One of the confounding things about sexual assault in the military is that is some corners it is tolerated, winked at, and/or laughed about. Yet elsewhere inside the same institution, the military goes to extraordinary lengths to …
Has the United States Lost its Grand Strategic Mind?
MARINA DE CAMPO, Italy — As Esam Al-Amin explains here, Mohamad Morsi made some colossal blunders during his one year rule of Egypt as its democratically elected president.
He was elected in what most observers regard as a …
Nation Building
Afghan soldiers build a guard hut in Paktya province, July 2.
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— The number of phone calls between Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Egyptian military chief General Abdel Fattah Al Sisi since July 2.
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— The number of F-16 jets the U.S. plans to deliver to the Egyptian military next month.
Help Pick a New Logo for the Birthplace of Nuclear Weapons!
My, how times change.
Swapping Bullets for Ballots
A CH-47 delivers voter-registration papers to Zabul province July 6 for next year’s Afghan elections.
70 Years Ago Yesterday: The Italian Campaign Begins
The shock of seeing World War II images in color never goes away for some of us. Cousin LIFE has posted an almost-gaudy series of images by the great photographer Carl Mydans tracing the fighting up Italy’s boot, which began 70 …
“Even if no single act of theirs can do the damage of a September 11th, 2001, smaller, more frequent attacks that can kill people, shock the country, show us how vulnerable we are, can just as well serve the goal of these jihadist groups, which is, after all to try to frighten us, to destabilize us, to make us become less confident in our system of government.”
— Rudy Giuliani, who as mayor of New York City on 9/11 led it through its toughest days, testifying Wednesday on the danger posed by smaller, but still lethal, terrorists.
Sequestration Swings – And Misses!
As the Pentagon weighs cuts in danger pay for some of its troops around the world in order to save money, it’s also considering spending up to $100,000…to irrigate a pair of Italian softball fields.
Apparently, the two ball
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Reducing the Debt Should Be the True National Security Priority
Is President Obama concerned by the runaway spending that has taken place under his watch? Sometimes he pays lip service to the notion. For example, here’s the President in the 2010 National Security Strategy of the United …
No (Safe) Room at the Inn
The Hunt for K-129
Chilling Cold War stories are always better experienced on your computer screen than aboard a dank, cramped and doomed Soviet Golf-class submarine in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The missile-laden K-129 sub sank Mar. 8, 1968, …