For the first time since 2008, a U.S. Coast Guard Cutter entered the Black Sea amid heightened tensions with Russia. The U.S. Navy’s Sixth Fleet said the USCGC Hamilton entered the waters on Tuesday. The Sixth Fleet said the Hamilton made the transit “in support of...
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Eli Clifton Exposes WaPo Op-Ed Writer’s Defense Industry Ties
by Steven Woskow | Apr 22, 2021 | Blog
Washington Post - The propaganda arm for the Defense industry quietly let's us know who is behind the opposition to Biden's Afghanistan troop withdrawal. Of course she is a professor at Harvard. "Last week, the Washington Post ran an op-ed opposing President Joe...
Iran Rejects Nuclear Deal Alternative; Demands Full Return
by Dave DeCamp | Mar 31, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
A report from Politico on Monday said the Biden administration was ready to offer a proposal to Iran that would give some sanctions relief in exchange for Tehran halting some activity of its civilian nuclear program, such as stopping enriching uranium at 20 percent....
U.S. Officials Have Met Yemen’s Houthis As Washington Seeks End To War
by Steven Woskow | Mar 3, 2021 | Blog
Another hopeful sign the Biden administration wants to end the war in Yemen. From Reuters
Sgt. Dan McKnight Testifies for “Defend the Guard” Legislation in South Dakota
by Hunter DeRensis | Feb 24, 2021 | Blog, Foreign Policy, Politics
On Monday, Chairman Dan McKnight of BringOurTroopsHome.US traveled to Pierre, South Dakota to testify in front of the House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee in favor of the "Defend the Guard" bill introduced by State Rep. Aaron Aylward (R-Harrisburg). This...
Ron Paul Calls Out Joe Biden’s Threat to Restrict Interstate Travel
by Ron Paul | Feb 18, 2021 | Featured Articles, Politics
Candidate Joe Biden promised not to abuse his executive authority or shut down the economy in order to fight the coronavirus. Instead, he said he would "listen to the science." An order limiting the ability of Americans to travel across state lines would violate all...
FAA Issues COVID-19 Pandemic NOTAM For International Air Travel
by Steven Woskow | Feb 12, 2021 | Blog
The FAA has issued a NOTAM (notice to airmen) requiring passengers entering the USA from foreign countries to have a negative covid test or proof they recovered from covid in the last 3 months. Hopefully they won't go as far as Canada and require quarantine. COVID-19...
In a first, Yemenis seek redress for U.S. drone strikes at Inter-American rights body
by Steven Woskow | Jan 27, 2021 | Blog
“How come they can target official military personnel who were on a military mission?” asked Ahmed al-Helou, another Yemeni colonel who worked with Abdullah al-Taisy. “They seem not to understand the difference between the local community and the militants.” Read More...
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Doubling Down on Failure: Ford Fiasco Follies
A new updated CRS report dated 5 August 2024 is out on the USS Ford debacle. I read these reports so you don't have to. For plenty of reasons, the carrier is the crossbow and chariot of the 21st century. Yet the US insists on spending tens of billions of dollars on...
The Case for Not Voting
Bretigne Shaffer and I explain why, if you want to effect real change, the most sensible thing you can do is to not vote.
The Royal Navy Submarine Force Remains Surfaced
The Royal Navy is experiencing readiness and maintenance shortfalls in its submarine force that is similar to the throughput problems for the US nuclear submarine forces. The logistical tail for exquisite platforms like nuclear submarines is enormous and a first world...
The F35 Follies: Britannia Rules a Little
My recommendation to the British MoD: don't buy anymore of these flying failure factories. U.K. planned to buy138 F-35s, bought 48, delivered 35, aims at 75 by 2025. Judging from the delays and failures universally in the program, achieving a delivery of all...
Anti-War Blog – Not Enough Paper Cranes
When I was in primary school we were taught about a little Japanese girl named Sadako Sasaki and her paper cranes. She was one of the many victims of the Hiroshima atomic bomb blast, dying after the initial detonation from radiation sickness. One of many thousands who...
Speaking of democracy…
Democracy has been a much discussed topic of late, what with the separation of President Joe Biden from his delegates only weeks before the upcoming Democratic party convention, to be held in Chicago from August 19 to 22, 2024. There have been brokered conventions in...
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