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Firing some of our general officers is just a start. The rot goes far deeper than just a few. This article is the second of five parts, and examines the first of three destructive consequences of having too many generals.
America was willing to go to war with the Soviet during the Cuban Missile Crisis, a military incursion on our border. Is American willing to go to war with Russia over one of its neighbors?
Firing some of our general officers is just a start. The rot goes far deeper than just a few. This article is the first of five parts.
I was sent this picture a few days ago and asked if it reflected reality geographically or geopolitically. My answer was a simple one to start:
Watching a Defense Secretary actually break a sweat alongside soldiers is refreshing—way better than the usual photo-op of some suited-up bureaucrat awkwardly shaking hands with troops before retreating to a catered lunch.
People overlook the fact that Trump’s original job at his family’s business was collecting rent. He never forgot how to evict someone.
The American industrial base has withered significantly over the last 4 or 5 decades, and especially in the last 20 years.
Replacing top flag officers is nothing new in American history. Under FDR, General George C. Marshall fired countless senior officers through his “plucking board” after the German invasion of Poland, prior to US involvement World War II.
Donald Trump campaigned on ending the war in Ukraine and many of his supporters, and voters — and yes, I voted for Mr Trump — did so based on that issue. My older daughter is in the United States Army Reserve, and the last thing I want is to see her called up to join the fight in Ukraine.
In recent decades, leftist liberal Democrats have developed what can only be described as a pseudo-religious belief system, complete with dogma, moral absolutism, and evangelistic fervor. While they often reject traditional religion, they have created their own ideological framework
General Mark Milley called Chinese Gen. Li Zuocheng on Oct. 30, 2020, four days before the presidential election and again on Jan. 8, 2021, two days after Trump supporters marched on the U.S. Capitol.
Vice President JD Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference, Feb 14, 2025 was like Winston Churchill sounding the alarm about Hitler and the NAZIs then in turn warning about Soviet Communism with his famous Iron Curtain speech.
Democrats may have lost the military. In his first term, the four stars kept Trump from being the actual commander-in-chief blocking him with Milley, Mattis and Marx leading the way.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Thursday that he is paying “very close attention” to who is executing the lawful orders from President Donald Trump and that woke generals “will have a different job in due time.”
The truth is, if STARBASE had any real educational value beyond its DoD connections, private industry or the Department of Education could have funded it.
Like so many Americans in the wake of 9/11, I cheered on the loss of my own freedoms in the name of security. The government told us we needed extraordinary measures to protect our way of life, and we trusted them.
In a long-overdue act of justice, the decision to reinstate military members discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine—with full back pay—is a step toward restoring honor to those who stood firm in their convictions.
DEI is currently being thrown overboard in corporate boardrooms, federal agencies, and academia. For the military I would submit it’s a feel good program that forces conformity and seriously degrades unit cohesiveness and war fighting skills.
As New Orleans reels from the devastating terrorist attack that claimed innocent lives, one thing is abundantly clear: terrorists have been hard at work while the FBI has been on a Trump-finding expedition.
Christmas 2010 at Camp Victory in Baghdad wasn’t a celebration of peace or goodwill—it was a bitter reminder of betrayal.