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Charles Martel, the de facto ruler of the Frankish Kingdom, emerged as the brilliant strategist who would halt the Muslim advance. His victory at the Battle of Tours preserved the foundations of what would become Western civilization.
August of 1914 saw tens of thousands or men marching off to war, amid cheering throngs, knowing that their brave soldiers would be returning home soon, victorious in what would be called the Great World War. The French managed to stall the invading Germans short of Paris, and the armies dug in for what became …
On Thursday President Trump had a conversation with Tucker Carlson. Referring to Liz Cheney, Trump told Tucker: “The reason she doesn’t like me is that she always wanted to go to war. I don’t want to go to war. She wanted to stay in Syria. I took them out. She wanted to stay in Iraq. I …
“Why do you keep bashing your head into that wall?” ask sensible people. “Because it feels so good when I stop,” answers Ali Khamenei. “We are capable of destroying all that the Zionists possess with one operation,” said General Ali Fadavi, the Iran Revolutionary Guards Corps deputy commander. So, General Fadavi is telling us that …
A few years ago I was talking online about Chinese software defined radios. (SDR) These are cheap, flexible, programmable devices, already widely available on ebay or Amazon (Baofung is one brand) They operate on pretty much any band, and aren’t restricted to licensed frequencies via simple and intentional hacks. Because of this, and because they …
A few days ago, Moldova, the second poorest nation in Europe after beleaguered Ukraine, held a national referendum where their people approved, by a slim 50.4%, to join the European Union.
My site noted, four days ago, that there were roughly 3,000 North Korean troops ‘undergoing training at military bases in eastern Russia’, and that John Kirby, a spokesman for the National Security Council, said those troops would become “legitimate military targets” if they should be used in the Russo-Ukrainian War. Now those troops aren’t quite …
With the presidential election only twelve days away, this story is not getting nearly as much traction as it should have. From The Washington Post: North Korean troops are in Russia, would be ‘legitimate targets’ in Ukraine, U.S. says Citing newly declassified intelligence, the Biden administration said that at least 3,000 personnel are undergoing combat …
What happens in Land Warfare is changing rapidly with significant effects. The battlefield is getting much more lethal across much greater distances.
This fight is about much more than one single incident against the State of Israel. This is about destroying Western Civilization.
the polls say — trusting the accuracy of the polls six weeks from the election is like trusting a Palestinian ceasefire. Right now pollsters can say whatever they want and then claim just before the election that the race is getting tighter. They get judged by their final polls, not these early ones.
If history has taught us anything, it’s that good presidents keep us out of war, and bad ones dive headfirst into conflicts that waste blood, treasure, and common sense.
If “Red Dawn” were remade in 2024, the story would look different in terms of tactics and technology, but its core message of resisting an invading force would remain the same.
On Sept. 12, Real Clear Defense published my commentary, “West Point Needs a Reset,” detailing why I and many fellow graduates believe the United States Military Academy has lost its way and needs to get back to the basics of educating future Army officers to fight and win our nation’s wars. Almost immediately, the piece …
Not only has the taxpayer cost of a West Point education risen, but the Academy’s moral and professional compass seems to have shifted.
Please stop pleading for a ceasefire as if it was a simple barfight over some meaningless disagreement. This is existential, and Israel deserves the support of the world in defending itself from these demonic enemies.
A Georgia State Trooper pulled over a car full of West Point cadets for speeding. After sternly informing them, “Nobody drives through my county that fast,” the cadet behind the wheel, with a smirk, replied, “Sherman did.”
The crisis in Ukraine, now a full-blown war that has claimed tens of thousands of lives and consumed hundreds of billions of U.S. dollars, is a stark reminder of the perils of failed diplomacy and reckless intervention.
Low-cost drones are delivering devastating effects on the battlefield, with a 75+ mile range and a cost under $600.
It was impossible not to be impressed by Israel’s pager attacks on Hezbollah, the Iranian terrorist proxy based in southern Lebanon. The conception of the plan, the years of coordination, and the final execution of the plan were an intelligence coup. The simultaneous explosions also provided lots of fodder for social media users who are …