National Security

Tonight on Secure Freedom Radio: What starts and ends wars in the Middle East? The famed historian and the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Victor Davis Hanson continues today’s show answering the question of a

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Medal of Honor winner Dakota Meyer is staying grounded despite a whirlwind tour of national TV appearances, trips to New York and Los Angeles and one-on-one time with the leader of the free world. The Kentucky-born Marine

Let’s recap the last 2 weeks. The Palestinian leadership (including Hamas) received a standing ovation while lobbying the UN for statehood. They do this as they circumvent peace talks with Israel. Pakistan threatened America for chasing Taliban and other terrorists

The 11th branch of Iran’s Gilan Provincial Court upheld the apostasy conviction and execution sentencing of Christian Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani this week. Some rightly believe this is a human rights violation while extreme Iranian ruling religious fanatics think otherwise. Social

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Germany approves the expanded bailout fund * 10 reasons why the EFSF is not the Holy Grail * European financial inspectors audit Greece * Syrian regime supporters attack American ambassador * Terror plot

SANAA, Yemen (AP) – Yemen’s Defense Ministry said Friday that the U.S.-born al-Qaida cleric Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed. The Yemeni ministry provided no details in the statement, which appeared on one of its website. Yemeni security and tribal officials

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

From Defense News: The round in a Marine’s .50 caliber machine gun weighs about 114 grams. MAC Ammunition out of Bay St. Louis, Miss., has produced a round that weighs about 92 grams. It’s 25 percent lighter because instead of

From the Tehran Times: Vahidi: we don’t need a stinkin’ hotline TEHRAN – Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said that there is no need for the establishment of a direct military hotline between Iran and the United States. “We had

In the war of ideologies, there is no more frustrating battle than the battle for truth. In the battle for truth, there is no more frustrating effort than trying to enlighten the hard-headed. Our enemy has been telling us for

Three years ago, TransCanada proposed the $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline to bring more oil from Canada to the United States. After years of study, the State Department has yet to decide whether or not approve the pipeline. The Keystone

With the primary season for the 2012 election fast approaching, U.S. foreign policy is certain to be an issue with which would-be Republican candidates will have to grapple. And this is particularly true regarding policies touching on our relationship with

The previous article on Chinese world domination covered their goal of cornering the world’s supply of energy. However, energy isn’t the only item they are striving to control. China is very active in acquiring and controlling as much as possible

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * European Commission’s Barroso proposes tax on financial transactions * Violence against Roma Gypsies grows in Czech Republic * Gaddafi suspected to be under protection of Tuareg tribe * Russia’s Putin warns against overuse

In recent weeks, the United Nations has sponsored meetings in Mogadishu to help Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG) improve security, promote reconciliation and draw up a new constitution for the war-ravaged country. One of the biggest obstacles to ensuring peace

Another sting operation by federal law enforcement officials has led to the arrest of an American citizen from a Boston suburb who thought he was arming remote controlled planes to bomb the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol. Rezwan Ferdaus, 26, is

Tonight on the Secure Freedom Radio: Has the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen finally uncovered the truth about Pakistani intelligence services (ISI) and its connection with known terrorist groups? Former US Ambassador to the

I’m 6’2″ and weigh 200 pounds; yet, I don’t think Floyd Mayweather (5’8″ and fights at 147 lbs) would fear me too much if I threatened to fight him. Though I do have a boxing gym at home and generally

No, this is not a parody. So who do you root for in this debate? From the UK’s Guardian: Al Qaeda to Ahmadinejad: enough already, give us some credit! Al-Qaida has sent a message to the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,

HATEMONGER – ONE WHO INCITES OTHERS TO HATRED OR PREJUDICE. From “The Middle East Quarterly“ “President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lectures above a sign saying ‘Death to Israel’ in Persian and Arabic, not “Down with Israel” as in the English translation below.

Can someone please explain this rule to me? Totally absurd! From the Marine Corps Times: Commands are advising personnel they are not authorized to wear so-called KIA bracelets, pictured at right, which have become a popular method for honoring friends

Moderate, “peace-loving” Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) opposes the banning of the misogynistic barbarity of clitorectomy/female genital mutilation Robert Small’s American Thinker essay on the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Indonesian Islam reads more like a “Just So Story” than a “True Story.”

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Germany expected to approve more bailouts on Thursday * Greece’s Papandreou promises to “fight our way back to prosperity” * Israel’s Netanyahu approves peace talks while new settlements are announced * Syria’s regime

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.”

We all know about Iran’s nuclear desires. To what extent, some may still question–do they want a nuclear weapon or are they simply seeking nuclear power to support their energy complex? GOP candidates have debated the Iranian nuclear topic yet