For more than 50 years, Americans who served in the armed forces have been celebrated on Veterans Day thanks to a Kansas shoe salesman. Al King, a shoe store owner from Emporia, Kansas, spearheaded a 1953 campaign to establish Veterans Day on Armistice Day, commemorating the Nov. 11 end of World War I. While King […]
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Looks Like U.S. Military Will Be Staying in Syria After All: Top U.S. General Says 500-600 American Troops to Stay in Syria…
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says about 500 or 600 U.S. troops will remain in Syria to counter Islamic State fighters. President Donald Trump recently approved an expanded military mission to secure oil fields across eastern Syria. His decision locked hundreds of U.S. troops into a more complicated presence in Syria despite […]
Diversity unto Death by Mark Steyn…
Today is the tenth anniversary of an appalling act of slaughter, even among the long catalogue of such acts since September 11th. It was committed at an American military base by an “American” major, and thus is analogous to similar acts by Afghan “allies” on western troops in Nato barracks, or the recent murder of […]
Carol Rosenberg Reports from Camp Justice, Guantanamo, 9/11 PreTrial Hearings…
Good morning from Camp Justice. FBI agent Michael Butsch, who interrogated 9/11 defendant Ramzi bin al-Shibh at Guantanamo in 2007, returns to the witness stand today for defense lawyers to question him in open court. The agent was in NYC on 9/11; he’s now based in Connecticut. The 9/11 pretrial hearings are in a lunch […]
U.S. Constructing Two New Bases in Syria’s Oil-Rich Region…
Turkey’s state-run media is reporting the United States is planning two new military bases in Syria’s oil-rich Deir ez-Zor province, which are currently under construction, after US special forces convoys were seen patrolling the area in the past days. Anadolu Agency, citing local sources, said the bases were under construction as evidenced by the influx […]
What Baghdadi’s Death Tells Us About the Real Terror Threat…
What’s the best place to look for the terrorist leader of a defeated Islamic terrorist group? When his men are on the run, look for his hideout in or near the country that sponsors him. We didn’t find Osama bin Laden hiding in a cave in Afghanistan, but in a compound in a Pakistani military […]
Pentagon Expands Permanent Africa Presence with $110M Drone Base in Niger…
Signaling what will be a major uptick in US drone activity across western Africa, US African Command (AFRICOM) announced Friday its airbase Agadez, Niger has gone operational, not just flying surveillance drones as was originally expected, but also armed combat drones. Flights from the base, called Air Base 201, began last week and the patrols […]
The Killing of Baghdadi: Syrians Recall Terrifying Night of U.S. Raid…
Although it is situated in a war zone, the Syrian village of Barisha is a largely sleepy and picturesque place. Some 6,000 people live in the village that lies 5km from the Turkish border, and there are also about 1,000 Syrians displaced from Idlib and elsewhere who have pitched their tents in the red earth […]
Relatives of Islamic State Victims Speak Out After al-Baghdadi’s Death…
The news of the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was not enough consolation for many of those who suffered at the hands of the organization. “If only the news I heard was of the death of them all, that might have eased things a bit,” said Um Alaa, the wife of a man […]
Boeing CEO Faces Withering Senate Fire Over Plane Involved in Two Deadly Crashes…
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg faced withering questions from senators Tuesday about two crashes of 737 Max jets and whether the company concealed information about a critical flight system. “We have made mistakes, and we got some things wrong,” Muilenburg conceded. Some members of the Senate Commerce Committee cut Muilenburg off when they believed he was […]
Why Those “Endless Wars” Must Never End by Andrew Bacevich…
Here’s the strange thing for the self-proclaimed greatest power in history, the very one that, in this century, has been fighting a series of unending wars across significant parts of the planet: if you exclude Operation Urgent Fury, the triumphant invasion of the island Grenada in 1983, and Operation Just Cause, the largely unopposed invasion […]
Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi Does Not Sleep with the Fishes…
What does a radical Islamic mother say to another radical Islamic mother? Children, they blow up so fast. What a contrast with the raid that killed Bin Laden in May 2011. The Obama Administration came out with conflicting accounts and required the SEALS who carried out the attack to sign non-disclosure agreements. Why? Because the […]
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U.S. to Send ‘Mechanized Forces’ to Secure Syrian Oil Fields…
The U.S. military is planning to send some kind of mechanized force to help keep oil fields in eastern Syria from slipping into the hands of a resurgent ISIS as American troops withdraw from the region. But the plan to send armor to Syria could add extra manpower and logistical strains for U.S. forces in […]
Syria – The Kurds Want to Play on Both Sides…
When President Trump ignored bad advice he enabled progress in Syria. Unfortunately Trump is back at listening to the bad advice some State Department people are giving him: President Donald Trump says he wants to “end endless wars.” But the counter-Iran, counter-Russia hawks on his national security team are planning to sneak in a long-term […]
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The Harrowing Facts of Chicago Homicide…
The dire conditions under which black residents live in Chicago seem like an insurmountable problem. Gang violence, drugs, poverty, and a poor educational system are endemic in certain areas, and the city’s Democratic leadership does not seem interested in addressing these issues. Of course, the primary issue in Chicago is arguably the outrageous homicide rate. […]
Boeing Backlash Begins: Spirit Airlines Orders 100 New Airbus Planes…
For a little over a year, Florida-based Spirit Airlines was evaluating if it should buy Airbus SE A320neo or Boeing 737 Max planes. Then the Boeing crisis struck late last year, with one 737 Max crashing in October 2018, and the second Max crashing in March 2019. As a result, the entire global fleet of […]
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Inside the State Department’s Meltdown with the Kurds…
A State Department official broke a pencil and screamed at the Syrian Kurdish delegation during a dramatic breakdown of relations between the United States and the Syrian Kurds. The high-tension moment in September highlights the diplomatic problems plaguing the Trump administration, which has been trying to broker a cease-fire agreement between Turkey and the Kurdish-led […]
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When Trump Ignored Bad Advice He Enabled Progress in Syria…
When bureaucrats and officials, also known as the Borg, contradict the foreign policy of the president they inevitably create chaos. We yesterday explained how that happens: Since Donald Trump became president many of his subordinates have tried to subvert his policies. Instead of implementing Trump’s idea and preferences they have tried to implement their own. […]
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Persecuted Turkish Journalist: ‘Turkey Has Been Hosting ISIS for Years’
Turkish journalist Can Dundar, onetime editor of the Cumhuriyet newspaper, on Sunday accused the Turkish government of “hosting ISIS for years” and “releasing their guerrillas” from captivity. He urged Turks truly concerned about terrorism to “come together” with the Kurds and fight the Islamic State in a way the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan […]
Media and Pundits Misread the ‘Everyone Wins’ Plan for Syria…
The U.S. media get yesterday’s talks between U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan all wrong. Those talks were just a show to soothe the criticism against President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northeast Syria. The fake negotiations did not change the larger win-win-win-win plan or the […]
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