As is apparent from perusing Big Hollywood for any given amount of time that the current crop of Prime Time Television shows leave quite a bit to be desired. There is also nothing new under the sun, plots are rehashed,
An outrage! This will only encourage more acts of jihad. From Germany’s Thelocal.de: Arid Uka, 21, who was born in Kosovo but grew up in Frankfurt, “wanted to make his personal contribution to the holy war” but not knowing how
Exercising for war against Iran–a lesson from Millennium Challenge 2002 Iran recently ended its military exercise in the Strait of Hormuz. Soon, in the coming days or weeks, the U.S. intends to initiate a joint exercise throughout the Middle East
The New York Times sees — but knows not what it sees. KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan soldier turned his gun on American military personnel while they were playing volleyball at a camp in southern Afghanistan, killing one and wounding
Listening to Barack Obama laying out what he calls his new defense strategy, my first reaction was, “Here we go again.” Having basically written off the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, Mr. Obama is falling prey to a temptation several
Earlier this week, Big Government broke an exclusive that Corporal Jesse Thorsen, 28–the soldier who supported presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) while in uniform during the Iowa caucuses–was being probed by his Army Reserve unit for violation of Department
Connectivity, lack thereof, being what it is over here in Afghanistan, I was aware of the latest brouhaha Mike Yon has started about medevacs having target markers — ummm — big red crosses painted on them so we’d be in
The U.S. military has developed the best system in the world for dealing with combat casualties. As medical technology has advanced over the last century, new methods of treatment have been developed, and the speed and efficiency of transport from
From the Army Times: “Young veterans continue to have problems finding jobs even as the overall economy is improving, according to Friday’s employment situation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The national unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent in
Heard an interesting talk this week by Austin Ruse, who, heading up a Catholic NGO at the United Nations, is on a professional and vocational quest to prevent the UN, in its various documents and legal instruments, both non-binding and
Ron Paul is an old man in a young man’s game. Were he elected to the presidency this year at age 77, he would be the oldest president ever elected. That doesn’t bother his young supporters, many of whom will
The New York Times has an insightful piece up on Congress’s coming military cuts. What the authors most highlight is that America’s military will have a newer role in the coming decade. That point is evident from the proposed cuts
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Israel says that Assad ‘only has weeks’ to rule Syria Israeli and Palestinian envoys meet, promise to meet again Europe: Another year older and deeper in debt Greece issues blunt warning that it will
Chief Chris Kyle was a Navy Seal for ten years. He served four combat tours in Iraq, earned numerous medals, saved countless lives and accomplished more than most men walking around in this great country ever will. He has now
(Reuters) – A young man dressed as “Father Frost” – the Russian equivalent of Father Christmas – was stabbed to death in Tajikistan on Monday in an attack police believe was motivated by religious hatred, two police sources said. A
Always ready to recruit the embittered and disgruntled at any opportunity, the Communist Party USA has established a special veterans committee. The target – demobilized Iraq War veterans. From the People’s World; With the Iraq war officially over, leaving 4,500
Former President George W. Bush’s aide Michael Gerson posted a distressingly ignorant column on 12/13/11 which attacked both former speaker and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, and my colleague Andrew C. McCarthy, for their sober, if frank conceptions of the
Andy McCarthy today points to a terrifying story from the Indian newspaper The Hindu, reporting that the Obama administration has tapped informal Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Yusef al-Qaradawi, the world’s most famous Sunni shariah jurist and thinker, to facilitate negotiations
The US is currently thoroughly occupied in Afghanistan. The ten year war has brought several achievements in the war on terror but has largely failed in expanding Kabul’s control over the country. The war there has offered great stories of
Twenty-seven people were killed in terror attacks at churches across Nigeria on Christmas Day. Photo source: Reuters Reuters reports: Five bombs exploded on Christmas Day at churches in Nigeria, one killing at least 27 people, raising fears that Islamist militant
Say what you will about President Obama or Bush, for our veterans who served in Iraq, neither President means a whole lot. Unless you served, specifically beyond the traditional forward operating base, very few will ever comprehend the mentality of
This week, STRATFOR reported that secret talks between US officials and the Taliban, which have purportedly been underway for sometime, have now reached a critical juncture. According to the story, tentative agreements about the disposition of EPW Taliban at the
In a blockbuster ruling, Federal Judge George Daniels in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York issued an order stating that Iran and its Lebanese Shi’ite terror proxy, Hizballah, are jointly responsible together with al-Qa’eda for
Qatar: host to the US military, al-Jazeera, the Muslim Brotherhood– and now, the world’s first Taliban embassy— at the behest of the Obama administration. On his Facebook page, Big Peace contributor Walid Phares brought my attention to a report in
From McClatchy Newspapers: WASHINGTON — With Dakota Meyer standing at attention in his dress uniform, sweat glistening on his forehead under the television lights, President Barack Obama extolled the former Marine corporal for the “extraordinary actions” that had earned him
