There has been a lot of talk about the Rules of Engagement (ROE) in Afghanistan and whether they are too restrictive of our troops ability to defend themselves. Many are speculating that Gen. Petraeus will loosen them now that he
The original $23 billion in public education stimulus spending has been whittled down to $10 billion and cynically stuffed in a bill to continue funding the war effort in Afghanistan. While Democrats can hardly be accused of coming up with
In a piece published today about Sebastian Junger’s “Restrepo,” the Afghanistan War documentary released over the weekend, Bill Cody at Rope of Silicon admits (accidentally?) what we all knew anyway: that the Sundance Film Festival is all about the leftist
Why, over six months after his West Point speech is there still such a debate over President Obama’s July 2011 departure date for Afghanistan? Simple; a military campaign has never been won where you run a blinkered Time-Based campaign instead
t looks like President George W. Bush may have a pretty good birthday today. After all, this time last year the liberal media was terming him as “the worst president in American history.” But a lot has changed since then.
The important issue prompted by the current Rolling Stone article isn’t Gen. McChrystal’s defiance or rank insubordination. It’s the announced deadline for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, an insane move that guarantees defeat, as well as other war-losing moves. Would you
If you have not served in combat, go see Restrepo … and if you have served in combat, go see Restrepo. Every American should watch this gripping film if for no other reason than to allow our collective conscience as
We launched Big Peace on the day we celebrate our independence from England. But let’s remember the country that has become our strongest and most reliable friend and pray that our current administration work harder to repair the needlessly strained
It is not true that General McChrystal demonstrated insubordination (as too many commentators held), and if we remember the long train of events launched in the fall of 2008 and concluding in McChrystal’s dismissal, we will readily understand that. First,
On July 4th, Andrew Breitbart and Editor-in-Chief Peter Schweizer launched Big Peace. Big Peace will serve as the foreign policy and military group blog for the Breitbart family of websites. It’s appropriate that it was launched on the day we
As the citizens of the United States await President Obama’s new Commander of U.S. and NATO Forces in Afghanistan to make his mark, one can only imagine the new direction that will be taken by this battle proven leader –
As General Petraeus takes command of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, he needs to address five fundamental areas. First, he must increase the tempo with which we are training and delivering qualified Afghan National Army and Police units
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I don’t know about you, but for me, the Fourth of July goes with war movies — you know, like Al Gore and happy endings. Maybe it’s the “bombs bursting” in the Star Spangled Banner, or the evening fireworks, or
“We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.” – The Declaration of Independence 234 years after the Declaration of Independence was ratified by the Continental Congress, many feel we have lost sight of the
Counterinsurgency – “COIN” – is the military term for nation-building. The media throw it around like loose political change. But it’s useful not only in describing President Obama’s wavering policy in Afghanistan. As General McChrystal’s experience with Rolling Stone proves,
**Post updated since publication. SSG Sal Giunta, a paratrooper w/ the 173rd Airborne, is likely to be the first living Medal of Honor recipient since the Vietnam War. He earned this by charging a group of Taliban who were trying
Tomorrow, July 1st, I have the honor of co-hosting Move America Forward’s 3rd Annual Troopathon to raise money for care packages for our troops. The eight-hour broadcast, which will air live across the World Wide Web, will stream here at
Tomorrow, July 1st, I have the honor of co-hosting Move America Forward’s 3rd Annual Troopathon to raise money for care packages for our troops. The eight-hour broadcast, which will air live across the World Wide Web, will stream here at
Tomorrow, July 1st, I have the honor of co-hosting Move America Forward’s 3rd Annual Troopathon to raise money for care packages for our troops. The eight-hour broadcast, which will air live across the World Wide Web, will stream here at
So, in that Rolling Stone piece that brought down General McCrystal, the writer spent three weeks with the troops. What did he find? Trash talk directed at bureaucrats. Yeah, I know. Here’s a fact: if someone followed me around for
The important issue prompted by the Rolling Stone article isn’t Gen. McChrystal’s defiance or rank insubordination. It’s the announced deadline for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, an insane move that guarantees defeat, as well as other war-losing moves. Would you ally
Beginning in June 2007, filmmaker Tim Hetherington and war correspondent Sebastian Junger embedded themselves with a U.S. Army platoon in the truly God-forsaken Korengal Valley of Afghanistan near the Pakistan border. A companion piece to Junger’s new book War, Restrepo
On Wednesday night, in an interview with Larry King, the author of what is surely one of the biggest pieces Rolling Stone has ever published revealed his true intentions behind the research and publication of his article. King asked Michael
