One of the Marine Corps’ greatest legends is Gen. James Mattis, a hero many believe is cut from the same cloth as Lt. Gen. Lewis “Chesty” Puller and Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler. Mattis has been popular with his men for his entire career — mostly for his willingness to…
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The New (Cold?) War With China…
Washington has recently initiated major war games in the neighborhoods and on the borders of Russia and China, the most intense martial exercises since the end of the Second World War. The old Cold War ante has been upped, and the danger of military confrontation between Washington and Russia and/or China looms large…
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Congressional Panel Wants Trump Admin to Tackle Terror Financing…
Members of Congress want the incoming administration of Donald Trump to develop a “whole-of-government strategy” to combat terrorism financing and cut off illicit revenue from groups like the Islamic State. The recommendation is included in a year-end report issued Tuesday by the House Financial Services Committee’s bipartisan Task Force…
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General Fires Back at Trump: F-35 ‘Not Out of Control’ (Just Needs Another Half Billion)…
One week after president-elect Donald Trump criticized the high cost of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter — the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons program — the general in charge of the project warned it might need more money and time to complete flight testing. Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan defended…
Obama Plans to Transfer up to 18 Gitmo Detainees Before Leaving Office…
President Obama is planning to transfer 17 or 18 detainees from the Guantanamo Bay military prison before his administration comes to a close in January. The release of the detainees to Italy, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates would mark the single largest transfer under the Obama administration…
Russia Missing From Trump’s ‘Defense Priorities’ Despite Pentagon Warnings…
Russia is not listed among President-elect Donald Trump’s “defense priorities” despite senior military officials warning that Moscow ranks as the No. 1 threat to America, according to an internal Defense Department memo…
Syria Officially Reveals Data About Foreign Intelligence Officers In Aleppo…
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Fake ‘Aleppo Genocide’ Pics Spread Online Amid Renewed Calls For ‘Humanitarian’ War On Syria…
‘The atmosphere of misinformation only strengthens the Syrian regime’s insistence that all Western media reports of its forces’ atrocities are false,’ noted one media analyst…
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This Islamic State Beard Graveyard Signals Victory!…
ISIS managed to scare the living hell out of the Middle East as well as hand wringing Americans who were terrorized by their own news media, but the war has now turned a corner. Yes, feast your eyes on this flea ridden pile of Jihadi beards…
China Returns Underwater Drone…
China on Tuesday handed back to the United States an underwater drone whose seizure raised tensions in a relationship that has been tested by President-elect Donald Trump’s signals of a tougher policy toward Beijing…
Wondering and Waiting at Guantánamo Bay…
It’s Saturday at the communal prison for cooperative captives, and Donald Trump’s inauguration is more than a month away. A Yemeni detainee inside a cellblock is waving a piece of artwork depicting a question mark at his guards through one-way glass. It has a padlock for a dot…
New Law Allows Injured Veterans to Recoup Erroneous Severance Taxes…
Thousands of veterans injured in combat could soon be able to recoup taxes erroneously collected from their disability severance pay due to a new law signed by President Barack Obama. About 13,800 veterans separated from the military due to their injuries might have been affected, the nonprofit group National Veterans Legal Service Program estimates…
The NATO Campaign Against Freedom of Expression by Thierry Meyssan…
This is a long story which extends over fifteen years. NATO first attempted to silence those citizens who were trying to discover the truth about the attacks of 11 September 2001. Then it turned on those who contested the oficial version of the «Arab Springs» and the war against Syria…
FedEx Delivers 18,000 Christmas Trees to Members of the Military and Their Families…
FedEx has teamed up with the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation to give American military members and their families Christmas trees through the Trees for Troops program. FedEx has shipped more than 176,000 live Christmas trees to service members and their families to 65 bases in 17 countries to every branch of the military since the program’s […]
At Least 14 U.S. Coalition Military Officers Captured by Syrian Special Forces in East Aleppo Bunker…
According to two reports coming out of Aleppo today, at least 14 US Coalition military officers were captured this morning in an East Aleppo bunker by Syrian Special Forces. This story was quietly leaked by Voltaire.net, who announced, “The Security Council is sitting in private on Friday, December 16, 2016, at 17:00 GMT, while NATO […]
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China Grabs Underwater Drone Operated by US Navy in South China Sea…
A Chinese Navy ship intercepted and grabbed a small, unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) being operated by a US Navy survey ship on Thursday in waters west of the Philippines, a US defense official confirmed Friday morning…
Heads Up Americans: Your U.S. Taxpayers Dollars at Work Under Obama. You Paid for it. Watch it. (VIDEO)…
Eerie drone footage taken by RT’s Ruptly agency has revealed extreme devastation in eastern Aleppo, with crumbling homes and deserted streets replacing a once-lively area of the city…
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Obama Decides to Arm Syrian Militants Plunging U.S. into Unwinnable War…
The Russia-supported operation of the Syrian government forces has almost liberated the second largest city of Aleppo from militants. The victory prompted lame duck President Obama to make a desperate attempt to turn the tide of war. On December 8, President Barack Obama ordered a waiver…
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Congress Passes Gutted Veterans Reform Bill…
Pieces of the 57-page bill were taken from the 400-page Veterans First Act, which the Department of Veterans Affairs and veterans groups collaborated to create…“While we are pleased to see the 11th-hour movement, we are disappointed to see the most critical elements of the Veterans First Act stripped away”…
Obama Halts Some Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia, Following Alleged “War Crimes” In Yemen…
Whether it is retaliation for dumping Treasuries, blackmail to keep to OPEC production quotas, or – more likely – being implicated in war crimes for supporting a Saudi-led air campaign in Yemen that has killed thousands of civilians, President Obama has decided that after shipping billions in weapons to Saudi Arabia…
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