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Murder for Christmas? Dec. 04, 2025
When Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth posted a meme of Franklin the Turtle, the amiable child's car... Read More
Trump's Venezuela Punitive Expedition Dec. 03, 2025
President Donald Trump has given Venezuelan dictator and cartel kingpin Nicolas Maduro a harsh warni... Read More
Trump's War on Drugs Could Be Lunacy Dec. 02, 2025
Since President Richard Nixon declared a "War on Drugs" in 1971, federal, state and local government... Read More
When Republicans Opposed Obama's Unauthorized Use of Force Oct. 29, 2025
When President Barack Obama ordered military action against Muammar Qaddafi's Libya in 2011, both Re... Read More
Pentagon Muscle Confronts China's Proxy Venezuela Oct. 22, 2025
On Oct. 21, news sources reported roughly 15% of the entire U.S. Navy's warships were deployed in th... Read More
Trump To Generals: America Confronts Invasion From Within Oct. 01, 2025
On Sept 30, President Donald Trump and Secretary of War (SecWar) Pete Hegseth held a most unusual co... Read More
US Dept. Of War: What's in a Name Change? Sep. 10, 2025
Down, direct and perhaps a bit dirty has its place, especially in the complex undertaking German str... Read More
Trump Is Right to Keep Ukraine Out of NATO Aug. 20, 2025
After he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska and before he met with Ukrainian Presid... Read More
Other Presidents Complained, But Trump Made NATO Step Up Jul. 03, 2025
President Donald Trump joined a long line of presidents who complained that the NATO countries fail ... Read More
Decoupling, Reshoring and Restoring US Defense Apr. 23, 2025
In a column published June 12, 2019, I wrote, "I think 50 years from now, historians will argue that... Read More
Europe's Decline Was a Choice Mar. 03, 2025
Donald Tusk, the prime minister of Poland, might not shock Europe's leaders the way Donald Trump doe... Read More
Trump Sees Israel's Iron Dome for America Feb. 04, 2025
WASHINGTON — "We will build a massive missile defense shield to protect us," Donald Trump told... Read More
21st-Century 'Star Wars': Trump's Huge Iron Dome Jan. 29, 2025
President Donald Trump's Jan. 27 strategic defense executive order includes this hard-nosed truth ab... Read More
The Problemed Nominee Dec. 06, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense. He... Read More
Let's Curb the Kangaroo Court of Anonymous Sources Dec. 06, 2024
The anti-Trump media have already congratulated themselves for destroying the Matt Gaetz nomination ... Read More
Pete Hegseth's Pentagon Fix-It List Nov. 20, 2024
Pete Hegseth has a very fine mind — a mind strategically informed by a superb military combat ... Read More
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall Nov. 20, 2024
What does Donald Trump see when he looks at his choices for attorney general, secretary of defense, ... Read More
Defended Borders Fundamental To US National Defense Oct. 23, 2024
It's simple, and everybody with common sense gets it. A national border isn't a line on a map. A bor... Read More
Poland's Eastern Shield: On NATO'S Eastern Flank: Part 2 Jun. 05, 2024
In late May 2024, Poland decided concrete bunkers, barbed wire and other fixed defenses are a sane a... Read More
NATO in the Joe Biden Moment May. 08, 2024
On April 29, The Economist magazine asked French President Emmanuel Macron a very direct question: "... Read More
