President Obama has no experience in the national security arena. He seems to consider it an inconvenience distracting him from his mission of fundamentally transforming America into a humble social democracy. But up until now he has at least kept
This really shouldn’t be all that surprising. The bad guys we have been turning into stains all over the Pakistani border areas have passports from just about every breeding swamp filled with the foul miasma of Wahabbist hate preaching. Wow,
We now have an official government action on the purportedly planned attacks showing that we are getting our money’s worth. The State Department issued a highly unusual “Travel Alert” Sunday for “potential terrorist attacks in Europe,” saying U.S. citizens are
I am not a John Brennan fan so it takes near zero effort to get behind a call by a well-respected group of national security professionals calling for the exit of Obama’s CounterTerror chief. The simple reason is that we
[Editors’ Note: Two months ago Jim Hanson reported on BigGovernment.com that Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta was likely to become the first living Medal of Honor recipient since the Vietnam War. Today, Mr. Hanson’s report was confirmed. To honor SSG Giunta,
[youtube UTEHm0p0a7I nolink] Team Rubicon is an intrepid group of military vets, doctors, and first responders who march to the sound of suffering. They formed in the days immediately following the earthquake in Haiti and basically grabbed their gear and
President Obama’s biggest problem as Commander in Chief is that he is not a leader. He is detached from the troops who fight our wars and they will never feel about him the way they did about George W. Bush.
Tonight President Obama will be giving a speech with Iraq as a major theme and I have just two words that he really ought to include. Thank You. And that ought to be addressed to George W. Bush. He should
I don’t think it would be news to anyone here that Pakistan’s intel service ISI plays both sides or more in dealing with us, the Taliban, al Qaeda, and the Afghans, plus they are always paranoid about India. The NY
The rally to protest the mosque planned as a trophy marking a Muslim victory and beach head in infidel country was a lively affair. And yes I truly believe that the Imam and his friends planning this Islamic YMCA mean
There is a very disturbing report about the use of chemical weapons by the Turkish military against Kurdish rebels. The ongoing war has led to many thousands of casualties, but the use of chemical weapons would be a outrage. The
It shouldn’t surprise anyone that Jerry Brown has some unsavory friends; he has been a far-left extremist most of his life. But it is worth looking at which Californians are supporting him in his current run for Governor. One who
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
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
A NY Times story about successes we have had making dead tangos( i.e. counterterrorism) has a bunch of people scrambling to use this to justify all kinds of nonsense. Let’s clarify a few things so that when the punditocracy commences
There are plenty of reasons to love the Floyd, but you can add a big one now. Roger Waters gave permission to a couple of Iranian brothers in Canada with a band called Blurred Vision to re-record the the song
So WikiLeaks is at it again, oh joy. They have released tens of thousands of classified reports from the war in Afghanistan. Yep you heard right, tens of thousands of classified documents. Now are these important examples of illegal activity,
[youtube RnOPZ_CyfKg nolink] It has always been somewhat counter-intuitive that a less aggressive strategy and tactics will succeed in Afghanistan. There has been considerable complaining about the tighter rules of engagement (ROE) put in place by Gen. McChrystal and mostly
A hacker is by definition someone comfortable with rule-breaking, so when Adrian Lamo learned of Bradley Manning’s tale of giving 260,000 sensitive cables to WikiLeaks he had a dilemma. In May, 22 year-old US Army Private First Class Bradley Manning
There is quite a lot of hyperventilation going on about some testimony from one of the Justice Department lawyers Jay Bybee who co-wrote the so-called “torture memos”. Apparently some of the techniques the CIA used were not included in these
William Arkin along with Dana Priest just released an epic bit of hype and marketing called Top Secret America in the Washington Post. Arkin is relatively undistinguished as a journalist, but he did have one brush with notoriety when he
The media are gathered in the White House press room expecting another session kicking the crap out of feckless Robert Gibbs. The lights dim and several disco balls descend from the ceiling while tendrils of smoke snake across the front
[youtube giY8uPWmrCA nolink] Any excuse to escape the fetid swamp that is DC in the Summer is good enough, a fundraiser for wounded vets is a no brainer. My karma can always use some help. I work with the Warrior
[Ed. Note: Not having seen the upcoming critically-acclaimed documentary “The Tillman Story,” and not being familiar with the story, I asked Jim Hanson of Big Peace if he would lay it out for us. Since making that request both Kurt
Turkey is a member of NATO and has long been held out as an example of democracy and secular society in the Middle East. That has been changing since Prime Minister Erdogan came to power in 2003. He and his
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
Pat Tillman left one of the most sought after jobs on Earth as a star in the NFL to join the Army and volunteer as a Ranger. It was a noble, patriotic and selfless act that deserves to be his
**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