The United Arab Emirates spent eight years and a fortune trying to own a stretch of water. It bought proxies, seized islands, built runways and naval bases along both banks of the Bab el-Mandeb, and sold the whole program to Washington as the wall that would keep Iran...
Hybrid warfare is a can of worms, a fascinating conjoining of kinetic and non-kinetic means of achieving victory or stale between warring nations. We continue our conversation. References: Episode 062: Provoked with Scott Horton, Darryl Cooper and Bill Buppert The...
United Nations officials said nearly 130,000 people have been displaced and more than 100 civilians killed or injured as the conflict in Yemen rapidly escalates. “We have documented 110 civilian casualties since hostilities escalated in August. And this is in 31...
Iran said it was prepared to escalate the war by using new weapons and expanding the scope of the conflict if the US launches a new major attack on the Islamic Republic. "If a new aggression occurs, we will certainly change the weaponry and the geography of the war,"...
President Donald Trump met with top officials about conducting strikes against Ansar Allah in Yemen after receiving multiple requests from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The US reportedly came close to launching the strikes before Trump called them off. The...
After years of fighting with the sclerotic and loathsome UK Ministry of Defense to clear his manuscript for publication, the hero of the 2019 Nairobi terrorist attack has finally been able to get his book out. This is a pristine example of military power in a single...
U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) was born in 1986 in Newark and has lived there ever since. She grew up in a public high rise with three younger siblings and a mother who struggled with substance abuse. She looked instead for guidance to her fifth grade...
On January 22, 2003, Donald Rumsfeld stepped behind the podium at the Foreign Press Center in Washington and, with one answer to a Dutch public television reporter, redrew the map of Europe. The reporter wanted to know why so many Europeans trusted Saddam Hussein more...
The State Department issued a warning to Americans in the Middle East that the conflict between Saudi Arabia and Ansar Allah in Yemen could “escalate rapidly.” The war has already intensified in recent weeks as Ansar Allah has conducted a major offensive. “Americans...
The Washington Post reported that it spoke with multiple US officials who confirmed that more American soldiers have been killed in the war against Iran than the Department of War has publicly disclosed. The Pentagon has publicly acknowledged 18 service member deaths...
