From the Associated Press: WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ruled that former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld can be sued personally for damages by a former U.S. military contractor who says he was tortured during a nine-month imprisonment in
The bottom-line decision is not surprising, even if it took months to realize. Iraqi security forces, though improving, are still not capable of keeping violence down so that its government can function. There are many hot spots to contend. There
Look leftists, you’ve taken every good word that use to mean something and run it into the ground. Because of your overuse brought on by your hysteria and uncontrollable tantrums, the once strong words that specifically defined someone has been
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Ethnic and political violence kills 34 in two days in Karachi, Pakistan Burned out vehicles in Karachi (EPA) Ethnic violence and politically-motivated targeted killings have left at least 34 people dead in Pakistan’s southern
America is the most prosperous nation the world has ever known. Any nation where obesity is considered an epidemic, cannot really claim to have a high poverty rate. In fact, during the middle ages, Heaven was often depicted as a
U.S. Army Private First Class Nasser Jason Abdo, 21, first made the news last August when, arguing that his Islamic faith contradicts serving in the American military, he filed for conscientious objector (C.O.) status. Referring to current American wars in
The U.S. Department of Treasury has announced the designation of several Iran-based al-Qaida agents and their facilitators which are part of a network “operating under an agreement between al-Qa’ida and the Iranian government.” The action, which targets Iran’s government as
You will get to know me… You probably have never heard of him. General Qassem Suleimani, head of the elite al-Quds. General Petraeus has spoken openly about his central role in events within Iraq. The Guardian (UK) has an important
These statistics only solidify what we have already known. From the EFP’s (Explosive Formed Pentetrator), that show distinctive Iranian manufacturing introduced onto the battlefield, to electronics, rockets, and highly effective snipers, the US military has long known of Iranian assistance
Israel’s Abba Eban had it exactly backwards when he said “The Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.” It’s the Israelis who never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. For over sixty years the Jewish state has
Below are excerpts from President Obama’s latest address to the nation concerning the debt and deficit talks, followed by “subtitles,” which perhaps provide a more accurate perspective of the points he made: “For the last decade, we have spent more
Big Peace noted an interesting Army Times story that mentioned the possibility of bringing back the draft due to budget cuts at the Department of Defense. I’m all for that idea. The finalizing of the repeal of morality from the
On Drudge July 22, 2011, in a news story about the stalled debt talks, there is buried the disclosure that $1 trillion in spending “cuts” being proposed in the debt extension discussions are estimated to come from the already agreed
With a car bomb detonating and gunfire ablaze, there is great reason many persons, including myself, immediately assumed last week’s Oslo terrorist incident pointed towards radical Islam. Yes, many persons promptly observed such initial thoughts and jumped all over those
Juxtaposition is a literary expression of the side-by-side positioning of incongruent terms or ideas. Politics and culture seem to do this as a matter of the normal transaction of day to day business; suggesting that certain ideas or arguments make
We all know that the Obama Administration has slowed the progress of oil drilling offshore–in the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and offshore Alaska–supposedly to ensure safety because of the oil spill that occurred in the Gulf
In my day-to-day life, I bounce around between Texas and Arizona quite a bit. Both states are similar in many ways, especially regarding the freedom citizens in the two states enjoy as far the ability to defend life and property
I doubt it. However, since Stars and Stripes felt free to run its, “Heroes 2011 – Why do blacks receive fewer valor medals?” article, I felt free to title this column the way I did. (In other words, more blacks
Events in Syria are moving at an increasingly rapid pace, perhaps reaching critical mass. But you have to wonder whether Obama & Co. has been caught napping. If there is a country in the Arab world where trying to shape
David “What have you done to win Iraqi hearts and minds today?” Petraeus’s Legacy of Post-Surge “Success” General David Petraeus continues to receive plaudits for the “successful surge” in Iraq–based upon his credo, “What have you done to win Iraqi
Does this Baer posit the truth from his neck of the woods? Veteran CIA officer Robert Baer, who spent more than two decades years in the Middle East, including stints in Lebanon and Syria, predicted on the KPFK Los Angeles
This Washington Times editorial highlights some tough words from new defense chief Leon Paneta regarding Iran’s material support for terrorists in Iraq. “We are very concerned about Iran and the weapons they are providing to extremists here in Iraq… We’re
Eureka! COIN has “borne fruit” in Afghanistan! Who cares what it means. So says Petraeus Maximus in yet another exit interview, this one with American Forces Press Services and posted at the Pentagon website: During his last full week commanding
With talk of the “Arab Spring” focused on whether it presages winter or summer, the whiff or metaphoric chlorophyll wafting through the desert misses a truly apt “spring” metaphor. The demonstrations rocking the Arab world are a surface phenomenon, a
A few years ago, a British officer said to me they want to get as far left of bang as possible. The farther left of bang, the better. Right of bang is a crater and a memorial service. A main
