It was a grim weekend in Afghanistan. A surprisingly sophisticated insurgent attack wiped out a half-dozen U.S. warplanes, green-on-blue attacks continued, as did mistaken allied attacks on women and girls collecting firewood. …
How Innocence of Muslims Emerged from the Seamy Side of Hollywood
A veteran of the low-budget end of the entertainment industry talks about how the director of the incendiary film got involved in the project
Put to the Test: Colleges Grapple with Bomb Threats
The bomb threats at the University of Texas at Austin and North Dakota State University in Fargo on Friday that canceled classes and forced campus evacuations turned out to be nothing more than hoaxes. By early afternoon, no …
Japan Frets over U.S. Support in China Dispute
TOKYO – When the U.S. Defense Secretary arrives in Asia this weekend, his biggest challenge may not be convincing China that America will give its full support to longtime ally Japan in the escalating dispute over islands …
“When an 82-year-old pacifist nun gets to the inner sanctum of our weapons complex, you cannot say `Job well done.' She's in the audience. Would you please stand up, ma'am? We want thank you for pointing out some of the problems in our security.”
After Big Soft Drinks, What Should New York City Ban Next?
Privatizing War
There’s a new link in the chain that operates U.S. forces in war zones. You can see it in the Air Force’s own crash reports.
Usually, there’s a section up front called “Unit Information,” and it deals with the …
Dust in the Wind
FLASH: Military Officer Actually Fixes Something!
Air Force Major David Castor did two tours in Iraq, basically ensuring everyone could communicate with everyone else. In this recently-posted July interview with the Army’s Combat Studies Institute at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, …
Turns Out the Marines Had Ammo…
The report Thursday that Marines in Cairo lacked ammo as their embassy came under attack was not accurate.
An overnight dispatch from longtime DIA analyst John McCreary on his NightWatch blog cited unidentified Marine blogs as the source for the claims.
The report quickly went viral. But based on reporting all day Thursday, it’s …
The Making of Innocence of Muslims: One Actor’s Story
How a sometime adult-film actor found himself cast in the most controversial film of the year
“We believe that it will be impossible to make a rational assessment of the role of military force in any overall Iran strategy, without first carefully assessing the likely benefits and costs of military action.”
Calls for Phantom Defense Cuts Must Stop
Fiscal restraint is en vogue and increasingly the cover many are using to push other agendas. Republicans spent a week in Tampa monitoring America’s mounting national debt at their recent convention. Democrats included a call …