Month: November 2017

Few people realize it, but the U.S. Air Force has been at war for 25 years.  Beginning with Operation Desert Storm in January 1991 and continuing through the current conflict…

There is something quite predictable about The New York Times article which presents a new twist on one of the most iconic images in history–Joe Rosenthal’s 1945 photograph of Marines…

Returning after an extended break from the blog, I came across this disturbing headline (and accompanying video) at Breitbart: “Veteran Forcibly Dragged from Air Force Ceremony for Mentioning God.” The…

The Navy has released its report on the January incident that resulted in 14 sailors being captured and detained by Iran, after a patrol boat suffered a mechanical failure and…

The House Select Committee on Benghazi released its final report this morning.  Republican members of the panel (and their staff) crafted the document; committee Democrats, who dismissed the two-year inquiry…

If you read just two articles this week, may we suggest this opinion piece from Fox News strategic analyst Ralph Peters, and the latest column from former NSA senior spook…

Donald Trump was served the political equivalent of batting practice last night.  He took a mighty cut and swung for the fences.  The presumptive GOP presidential nominee didn’t whiff, but…

You remember the refrain: “Bush lied, people died.”  That phrase took on a life of its own following the invasion of Iraq; the “failure” to discover Saddam’s alleged WMD arsenal,…

It’s always fun to watch politicians and their flunkies try to spin a bad situation, and those tactics were clearly on display during Hillary Clinton’s e-mail scandal.  Before receiving that…

For the second time in three days, there has been a confrontation between U.S. and Iranian naval vessels in the Persian Gulf.  During today’s incident, an American patrol craft fired…