Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. A grim historical lesson taught by Thucydides, who wrote on the Peloponnesian War more than two millennia ago, is that the strong do what they will while the weak suffer what they must. Historically, the...

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. In the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on America in 2001, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld knew exactly what to do: “go massive.” Al Qaeda’s “shock and awe” attacks were an opportunity for the...

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Here’s a typical quick summary of the dire situation in Gaza from CNN Monday AM: The US is seeking to delay an Israeli ground offensive in Gaza amid calls to free more hostages held there by Hamas and allow...

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. In an address to the nation from the Oval Office last night, President Biden promised more trigger treats* for Ukraine and Israel: at least $60 billion for Ukraine and at least $10 billion for Israel in an...

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. The U.S. approach to the crisis in Gaza is to send two aircraft carrier strike groups to the region. Because nothing screams peace like the deployment of warships. (Not to worry: it’s all about “deterrence”...

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. From the Gaza Strip, the Hamas offensive against Israel has been murderously effective. The vaunted and much-celebrated Israeli military was caught by surprise and is responding to the Hamas attacks with its...

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Here’s a reminder of a stark reality: When President Joe Biden finally ended the disastrous Afghan War in 2021, the Pentagon war budget went up by roughly $50 billion. The Afghan War was costing America almost...

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Did you know the Russia-Ukraine War is a great “investment” for the United States? A terrific opportunity to kill lots of Russians and to destroy lots of their military equipment at a relatively cheap cost to...

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. In 1985, President Ronald Reagan was attacked for visiting a German military cemetery in Bitburg, West Germany, because that cemetery included forty graves of members of the Waffen-SS, the combat branch of the...

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. I remember seeing the first Rambo flick (“First Blood”) in a movie theater in 1982 when I was nineteen and rooting for Sly Stallone’s character against the police and national guardsmen who are sent to kill...