Held Hostage
Iran's seizure of two U.S. naval ships and 44's response show that the country the president hoped would secure his foreign policy legacy now has the ability to hold it hostage.44 didn’t mention the...
View ArticleThe Pakistan - Saudi Hook Up
Oh snap!While Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif assured visiting Saudi Defence Minister Mohammad bin Salman on Sunday of “strong response” to threats to his country’s territorial...
View Article44's Foreign Policy Core Values
For whatever reasons, 44 is not that interested in using his biggest public speeches to explain his foreign policy to the electorate. 44's detailed pronouncements on the region give a very good roadmap...
View ArticleDesert Storm @ 25
Desert Storm’s goal was to expel Iraqi forces from neighboring Kuwait, which Saddam Hussein’smilitary had invaded months before. The U.N. had put forth the deadline of Jan. 15 for Iraq to withdrawal...
View ArticleChina's Plan To Nuke Us
When one reads enough Chinese naval literature, diagrams of multi-axial cruise missile saturation attacks against aircraft carrier groups may begin to seem normal. However, one particular graphic from...
View ArticleAfter Implementation Day
The day after Implementation Daywhat will the mullahs do with their newfound cornucopia?Apologists are certain to claim that these monies will be applied solely to boost a sagging economy. No doubt...
View ArticleWoW!!
WoW - the Watchers Council- it's the oldest, longest running cyber comte d'guere ensembe in existence - started online in 1912 by Sirs Jacky Fisher and Winston Churchill themselves - an eclective...
View ArticleThe Japan China US War of 2016
Shin Shin! After a relatively peaceful year—if such a thing exists in the East China Sea—Beijing and Tokyo are once again warning each other to back off claims over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands. Rand...
View ArticleAudie Murphy Day
For those of us born betwixt the Fall of the Wall and 911, we kinda grew up with Great Satan unbound. Until Operation Iraqi Freedom, for older Americans - battles and history were old school stuff that...
View ArticleThe Problem With Pakistan (Part LXIX)
Land of thePure is a magical place where anything can happen! Girls can learn to fly jets only 69 miles a way from where Pakistani Talibani brutally beat girls for promotional vids.Pakistan is a study...
View ArticlePrepping For The Next War
The next big war?What could trigger a big war? A massive, direct attack on the United States certainly would, but other lesser crises could also escalate unpredictably. Imagine, for example, a Russian...
View ArticleRising Axis
There's a new sheriff in town in the Middle East -- and it's not the United States of America, who just spent trillions of dollars and lost thousands of soldiers in two different wars in the region....
View ArticleThe Coming Palestine Civil War
Oh, Nahbah! Is there anything you can't do?American and Israeli officials shrugged off Abbas’s warnings last fall that he’d dissolve the Palestinian Authority, of which he’s president. The rais (boss)...
View ArticleWoW!!
WoW - the Watchers Council- it's the oldest, longest running cyber comte d'guere ensembe in existence - started online in 1912 by Sirs Jacky Fisher and Winston Churchill themselves - an eclective...
View ArticleISIL and WMD
ISIS and WMD?When it comes to the intelligence profession, surprise is the ultimate enemy — and surprise just happens to be the Islamic State’s specialty. The IS has delivered one after another with...
View ArticleShin Shin!
The land of backward comics, Harijuku Girls, future stealth fighters and cool robots - Japan is HOT! Instead of scary missiles and secret police - Japan built a fun, rich democratic tech saavy,...
View ArticleSPAWAR
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command has released its 2016 Strategic Plan, which places adding advanced cyber capabilities among its five key objectives. The plan, which supports SPAWAR’s...
View ArticleSino Teufel Hunden
Sino Teufel Hunden!!?Yessir - Chian's PLA is gon upgrade their very own Marine Corps!In recent years the PLAMC is not merely maintaining its readiness to mount an amphibious invasion across the Taiwan...
View ArticleWoW!!
WoW - the Watchers Council- it's the oldest, longest running cyber comte d'guere ensembe in existence - started online in 1912 by Sirs Jacky Fisher and Winston Churchill themselves - an eclective...
View ArticleThe Aleppo Effect
Suriya al Kubra!!If Aleppo falls, Syria’s vicious war will take a whole new turn, one with far-reaching consequences not just for the region but for Europe too. The latest government assault on the...
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