Iran State TV station FARS announced Saturday morning that four American dual-nationality prisoners were released from Iranian custody in a “prisoner swap” with the United States.
ADDED: Wonder what the Federal Election Commission thinks about this? This is a terrible thing Sony’s doing, using the bravery of these men to help Obama – politicizing their heroism. The decent thing to do is to move the release
We are all Tea Partiers now. Several months ago when I told a colleague at work that I was a member of the local Tea Party in NJ and was going to do a Tax Day speech he looked at
The Afghanistan blame game begins with Time magazine putting it out there, albeit gently: The influx of troops, requested by General Stanley McChrystal, approved by President Barack Obama and overseen by General David Petraeus, brought stability to some areas in
Dr Hayward (left), the Muslim convert “RAF Ayatollah” at an Armed Forces Muslim Association event last year with a more authentic Ayatollah to the right. An apparently rare breed of British military officer with the appropriate patriotic moral clarity and
From the Associated Press: Reports identifying some of the U.S. troops killed when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan began circulating Sunday. Thirty Americans and eight Afghans were killed in the crash, making it the deadliest single loss for
In an interview with Germany’s Der Spiegel, Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff implies that had Obama not “given in” to the Tea Party “terrorists” there would not be the current unrest in international financial markets. Huh? Where has this guy been
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A well connected publication that covers Asia, The Diplomat, has an interesting bit of analysis about the American credit downgrade and how the Chinese lead the charge. They are not suggesting that America’s credit problems are manufactured: they are real.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Syrian armored forces move on to flatten Deir Ezzor Syrian protesters run from tear gas canisters in Homs (Reuters) Things appear to be moving quickly with respect to the situation in Syria, as threats
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Salman Taseer, the Punjabi governor known for his opposition to Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, was assassinated earlier th is year. While his murderer has become something of a hero at home, the West lamented the death of this prominent Islamic moderate.
Program officials are blaming an electrical fault aboard one of the Air Force A-model birds that has caused the grounding for all test jets while they gather information and investigate. Luckily for the program and the pilot, the power failure
The late Friday Standard & Poor’s report (PDF) downgrading U.S. debt from AAA to AA+, with negative outlook, has raised anger and anxiety around the world, and led to a feeling that the deterioration of the global financial system is
The sun has rested behind mother earth leaving us with the dark of night. Windows are opened allowing the crisp night breeze flow through the room. The night sounds lifeless were it not for the crickets outside chirping away. With
Call me crazy, but I think it must be hard for our military to shoot people and crush our enemies – which, after all, is the point of having a military – if our soldiers are busy laying bricks or
The Military Times reports: Do men want to smell like Gen. George S. Patton? The U.S. Army is banking on it. It’s licensed an official fragrance called “Patton” by Parfumologie. This is a funny way to brand your cologne. Despite
August 5th, the White House released its factsheet titled “President Obama’s Commitment to Employing America’s Veterans.” On the surface, President Obama should be commended for his continuous support to our veterans. However, his track record in threatening service members pay
At this point, it’s hard to call of this a coincidence. What we know is that the Chinook did crash as a result of hostile fire and everyone aboard was killed in its crash. The service members aboard were overwhelmingly
The free world has waited patiently for 10 to 20 years to learn the master plan of international jihadism’s “al-Za’im,” (English: “the leader”) Osama bin Laden. Because Seal Team Six dropped in on the al-Qaida leader’s Abbottabad domicile unannounced, he
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Turkey says that ‘patience is running out’ over Syria’s savagery Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (Zaman) For months, there’s been talk that Turkey might invade Syria to create a “buffer zone” on Syrian soil
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Since the inception of Operation Odyssey Dawn, the United States and its allies have half-heartedly executed military intervention operations against the Qaddafi regime. Numerous nation states immediately signed on with this operation pressuring the United States to eventually commit. This
Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert takes time from his August recess to give us his take on the debt deal in Washington, one he calls, “disastrous.” “This bill is about national security,” he says, noting that because of base line budgeting
The U.S. Department of State on Friday issued a travel warning urging all U.S. citizens to depart Syria immediately, “while commercial transportation is still available.” It warns, “Syrian efforts to attribute the current civil unrest to external influences may lead
