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New Air Force Strategy 27 Aug 2013 | 06:40 pm
The Air Force strategy soon to be unveiled seems more like prioritizing their purchases. Which is fine, in a sense, but what about deciding what the Air Force will do in the future as its core mission...
The Best Retaliation is Defeating Assad 27 Aug 2013 | 07:27 am
It sure looks like an air war against Syria is coming. After Democrats supported war with Iraq's Saddam Hussein for a number of reasons besides the intelligence that said he had active chemical weapo...
Real Enemies 27 Aug 2013 | 01:09 am
When President Obama identifies Russia and Iran as true foes to his domestic agenda, he will strike hard to reverse his image as a dithering pushover before it impacts his ability to push America on t...
Russians Are Incapable of Being Embarrassed 26 Aug 2013 | 06:52 pm
You have to admire Russian chutzpah. Russia is eager to go the UN route with Syria, according to their Foreign Ministry's statement: "Any unilateral military action bypassing the United Nations will...
Port Arthur: The Sequel 26 Aug 2013 | 06:21 pm
If China wants to signal their rise to great power status (and quiet domestic unrest) by launching a short and glorious war, Russia would be a safer target than America. China would like to push Amer...
Proportionality is Pointless 26 Aug 2013 | 04:43 am
As the debate over our potential response to Assad's use of chemical weapons proceeds, can we finally kill the strategically stupid notion of "proportional response?" If preventing the use of chemica...
Adding Insult to Injury 25 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm
Iran's little friend gassed hundreds of Syrians. So we are debating what minimum retaliation we have to do to salvage our reputation after warning Assad not to cross that "red line." Perhaps the Irani...
It's Back to Pretending to Be Canadian 25 Aug 2013 | 06:20 pm
Remember when Europeans swooned at the prospect of a President Obama; and his minions in America said he'd restore our reputation abroad? Yeah, a lot on the left here were relieved that they'd no lon...
The Kosovo Precedent 25 Aug 2013 | 05:17 pm
In 1999, unable to get UN approval because of Russia's Security Council veto and without a Congressional declaration of war, President Clinton went to war using NATO authorization to do so. President ...
You Can Only Dream About a War of Choice 25 Aug 2013 | 07:44 am
Remember how the left complained that the Iraq War was a "war of choice?" There will be no choice over Syria. Yeah, the public debate in the media went on for months in fall 2002 and Congress even de...
