Tag: military

It remains to be seen how much of this plan will be realized and how much was just campaign rhetoric.

“Empires fold up when either they get overrun or their citizens have had enough.”

“It seems a little unlikely that PM al-Abadi cares about U.S. electoral problems. He has his own reasons for wanting to roll up al-Qaeda in Iraq quickly. But his timetable could play into Hillary Clinton’s hands.”

Keeping Track of U.S. Special Ops in Africa.

“War is so deeply embedded in the psyche of this government that extracting it would take a minor miracle.”

Leaving military insularity, unit loyalty, and the pressure of combat aside, however, here are seven other factors I’ve witnessed, which combine to inhibit dissent within military circles.

When AFRICOM evaluates itself, the news is grim.

Meet the kingpins, the enforcers, the illusionists, the con men, and the hitmen that are all working together to eradicate the middle class.

The failed coup attempt began Friday afternoon and the country plummeted into a night of violence and state of unrest.

Of U.S. Military Interventions, Alien Disaster Movies, and Star Wars