Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission.Good gawd, apparently another balloon fell victim to a missile launched from an F-22, this time over Alaska.Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a Chinese war...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission.OK, so America used an ultra-expensive F-22 stealth interceptor to shoot down what may prove to be a common weather balloon that was “made in China.” But, dammit, we won! It was a perfect one-shot...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission.U.S. foreign policy is a place where logic goes to die.Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, said yesterday that the quickest way to end the Russia-Ukraine War is "to give Ukraine a strong hand on the...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission.My great nephew recently reported to the local MEPS (military entrance processing station) and took the oath of office. He’s enlisting in the Marine Corps and I wish him all the best.In November 2021, with him...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission.I was bantering online with an old friend and fellow historian and I hit him with my best shot: history is un-American. If you think like an historian, and especially if you think America and its future actions...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission.2022 has been the year of living dangerously. The Russia-Ukraine War escalated with no immediate end in sight. U.S. government officials, most notably the Democratic Party, have gotten behind Ukraine as if it’s...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission.America is touched by a peculiar form of collective madness that sees military action as creative rather than destructive, desirable rather than deplorable, and constitutive to democracy rather than corrosive...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission.I caught only a couple of minutes of mainstream media coverage of the Zelensky visit, and I suppose that makes me lucky. In that brief period, I heard Zelensky described twice in positive terms as a...
Three articles related to the Russia-Ukraine War caught my attention Friday.The first, at NBC News, argues that Patriot missile batteries are not enough to defend Ukraine. The article urges the U.S. to provide Gray Eagle drones to Ukraine to enable attacks deep into...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission.Remarkably, U.S. aid to Ukraine may soon exceed $100 billion if the Biden administration’s latest ask is approved. And more than a few Americans believe Ukraine merits this vast sum – and more.They...
