In the grand scheme of American military interventionism – which currently features taxpayer-funded “defense” assets in eighty countries on six different continents – the proposed withdrawal...
War Gods win again ...
More than 200 mercenaries – most of them Russians – were killed during a failed attack on a military base near Deir al-Zour, Syria this week,...
PRESIDENT RISKS BEING BURIED IN “GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES” By the end of this month, Defense Secretary James Mattis and National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster will deliver...
AMERICAN AIR POWER IMPERILED … Until last week’s ill-conceived intervention in Syria, the United States enjoyed a memorandum of understanding with Russia regarding airstrikes over this...
COALITION PUTS AMERICA ON NOTICE … While the administration of U.S. president Donald Trump struggles to get on the same page regarding its Syrian policy, there is absolutely...
DONALD TRUMP COMPLETES DISAPPOINTING 180-DEGREE SHIFT … U.S. president Donald Trump – acting without congressional authorization and in direct contravention of his previously articulated beliefs –...
RED LINES … HERE WE GO AGAIN … We addressed this issue yesterday but it appears as though U.S. president Donald Trump’s pivot from non-interventionist to...
WITHOUT CONGRESS … An additional 400 U.S. troops are prepared to hit the ground in Raqqa, Syria to assist efforts by local militia to lay siege...
NEW PRESIDENT IS BEING “DRAWN INTO A QUAGMIRE …” Last week President Donald Trump significantly escalated the US military presence in Syria, sending some 400 Marines to...