Limiting our role in Iran June 20, 2025Bill Ponton
If the Iranian regime does fall, the best strategy is to sit back and observe what emerges in the aftermath of the Ayatollah’s demise.
The 442nd: An American immigrant story June 17, 2025Julian R. Sinclair
The most decorated unit in the history of the U.S. Army was comprised of formerly-interned Japanese citizens with an immigrant background, a stark contrast from the third world ingrates we receive today.
Rock the Casbah June 17, 2025Bill Ponton
In the middle of scolding the Great Satan (USA), an Israeli ordnance finds its way into an Iranian broadcast studio.
The real insurrection is erupting in LA June 11, 2025Marina Bejarano
While the January 6th Commission spent years and untold taxpayer dollars branding American citizens as seditionists and strangling Donald Trump’s return to the presidency, the real insurrection was being imported by air, land, and sea.
Are we ever safe? May 20, 2025Jack Tierney
The second Trump Administration is promoting a “Golden Dome” to be placed over the country, but what has history shown us about reliance on defensive technology?
Day of Infamy April 29, 2025Peter Nichols
If there is a “lesson of Vietnam,” it is that there can be no half-waging of war, for it guarantees “prolonged indecision.”
Taming the Ravenous Dragon April 10, 2025Fletch Daniels
The tariffs are about the Art of the Deal versus the Art of War, with Trump choosing a battlefield on which he can win.
Trump’s Humanitarian Calculus March 17, 2025John B. Carpenter
Sure, President Trump doesn’t gush femininely about how his heart breaks over the poor, sweet victims of war and terrorism, but his policies are driven by humanitarianism.
Is ‘Peace’ a Dirty Word? March 4, 2025Joe Fried
The car keys, or in this case the enormous military arsenal of the United States, must be taken away before Zelenskyy will negotiate seriously.
A lesson in great power politics February 25, 2025Bill Ponton
Although Western intelligentsia refuse to let go of the Munich appeasement narrative, with one phone call to Putin, Trump has put a dagger in it.
The Sinking of the USS Agility January 8, 2025Thomas B. Modly
American naval glory earned on the high seas in the earliest days of our republic is a legacy that is being threatened by a bureaucracy incapable of fixing itself.
Standoff in Ukraine November 21, 2024Bill Ponton
As a parting gift, Joe Biden brings us to the brink of nuclear war. We need a negotiated settlement and we need it now.
Needed: New weapons that will actually work! May 29, 2024Howard Richman
The war in Ukraine is making many of the United States’ best weapons systems obsolete, so the next president and Congress will need to prioritize a major push in defense weapons innovation.
Needed: New weapons that will actually work! May 29, 2024Jesse Richman
The war in Ukraine is making many of the United States’ best weapons systems obsolete, so the next president and Congress will need to prioritize a major push in defense weapons innovation.
War is Not Law Enforcement April 27, 2024Civis Americanus
The Hamas apologists who now infest Ivy League campuses seem not to know that war is not intended to punish the guilty and spare the innocent.
War in the Middle East May Be Inevitable April 8, 2012Neil Snyder
Palestinians are following Yasser Arafat's playbook to the letter: "We take any and every territory that we can of Palestine, and establish sovereignty there, and we use it as a springboard to take more."
American Must Prepare for the Next War April 7, 2012Adam Yoshida
If the United States is to maintain its military supremacy into the 21st century, it is absolutely vital that the federal government ensure that its defense efforts are directed at preparing for the next war, rather than for re-fighting the wars of the past.
What's on That Ship, and Where Is It Going? April 1, 2012Shoshana Bryen
Why did Secretary of State Hillary Clinton waive requirements that would have stopped arms shipment to the Muslim Brotherhood-controlled government of Egypt?
The Future and Fears of Cyber-Warfare March 31, 2012Elise Cooper
Advancements in U.S. military technology can help the country, but they also open up our armed forces to infiltration and subversion by sophisticated foes.
General Fraser Rightly Defends Southern Command's Budget March 18, 2012Wayne Simmons and Kerry Patton
Southern Command's chief, Air Force General Douglas Fraser, had recently briefed the Senate Armed Services Committee on the growing threat of Iranian-backed terror networks in South America.
Will Obama Go to War? January 5, 2012Jim Yardley
As we enter 2012, the question of whether our president is planning to go to war might seem far-fetched, but some troubling news developments indicate otherwise.
Kipling - and a Chinook Down August 9, 2011James G. Wiles
Kipling (the poet laureate of the British Empire) knew all about violent death in Afghanistan. He was a clear-eyed chronicler of Britain's imperial wars of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
