February 1, 2011

Eyes on the Prize: Suez Canal

I'm not an Egypt watcher, but it appears the Muslim Brotherhood is continuing plans to isolate the Arabian Peninsula.  Iran's move to seal the western approaches didn't pan out thanks to both Bush '41 (Somalia operation) and Bush '43 (US, France...

November 21, 2008

The consequences of Waxman ousting Dingell

Losing Rep. Dingell as the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee  does not bode well for American industries, but there is another ominous reason to fear Henry Waxman's ascent to the Chairmanship. Dingell was generally a steadfast pro-Se...

November 11, 2008

Who really didn't understand Africa is a continent?

The "Palin doesn't know Africa is a continent" turns out to be a lie. But it should remind us that the anti-war left were in fact the ones who didn't understand basic geography of Africa.In his State of the Union speech in January of 2...

September 6, 2008

Cold Warriors and the Georgian Crisis

Russia's bait and switch plan using South Ossetia militiamen to goad the Georgian Army into an ill-advised attack and then ride to the rescue of its newly minted Russian citizens, was a masterful operation using all of the tools in the combined arms ...