One of the most important military books of the last 20 years was written by then Maj. (now Brigadier General) H.R. McMaster, USA – the 1997 Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That
The Marine officer is compact and solid. He wears his combat fatigues pressed, with a neat crease in the upper sleeve. His buzz-cut is sharp and clean. His clear eyes, open expression, and intense gaze evidence intelligence and keen perception,
The title of the excerpted AP report below is “War doesn’t rest for Islam holy month.” But maybe the title should have been “Islam doesn’t rest for war” — as in doesn’t let the war stop its dawa (proselytizing), only
This is the second part of a three-part investigative report on the Dutch government’s contribution to the financing of the Ground Zero Mosque. It was translated by our Flemish correspondent VH from the Dutch-language section of the ICLA website. Part
Stonings at Ground Zero — that’ll be the day, right? The concept has no manifestation beyond the cold sweat of a dark-hours nightmare. Still, there’s something worth gleaning from the not-so-free association process that inspired it. It clicked when I
Very strange. From the AP: STOCKHOLM (AP) – Swedish prosecutors withdrew an arrest warrant for the founder of WikiLeaks on Saturday, saying less than a day after the document was issued that it was based on an unfounded accusation of
*** Update: Warrant withdrawn. (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, whose whistle-blowing website caused uproar last month with a leak of secret U.S. military files on Afghanistan, has been charged in Sweden with rape and molestation, the National Prosecutor’s Office
Note: Please join with me and Move America Forward in calling on Jerry Brown to return any money he has received from Jodie Evans and protest at her fundraiser tomorrow: Aug 21st at 4PM PST at the Home of Jodie
That then is our dilemma. Though we rhetorically see Iran as a state sponsor of terror, and even officially say so in our annual State Department reports on the same subject, our actions to date, and from every administration since
Former head of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Yasser Arafat was caught on more than one occasion speaking peacefully in English while preaching hate in Arabic. As a former member of the PLO, Walid Shoebat insists that such tactics are
U.S. General Petraeus told NBC’s Meet the Press that the July 2011 withdrawal date for Afghanistan will be conditions based.
Britain’s largest and longest-running terrorist investigation ended last month with the conviction of three British Muslims. Their 2006 plot involved blowing up trans-Atlantic airliners with the hope of killing up to 10,000 people. That near-disaster offers a pungent reminder of
The increase is due to the Taliban’s latest assaults on civilian targets.
The Taliban – never formally recognized as a terrorist organization by the U.S. – took credit for the recent execution of ten Western doctors, nurses and translators in northern Afghanistan, where they were delivering free medical care to the poor.
Marc Thiessen writes in his Washington Post column: “WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has made clear that his objective in releasing tens of thousands of classified documents was to ‘end the war in Afghanistan’ and ‘oppose an unjust [war] plan before
I just got this video with a look at a firefight in Afghanistan like it actually looks. [youtube Bmh8EgvNP0M nolink] Below the fold is another, longer more intense fight from 2 years ago close to the border with Pakistan. There
This is the final of four installments of the interview with John Bernard. Readers who are interested may watch the entire interview on Vimeo, or in two parts on YouTube: Part 1 and Part 2. The full transcript is available
Albeit a bit late for General Lavelle. A note from DoD rattling about in the email box… Lavelle Posthumously Nominated to General The Department of Defense announced today that retired Air Force Major General John D. Lavelle has been nominated
Threats to our national security are always with us. Because they endlessly mutate, preparation for our defense must be visionary, flexible and ongoing. Can it be said, in current times, that the U.S. is successfully adapting its national defense priorities
As the Central Illinois 9/12 Project has briefly written about in the past, one form of banking in which Shorebank is engaged is microfinance, especially in foreign countries. As this is not a type of finance that is well known
This is the second of four installments of the interview with John Bernard. Readers who are interested may watch the entire interview on Vimeo, or in two parts on YouTube: Part 1 and Part 2. The full transcript is available
The Chronicle of Higher Education, in the course of a long profile about disgraced professor Michael Bellesiles, has this to say about his latest whopper: Then, after I interviewed him, Mr. Bellesiles published an essay in The Chronicle Review. In
Time to scarf up head WikiWanker, the excremental Julian Assange. Fire up the black helicopters, fit him for an orange jumpsuit and put him on the Rendition Express. He is now responsible for the deaths of brave Afghans and there
So, you know what’s been keeping me up at night? My vertical sleeping bag. But also, Wikileaks. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says WikiLeaks is “morally” guilty for putting lives in danger – by exposing Afghan contacts, our intelligence methods, and
