The US military confirmed that a P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine patrol aircraft transited the Taiwan Strait. China says it monitored the Navy’s plane. "By operating within the Taiwan Strait in accordance with international law, the United States upholds the...
The Pentagon is using an Artificial Intelligence system developed by Palantir to select targets in Iran. Some members of Congress are considering legislation to place restrictions and safeguards on the Department of War’s use of AI. Two Congressional sources speaking...
A preliminary investigation by the Department of War has concluded that a US missile struck a school in Iran in the opening salvo of the war. President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran acquired an American missile and fired it at an Iranian school. According to...
Dinosaur GenXers like me recall that after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the foreign policy set was busy asking how the United States would cash its forthcoming "peace dividend," whether NATO would fold up shop having achieved its ostensible purpose, and maybe whether...
Political movements often begin as revolts against entrenched power, only to be absorbed by the very institutions they sought to challenge. The pattern is familiar in American political history. Grassroots insurgencies ignite public enthusiasm, mobilize voters around...
A war launched with shifting reasons and sliding timelines is a warning sign, not a strategy. We sit down with former Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski to examine how the U.S.–Iran confrontation veered from consent to chaos in days: bungled evacuations, brittle base...
President Donald Trump attempted to justify his aggressive war against Iran by claiming that his negotiators said that Tehran was preparing to attack. The situation was very quickly approaching the point of no return, and the US found it intolerable,” the President...
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said that the US and Israel have different goals in the war with Iran. On Tuesday, Hegseth was asked about a report that the White House was unhappy with Tel Aviv over strikes on Iranian oil storage facilities. “I would just state by...
Marco Rubio did something unusual on Capitol Hill last Monday. He told the truth. Standing outside a classified Gang of Eight briefing on March 2, the Secretary of State explained to reporters exactly why the United States launched Operation Epic Fury four days...
In my lifetime I've seen a lot of betrayals come out of Washington DC. It may be the only net export of that city on the Potomac. But last week may prove to be the worst, and most devastating for our national health. A war powers resolution to end the war with...
