempt to have Bubba the Love Sponge, Clem Bit, silenced. This one doesn’t involve any ex-wives, but...
I have read articles from all points of view about what the Conservatives in America should or should not do in regards to the reelection of Obama. There is little doubt in my mind that he will devastate our military and our nation; the question is...
It’s time for our government do right by our men and women in uniform. Our troops put their lives on the line to protect all of our rights, including our right to vote, but untold thousands of them were unable to cast their own ballots this year...
On 4 Nov 1979, “student” followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini send shock waves across America and the world when they stormed and captured the US embassy in Tehran—an attack on an embassy is an act of war. The radical Islamic fundamentalists took 90...
General Jack Keane, former Vice Chief of Staff for the US Army was interviewed on NPR about the military response to the Bengazi, Libya, attack. The General makes the point that our CIA and military forces did their jobs and were not restricted in...
Yesterday afternoon and evening, FOX News reported the reason for Admiral Gauoette’s relief from Command of his Carrier Battle Group which is in the Mideast. According to FOX, the relief came because of things the Admiral said regarding the...
The term “Bully Pulpit” was coined by President Teddy Roosesvelt, who referred to the White House as a “bully pulpit”, or a terrific platform from which to advocate an agendum. In a church, a pulpit is often a place where a message is...