I don’t get bogged down in the operational and tactical details of the Russia-Ukraine War. I don’t know which side is winning or allegedly winning, or which side is best prepared to launch a spring offensive, or which weapons will allegedly turn the tide...
It began in August 1914, a war in Europe that was supposed to be over by Christmas of that year. But it exploded out of control, becoming the “Great War” or “The World War” or even “The War to End All Wars.” And when it finally...
Ever think about names of U.S. weapons of war? Rarely are those names honest. I do applaud the relative honesty of Predator and Reaper drones, because those names capture the often predatory nature of US foreign policy and the grim reaperish means that are often...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission.I entered the Air Force through ROTC and served for 20 years, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. I also taught for 15 years at both military and civilian colleges. As a retired military officer and as an...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission. If you read the mainstream media, it would seem the answer to the Russia-Ukraine War, now about to enter its second year of mass death and widespread destruction, is weapons of various sorts. Western tanks...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission.I never miss a Super Bowl, and this year’s game was close until its somewhat anti-climatic end. Of course, there’s always a winning team and a losing one, but perhaps the biggest winner remains the...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission.Comrades, it has finally happened: I’ve been accused of being pro-Russia.I was accused because I advocate for diplomacy and a negotiated settlement to the Russia-Ukraine War. Generally, I’m...
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...
