National Security

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. The African Union celebrates China’s rise in Africa Egypt detains son of US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Arab League suspends its observer mission to Syria Greece ‘budget commissioner’ proposal adds new vitriol to euro

While reading traffic in a closed forum between current and former military officers, I stumbled across this message from a British officer. I’ve known him since the Iraq days, and he’s also served in Afghanistan. He’s an honest and very

Where the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman meet rests today’s ever more famous Straits of Hormuz. The Straits have been a key talking point among media, politicians, and Pentagon staff. Only 21 miles wide at the narrowest point,

“What CAIR and other Muslim Brotherhood front groups do in America and do in the West is intimidation.” – Monica Crowley This week, CAIR, a defacto Islamist lobby front group pressured the NYPD policy chief, Ray Kelly, to resign. Reuters

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. China’s security forces fire again into crowd of protesters in Tibet Poverty and crime feed a growing Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria Faltering Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) turns to Boko Haram Russia rejects

The University of Pennsylvania is the home of the 2012 “National Conference of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement” (BDS), whose origins lie in the actions of nations and groups including Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah. The three-day event will take

US Army and Afghan Army play volleyball in southwestern Kandahar in 2011. On Sunday, a similar match in Zabul province turned deadly when an Afghan Army member shot and killed one American, wounding three. — It would be most helpful

Trouble looms for the U.S., European, and global economies, once thought to be making a slow but steady recovery. Though fourth quarter GDP figures released today showed U.S. GDP growth of 2.8%, the overall rate of growth was 1.7% for

From Defense News: The U.S. Air Force wants to terminate the Block 30 Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude unmanned surveillance aircraft, breathing new life into the five-decade-old U-2 program, the Defense Department announced Jan. 26. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton

From ABC News: That buzz you hear above your head is the sound of the Pentagon cutting its budget. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta detailed today how the Obama administration plans to achieve $487 billion in cuts over the next decade,

Military censorship only goes so far. Now we know, contrary to official reports, at least two US Marines were hit by the bomb driven into the Kajaki Sofla bazaar by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle on January 18, 2012.

The Army, Marines, and Air Force might be getting hammered with the new proposed Pentagon budget, but the Navy avoids the hammer. The Army will cut 80,000 men and the Marines 20,000; the Air Forces is proposing to cut seven

According to President Obama’s State of the Union address, “our ties to the Americas are deeper… anyone who tells you that America is in decline or that our influence has waned doesn’t know what they’re talking about.” In 2011, Iran

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. EU officials admit that €130 billion not enough for next Greece bailout ECB becomes major new obstacle to Greece default agreement Israelis state principles on border negotiations for the first time Iran has many

“Brzezinski is someone I have learned an immense amount from” … “one of our most outstanding scholars and thinkers”–Senator Barack Obama This Salon headline will bring agreement from many anti-Semites who believe the Jews (or Zionists) control the world. Zbig:

And what a salute (via MEMRI): [youtube 7YGR2RYNIW8] And Fatah is considered the “moderate” Palestinian party.

The quasi-long awaited “Defense Budget Priorities and Choices” is out – you can get the whole thing here. It is a very mixed and curious bag – but with the expected budget stress, the outlines on page 5 & 6

Pundits and analysts are using several different methods to determine the spending outcomes presented by President Obama during his SOTU. Tucked inside the less specific topics the President covered such as jobs, the federal budget, and military operations was an

In a move applauded in the Arab world, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has walked away from Jordanian-sponsored peace talks with Israel ahead of a deadline today to submit proposals on borders and security. The deadline had been established by

Beastweek decided to take a swipe at Geert Wilders this month — no particular reason, just because he’s still there. It’s a singularly empty piece, a selection of complaints by Christopher Dickey rattling around, anchored by an almost comically validating

For several months, I, along with a select group of colleagues have been in “closed door” dialogue questioning the international community and their understanding towards the militant wing of Hezbollah. After weeks of extensive research, a depressing conclusion has been

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Two different demonstrations fill Egypt’s Tahrir Square Egypt’s Salafist al-Nour party draws strength from rural villages Around the world, people turn to religion in a generational crisis era The ‘Vogue of the Veiled’: High-fashion

An infamous icon from the American military are going into the dustbin of history. S-9 glasses, called “Birth Control Glasses” because they are so ugly, will be replaced by a new more attractive design. Although are they that much of

From the Jerusalem Post: In the wake of Gov. Rick Perry’s withdrawal from the Republican presidential race, pundits will argue over the reasons for his rise and fall. But one thing is for certain: Perry was the only candidate who

BAGHDAD (AP) – The U.S. pulled its troops out of Iraq because its economy is collapsing and it needed to save money, an al-Qaida front group said in a message posted on its website Wednesday, its first online comment since