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Military Aviation Joins the Emerging Competency Crisis in the West

by Bill Buppert | May 1, 2024 | Blog

Trend-lines on military aviation accidents are edging upwards to rival in the commercial aviation industry in mishaps. Not only is this a barometer for readiness and training but an indicator for the emerging competency crisis plaguing the West. Peacetime military...

Pentagon Follies: Accounting for DEI Expenditures

by Bill Buppert | Apr 30, 2024 | Blog

Inclusion, Equity and Diversity (IED) is communism in blackface. This viral contagion has raced to the top of government bureaucracies and, of course, facilitates a race to the bottom in quality and competence. The wizards at the Pentagon who have yet to account for...

The Aircraft Carrier is the Crossbow and Chariot of the Modern Age

by Bill Buppert | Apr 29, 2024 | Blog

The US Navy, of course, is desperately trying to get authorization to build more Ford-class carriers. Ironic that they name the carrier after a violence broker famous for being rather clumsy and unable to navigate around. The first of class doesn't work properly: it...

4/25/24 Richard Booth on HBO’s New OKC Bombing Documentary

by Scott Horton | Apr 28, 2024 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott interviews journalist and researcher Richard Booth about HBO’s new documentary An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th. Booth served as a research consultant on the film. He talks with Scott about his experience working with the...

Ukraine Sidelines Abrams Tanks After Russian Drone Attacks – AP

by Will Porter | Apr 25, 2024 | News

The Ukrainian military has opted to withdraw its US-supplied M1 Abrams main battle tanks from the front lines due to the threat posed by Russian drones, American officials told the Associated Press.

ByteDance Will Shut Down TikTok in US Rather Than Comply with Divestment Demand

by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 25, 2024 | News

ByteDance says it will not sell off its popular video-sharing app TikTok after President Joe Biden signed a law that will ban the platform from American users in nine months if it is not sold away from Chinese ownership. Several sources inside ByteDance say TikTok is...

UK to Send Record $620 Million Military Aid Package to Ukraine

by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 23, 2024 | News

The UK announced its largest-ever military aid package for Ukraine, totaling $620 million (£500 million). Though Washington remains Kiev’s most prominent backer, some NATO countries have scrapped together aid packages to attempt to keep the Ukrainian military fighting...

4/18/24 Bill Buppert on the Threat of Terrorist Attacks after October 7 and the Changing Nature of Warfare

by Scott Horton | Apr 22, 2024 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott interviews Bill Buppert, the new Smedley D. Butler Fellow for Military Affairs at the Libertarian Institute, about some of the topics he’s covered on his podcast, Chasing Ghosts. They discuss stoicism, Scott’s concern about a bin Ladenite...

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Keaton Weiss: Israeli Ministry of Defense running US Middle East Policy — New Episode of the Kyle Anzalone Show

Keaton Weiss, from Due Dissidence, joins the Kyle Anzalone Show to discuss the US-Israel relationship.

Army Fiasco Train in the 21st Century

I was astonished in 2009 when I saw the cancellation of the Future Combat System contract to usher in the next generation of armored vehicles. The Army cancelled the billions-dollar program and got to witness the Army continuing to burns through tens of millions a...

The Public-School Chickens Come Home Again

In Mahmoud v. Taylor, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether parents of children in government schools have a constitutional right to opt out of programs that "expose" their kids to LGBTQ materials. Once again, the chickens have come home to roost. By that, I mean...

“I now saw, I saw. I was made blind before. I now saw.”

I was going over the notes that I had taken for this current book that I am writing, and I found a quote from a conversation with a lady. I shall spare the details of what the focused conversation was about but she said something really interesting, “I learned who my...

Russia is Now the Apex Military Predator

For those of you paying attention, the Institute has been far ahead of the curve in checking its bias and making a bloody and dispassionate appraisal of Russian fighting abilities. The Coprophile Media has been in the the bag for the Ukrainians and had a tough time...