To Obama, the Geneva Convention applies to stateless terrorists–who are not parties to the convention, and are not lawful combatants–but not to U.S. sailors captured and detained by Iran at gunpoint
At the D-Day 70th Anniversary memorial in Normandy Friday, viewers were puzzled by an interpretive dance across a giant map of Europe to commemorate the Allied beach invasion. Noah Rothman at Mediaite delivers compelling commentary that this display is the
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand security forces tracked down and detained a prominent activist who helped organise protests against last month’s military coup from comments he posted on the Internet, officials said on Friday. Sombat Boonngamanong was caught in Chonburi province east
President-elect Petro Poroshenko’s inauguration is on Saturday, but that is not slowing down the violence in east Ukraine. Pro-Russian forces shot down the An-26 transport aircraft in Slaviansk on Friday. According to anti-terrorist operation spokesman Vladyslav Selezniov, it was not
Amid news of the release of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for five high-level Taliban leaders, North Korea announced that it had arrested yet another American without indicating what crime the American had committed. According to the nation’s Korean Central
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl deserted bases where he was stationed on two separate occasions, at a California training facility and an outpost in eastern Afghanistan, prior to his third venture off of a forward operating base in 2009, according to a
The next National Women’s Studies Association annual meeting will take place in San Juan, Puerto Rico on November 13-16, 2014 and is aptly named “Feminist Transgressions.” Indeed, the conference itself is “transgressive” in that it minimizes the cause of women
China budgeted $145 billion for modernizing its military, including advancing its UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), warships, fighter jets, sophisticated missiles, and cyber warfare capabilities, the Pentagon announced Thursday. The Pentagon estimate exceeded the public information provided by the Chinese, who
Unlike Bowe Bergdahl, the Greatest Generation served with “real honor and distinction.” And former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said Americans are justified in their anger after seeing the federal government disrespecting them — and other veterans — by withholding health
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin ripped the Obama administration and its allies for believing that Americans would celebrate his trading five high-level terrorists for American Bowe Bergdahl, who reportedly deserted his fellow troops and denounced America. “Barack Hussein Obama,
Prior to the Taliban’s capturing Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, they found him wandering around erratically and “cursing his countrymen,” according to two Taliban commanders who spoke to NBC News. The commanders said they were tipped off by Afghan locals, and shortly thereafter
To most observers, U.S. and European economic sanctions have had minimal success in discouraging Russia from covertly interfering in the Ukraine. But sanctions have exposed Russia’s dependence on America’s Visa and MasterCard for processing about 56% of all transactions in
As the world commemorates the 70th anniversary of D-Day and the great battle that all but secured the liberation of Western Europe, it is vital to look back at the all-important “special relationship” that that developed between the United States
A report by the Secure Free Society reveals this week that Venezuela and Cuba have been providing passports and national identification cards to Middle Eastern immigrants, later used to surreptitiously enter the United States and Canada, with Venezuela providing a
Last month, a report based on documents obtained by Edward Snowden uncovered an elaborate National Security Agency surveillance program that monitors every call made in the Bahamas. The island nation appears to have responded to those charges by retaining attorneys
Pope Francis fired the entire all-Italian board of the Vatican’s Financial Information Authority (AIF) on Thursday and named four international experts as the new board for the Holy See’s internal regulatory office. Reuters reports that, in his latest move to
In comments first reported in USA Today, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf defended President Obama’s decision to release the world’s five most dangerous terrorist detainees for the return of an alleged army deserter. She stated that Obama did not demand
This week CNN interviewed Al Samani Al Hadi, the half brother of Sudanese Christian Dr. Meriam Yahya Ibrahim. He is enraged that his sister will not return to Islam and the jihadist bosom of the family that she never knew she had. For
MONCTON, New Brunswick (AP) — The suspect in the killing of three Royal Canadian Mounted Police was arrested unarmed early Friday, ending a massive manhunt that paralyzed much of an eastern Canadian city. “I’m done,” a witness said he told
Seventy years ago today Allied forces landed on Normandy for D-Day. June 6, 2014, is also significant because it is the first time Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Ukraine President-elect Petro Poroshenko. Reuters reported: French President Francois Hollande and
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is in stable condition six days after being released from Taliban captivity, but he still has not spoken to his parents. According to Fox News, Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren said, “His health continues to
The greatest amphibious assault in world history took place seventy years ago on the shores of Normandy, France. The incredible story of how Allied soldiers, led by the United States, Great Britain, and Canada, boldly invaded German-occupied France in Operation
On April 28, 1944, landing tanks carrying U.S. personnel and military equipment “converged in Lime Bay” to get into formation to storm the Slapton Sands for a D-Day rehearsal, Exercise Tiger. This rehearsal would cost 1,000 American lives. Warfare then
The number of Jihadist groups across North Africa and the Middle East has increased exponentially in the past four years and appears to be growing. A new study by the Rand Institute’s National Defense Research Institute warns that American military withdrawal
The word “War” instantly brings certain images and sentiments to the mind. For the longest time it was images of apocalyptic trenches, shattered cities, tank battles and dog fights. For decades, the word war was intimately associated with horrific civilian
It takes nothing away from the courage and valor of the American troops who landed at Normandy on D-Day to say that their ultimate victory was a forgone conclusion. Yes, US GI’s still had to fight it out, all the
