The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) has issued a report co-authored by retired Army Lt.-General David Barno which comes to a startling conclusion: we can cut $550 billion from the Pentagon budget over the next ten years and
German economists (always looking at the bottom-line) are now warning that France may be the next country to see it’s AAA credit rating to go. Part of it is because France is helping to bailout Greece. “A new bailout package
The Western strategy towards Iran basically centers on using sanctions to weaken the Iranian economy. While the Iranian economy appears to be having difficulty because of the Islamist inspired socialism that dominates the country, sanctions appear to be having only
From the current National Interest, which looks at the foreign policy views of the GOP candidates: Is Romney GWB II on foreign policy? Is that a good thing? “The presumed frontrunner, Mitt Romney, seems particularly lacking in any coherent philosophical
Cut the budget, but ask more of our reserves? Does that sound like a recipe for success? That is precisely what is being cooked up by the U.S. Marine Corps. If you are member of the USMC reserves, you will
European leaders are it total reaction mode when it comes to the Euro financial crisis. (Sound familiar? Same thing happens in Washington.) That’s why we should be pessimistic that anything of substance will get done to effectively deal with the
So what happens when South America activists backed by Venezuela dictator Hugo Chavez get into a fight with organizers of a “peace project” in Berlin, Germany? Cynical me wants to sit back and watch the fight unfold. A German artist
General Harald Kujat, who was instrumental in planning the German mission in Afghanistan, has come out with a blunt assessment of what the future holds in Afghanistan. In short, he believes it has been a failure. “The mission fulfilled the
Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) writes in today’s Washington Times: Putting us back on a path of national prosperity requires a dramatic change in trade policy. A weakened U.S. industrial base and a monstrous public debt also make it difficult to
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that U.S. officials this summer “secretly met with leaders of the deadly Haqqani network, the Afghan militant group closely tied to al Qaeda.” The goal was to “draw them into talks on winding down
In a brilliant lead editorial in Germany’s left-leaning Der Spiegel, Michael Sauga takes direct aim at President Obama’s economic message of spending more and more money. As he puts it, “the Obama administration is borrowing money at the same rate
What course will China chart in the future? The soon-to-be captain of the ship is Vice President Xi Jinping. And there is growing evidence that far from being a reformer, he will be aggressive leader who will resemble Mao more
Does French decadence have no bounds? From The Local, an English-language publication in France: Several hundred French schoolchildren went on the rampage on Friday after false rumours spread that President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government wants to take away a large slice
Move over Saudi Arabia? With a series of amazing shale oil and natural gas finds in North America, it is now possible (if bureaucrats will allow it) for both Canada and the United States to become energy exporters in the
Berlin, which swooned over Barack Obama in 2008, is getting tired of the President’s lectures. On Monday, at a campaign fundraiser in California, Obama took aim at Europe declaring that their inaction over the debt crisis was “scaring the world.”
Pope Benedict XVI is giving Europe some well needed blunt words on ethics and cultural decline. As he left Italy for his visit to Germany, he issued a statement directed squarely at the Italian Government of Silvio Berlusconi: “The moment
Europe appears to be in paralysis when it comes to dealing with heavy debt. In addition to the turmoil in Greece, now Italy is on the brink, and as Germany’s Der Spiegel puts it, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi “refuses to
No, it’s not a conspiracy theory. But a scientist believes he can explain why the twin towers collapsed the way they did based on chemistry. From Canada’s National Post: PARIS — A mix of sprinkling system water and melted aluminium
How do you say ‘Arrgh! You scurvy dog!’ in German? It’s no doubt a sign of the times in Europe: on Sunday, a big winner in Berlin, Germany’s local state elections was something called “The Pirate Party.” They managed to
China appears to be largely uninterested in bailing out the debt-ridden countries of Europe. Despite concerns that Beijing might buy debt and use it as leverage, the calculation by Beijing appears to be that this would be a bad bet,
Senator Jim Webb of Virginia started the discussion a few months back when he pointed out that our military is increasingly “top heavy”: we have lots of admirals and generals. They call is “star creep”–the fact that we have an
Get used to that chain, brother High taxes and high spending are the core of the problem in Greece. So the government’s solution? Raise taxes. They are calling it the “monster tax” in Athens. In short, it’s a new property
In the presidential debate last night, Ron Paul parroted the Al Qaeda line about why they are at war with us. The “real motivation” for their attacks was the American “occupation” of the Middle East, explained the Texas Congressman. In
German EU Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger thinks its time to get tough with the Greeks. Apparently incapable of dealing with their deficit problems on their own, Oettinger is suggesting that the European Union should take over tax collection in Greece.
The march of military technology continues with a new high-tech version of camo that could dramatically change the ability of insurgents with heat-seeking missiles to attack US weapons systems. Military scientists have designed a new invisibility cloak which could protect
