National Security

There is a post up earlier today today here at Big Peace that questions the wisdom of repealing DADT, which is a perfectly fine thing to question. But in doing so the author, a Reserve NCO, decides that DADT is

At this week’s meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Iran was the major topic of discussion among the foreign ministers of the six Arab member nations (Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait). GCC meeting in Jeddah

Now this is a bizarre story. The Austrian town of Hallstatt, which is declared a World Heritage site….has been copied by the Chinese. Germany’s Der Spiegel has the story: New Chinese village…they’re copying the lake, too Residents of the Austrian

I wrote a letter in late May 2011 to the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) requesting that Congress reconsider repealing what is popularly known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT). DADT is a misnomer. And so I shall refer to

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Short-term bailout of Greece is now expected Greece 2 year bonds at 30% interest (Bloomberg) The yields (interest rates) on Greece’s 2 year bonds briefly exceeded 30% on Thursday, before settling down at just

I’m often asked by puzzled classmates why–after graduating from Harvard College with an economics degree and working at a distinguished think tank in Washington, D.C.–I now sport the U.S. Navy blue and gold and serve as an enlisted Aviation Structural

Should Leon Pannetta’s associations with Communists in the eighties give pause to the Senate Armed Services Committee? Trevor Loudon did the footwork on tracking Panetta’s associations that in some cases led to members of the Silvermaster Spy Ring and Chinese

…it’s a way to avoid immorality. It’s okay, really. Numerous religious leaders in Kuwait told her so. [youtube swHYHJhR1sg nolink]

The outgoing Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, made a remarkable admission during a speech to the American Enterprise Institute three weeks ago that should have received more attention. In his speech, the SecDef properly observed that the U.S. has consistently

A rally for Fatima Abdallah was held in Tampa on Friday, June 10, 2011 at Lykes Gaslight Park in front of Tampa Police Department headquarters. The purpose of the rally was to shed light and bring national attention to the

More evidence of the waning Jewish influence in American academia – and who is filling the vacuum. Algemeiner Journal, June 15, 2011 Not Another Jewish Dime to Yale Arab donors are tougher customers, and more substantial donors, who wield significant

On May 26th of this year, I had a post on Big Peace titled “President Sean Patrick Michael O’Bannon Hussein McGonalan O’Bama.” In it, I examined how Obama tries to be all things to men in a way that’s simply

Los Angeles police have several active investigations involving radicalized prison converts, a commanding officer with the LAPD told a House committee hearing Wednesday. “We have ongoing cases that involve convert prison radicals that are out in the community now,” LAPD

NOTE: In addition to the alarming results of the survey, Shari’a and Violence in American Mosques– where 81% of mosques in this country contained texts that advocate violent jihad- the survey presents a standard that can give law enforcement a

After a day of chaos, the situation is deteriorating rapidly in the streets of Athens, in the Greek parliament, and among the finance ministers in Brussels. Anti-austerity rioting in Athens on Wednesday (AP) Early on Wednesday, angry youths hurled petrol

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Thailand heads for a major election crisis Yingluck Shinawatra (Spiegel) The fault line between the élite fair-skinned market dominant minority Thai-Chinese and the dark-skinned indigenous Thai-Thai majority laboring class may soon become violent again,

This June 13–19, the best golfers in the world will walk the lush green fairways of Bethesda, Maryland’s Congressional Country Club during the 111th U.S. Open. These great athletes are heroes to many, but they aren’t the biggest heroes to

Those who adhere to Sharia want to impose its submissive doctrine on the world, including the United States of America. Representative Louie Gohmert (TX 1) expresses the fundamental need to keep Sharia out of our courts, our schools and our

The always interesting to read Jacob Heilbrunn has an interesting perspective on the financial collapse of Greece: it might be a good thing for America. He makes two interesting points. I will let him explain it: “Is there a silver

Wonder why Iran is so committed to the Syrian regime? Part of the answer lies in the fact that at least some of the opposition are sick are tired of Syria allying itself with terrorist-sponsoring Iran and terrorist Hezbollah. [youtube

Syria pursues scorched earth policy, amid rumors of U.S. military intervention As thousands of families in northern Syria flee from their homes, many across the border into Turkey, army tanks widened the military campaign to crush protests against President Bashar

On this week’s edition of the Stakelbeck on Terror show, CBN News takes an exclusive look at Turkish imam Fetullah Gülen — a man who some have called the world’s most dangerous Islamist. Gülen directs his global Islamic movement not

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A former federal prosecutor and a former New York state prison official who investigated radical Islamist recruitment will discuss the threat of prison radicalization during a House hearing Wednesday. Former prosecutor Kevin Smith likely will discuss a California case in