Citizen Writers Fighting Censorship by Helping Americans Understand Issues Affecting the Republic.
It was the year 2010, and I was a Major in Iraq, knee-deep in PowerPoint slides and tasked with one of the great mysteries of the modern military-industrial complex: how many contractors were in the theater of operations? Simple question, right?
While generals got the glory, drones got the headlines, and politicians got the soundbites, one quiet giant stood tall (literally) throughout the Iraq and Afghanistan wars: the T-wall.
Few generals in history have commanded both the admiration of their enemies and the fear of their superiors quite like Erwin Rommel, the legendary “Desert Fox” of World War II. A master of mobile warfare, Rommel became Germany’s most celebrated general for his lightning-fast tactics in North Africa, where he routinely outmaneuvered larger Allied forces. …
Elwood P Dowd is one of the liberal commenters on my good friend William Teach’s The Pirate’s Cove. The distinguished Mr Dowd is a Democrat and true hater of President Trump, and every so often, he gets me rolling in my response. He wrote: If Trump abandons Ukraine to Putin, the Baltics are likely to …
Since its founding in 1802, West Point has upheld the Honor Code, requiring cadets to live by one of the simplest yet most demanding principles in military ethics: “A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
Firing some of our general officers is just a start. The rot goes far deeper than just a few. This article is the fifth of five parts, and examines a solution to having too many generals.
Firing some of our general officers is just a start. The rot goes far deeper than just a few. This article is the fourth of five parts, and examines the third of three destructive consequences of having too many generals.
Firing some of our general officers is just a start. The rot goes far deeper than just a few. This article is the third of five parts, and examines the second of three destructive consequences of having too many generals.
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:
Some things in life cannot be taught, tested, or quantified. The fire inside a warrior—the relentless drive to push forward when others falter—is one of them.
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.
Trump has discombobulated the NATO blowhards just as he has done with Democrats. They tried to jail him, bankrupt him and even kill him and failed, failed, failed.
It’s not only about peace, saving lives or mineral rights; it’s more about the quid pro quo conceived by Trump’s Art of the Deal – winning by advantageously creating confusion and turmoil for the opposition.
I was late for a plane when I saw him. The freckled kid was in uniform. Operational camouflage combat fatigues. Reverse-flag patch on the right shoulder. High and tight haircut.
While some still believe the military exists for national defense, history tells a different story—it’s actually America’s premier social science laboratory.
People overlook the fact that Trump’s original job at his family’s business was collecting rent. He never forgot how to evict someone.
In a warzone filled with IEDs, insurgents, and actual life-or-death decisions, the U.S. Department of Defense somehow decided that the real priority in Iraq wasn’t winning battles—it was censoring the anatomically correct genitalia of an ancient Mesopotamian bull