Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. It’s a most confusing time to be in the U.S. military. Who knows why we fight? At the top, there’s a lack of principles, a lack of clarity, a lack of care. There’s no accountability for losses and bad...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Analysis of Satellite Image and Videos Suggest Precision U.S. Strikes on Iranian Water Facility It is unclear if the U.S. intentionally struck the facility or knew what it was. Deliberately targeting civilian...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Making war shouldn’t be this easy. With the Iran War, two men determined America’s attack on Iran, and one was a foreign leader. The latest aggression against Iran is inconceivable without Bibi Netanyahu and...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Today I went on “Judging Freedom” with Judge Napolitano to talk about President Trump’s so-called dream military. And at $1.5 trillion (or even higher) in FY 2027, it’s already nightmarishly expensive. What is...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. I was reading an old Atlantic Monthly from November 2007 and came across this quote: We’ve got to be patient and committed [in Iraq], but we’ve got to multitask… We’ve got to talk about Iran – Iran is more...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Right before Memorial Day Weekend, Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence, announced her resignation. Her husband has a rare form of bone cancer, she said, which was the driver of her decision....
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Several hundred people (428 people from 40 nations, to be precise) concerned about the plight of Palestinians in Gaza organized a flotilla to bring humanitarian aid to the region. Israel illegally intercepted...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. It’s increasingly hard to remember how and why America is supposed to go to war. First, war is supposed to be a last resort, not a knee-jerk reaction to Israeli actions. Second, war is supposed to be a...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. You can’t make this stuff up. The “liberal” New York Times has now explained why the U.S. has so many overseas military bases in the Middle East and elsewhere. Anton Troianovski, who covers global diplomacy,...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. The worst of the Iran War may be over, according to this report from NBC News: Oil plunged and markets surged amid a report the U.S. and Iran are nearing a deal to end the war as gas prices jumped past $4.50....
