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During the Bush Administration, the left loved to claim that the United States was not respected around the world because of its “cowboy diplomacy.” If only we stopped our warmongering, if only we spoke with our enemies to resolve conflicts,

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Sarkozy cites ‘unprecedented crisis’ as EFSF is downgraded Papademos optimistic as negotiators return to Greece Portugal’s bond prices fall sharply after S&P downgrades Hungary and EU face major confrontation on Tuesday United Nations will

Ron Paul’s most glaring deficits as a Republican candidate have been his foreign policy positions. It is no secret that Judge Andrew Napolitano, host of Freedom Watch on Fox Business, is a huge supporter of Ron Paul, a fact that

Former national security adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney, John Hannah, took Obama to task in the pages of the L.A. Times, pointing out the insecurity and potential instability developing across the Mideast as a result of the current president’s

From the Army Times: High school yearbook photo of Baxam Federal prosecutors have charged a former Army trooper with trying to provide support to terrorists after he allegedly traveled to Africa to link up with the violent militant group al-Shabaab.

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 life of U.S. military combat veteran Amir Mirzaei Hekmati is in austere jeopardy. His fate rests in the hands of God. International news has revealed that Hekmati has been convicted of working with a hostile country, belonging to the

From the Associated Press: TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian court has convicted an American man of working for the CIA and sentenced him to death, state radio reported Monday, in a case adding to the accelerating tension between the United

You would think a humor publication would find plenty to mock about Barack Obama. After all, then-Sen. Barack Obama campaigned in 2008 alongside Greek columns and promised his election would be the moment “when the rise of the oceans began

It looks like the nation’s national security may soon take it in the shorts, a repeat of the 1990s but worse. Then, defense spending declined in real terms by a cumulative $300 billion from 1993-2000. At the same time, the

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

The forthcoming defense cuts, as laid out in the new DoD strategic document Sustaining Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense, calls for severe cuts in particular areas. The nuclear stockpile will be reduced and there will be a reduction

A spate of attacks against Shiite pilgrims and neighbourhoods in Iraq killed at least 53 people on Thursday as the country grapples with a weeks-long political row that has stoked sectarian tensions. The violence, which wounded more than 100, was

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

Let’s be blunt. The Islamic Republic of Iran is and has always been the major problem and danger in the Middle East and internationally. President Barack Hussein Obama and his secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, have pursued, at best, a

Progressives are hoping to rock the vote in the 2012 Iowa caucuses… by voting for Ron Paul. The reliably left-wing Mother Jones recently ran a story asking if Iowa progressives were Ron Paul’s wildcard in the race. The story pointed

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

You’d think after “Rendition,” “In the Valley of Elah,” “Redacted,” “Stop Loss” and “Lions for Lambs,” film studios would be leery of projects depicting U.S. troops in an unflattering light – or much worse. Not so! The calendar might say

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

For college football fans, the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA is sacred ground. “The Granddady” of the college football tournament games, it has been played every year since 1902. The accompanying parade, the Rose Parade, predates the game, dating way

Chicago Tribune writer Greg Kot looks back at the year in music with a mournful glance. Where are all the great Occupy Wall Street songs we should be singing as 2011 gives way to a brave new year? After all,

More MSM Palace Guarding as documented by RCP’s Richard Benedetto: Over the past five months, the Republican presidential candidates participated in 13 debates where they fielded dozens of penetrating questions on every major issue facing the nation, and some not

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Arab League monitor mission to Syria said to be failing Arab League monitor team to Syria headed by general in Sudan’s genocide Syria accused of hiding hundreds of prisoners from monitors Egypt’s police conduct

Herschel Smith and I have had some lengthy conversations about this current war, the disposition of the enemy, their relationship with the civilian populations amongst whom they operate, and the substance of the religion they all claim to adhere to.

FishBowlDC’s Peter Ogburn needs to correct a post in which he attributed a seemingly damning, but ultimately inaccurate, quote to Michelle Fields of the Daily Caller. The quote below (emphasis added) is incorrect, and gives the reader the impression that

– James O’Keefe is recognized for his new media achievements: James O’Keefe, founder of Project Veritas, was recognized this week by Forbes Magazine in its list of “30 Under 30” within the media category for his investigation of National Public

In a Christmas break message to his party, Communist Party USA vice chair Jarvis Tyner has confirmed the vital importance of the build up to the 2012 elections to “set the stage for a new progressive era and for a

It is becoming apparent that the U.S. may have left Iraq too soon–before the urgent threat posed by the Iranian regime could be removed or reduced. Critics of the Iraq War complained, with some justification, that its real strategic consequence

Sounding more like Michael Moore or Barack Obama, GOP candidate Ron Paul accuses the Bush Administration of being happy that America was attacked on 9/11 because it gave them an excuse to invade Iraq.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An American man accused by Iran of working for the CIA could face the death penalty, the semiofficial Fars news agency reported Tuesday. In a closed court hearing, the prosecution applied for capital punishment, the report

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

Presidential candidate Senator Rick Santorum spends time with Frank to speak about his fellow presidential candidate Ron Paul’s ridiculous notion that America and the world will be safer if America just concedes to field to the Russians, Chinese or Islamists.

After a U.S. troop withdrawal some criticized as premature, could Iraq experience the kind of instability and violence seen in South Vietnam in 1973? Or is this a last, desperate show of strength from a fading Al-Qaeda? BAGHDAD (AP) —

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Iraq’s crisis worsens, as al-Maliki turns into Javert Massive European bailout operation appears to be failing Defense Sec’y Panetta threatens Iran over nuclear weapons Egypt’s Salafi Nour party affirms support for Israel treaty Iraq’s

Gov. Mitt Romney told NBC’s Chuck Todd today that the United States would not (and, by implication, should not) have invaded Iraq in 2003, had it been known that Saddam Hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction. If we