No surprise here, folks… WSJ has been raising this for years.. ======== WSJ 1/4/2018 By Mark Helprin The Trump administration’s recently unveiled National Security Strategy is an excellent and overdue statement of intent. But unless it is ruthlessly prioritized, political and budgetary realities will make it little more than a wish list. And in regard to nuclear weapons, it hardly departs from the... Read more
Archive for the ‘Military’ Category
America’s Alarmingly Archaic Arsenal
January 14 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, MilitaryA Space Corps?
December 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, MilitaryAnother area that certainly needs more attention than it has gotten – similar to “Internet Warfare”. ======== WSJ 12/22/2017 By Taylor Dinerman America’s military satellites— tens of billions of dollars worth of equipment—are utterly defenseless. An adversary using swarms of antisatellite weapons could rapidly destroy U.S. communications, early-warning, navigation and surveillance spacecraft, leaving the military blind, deaf and lost. Without these space systems,... Read more
The Computer that could Rule the World
November 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Military, Technology, Western CivilizationThis makes me nervous. ====== WSJ – 10/28/2017 By Arthur Herman During World War II the federal government launched the Manhattan Project to ensure the U.S. would possess the first atomic bomb. Seventy-five years later, America is in another contest just as vital to national security, the economy and even the future of liberal democracy. It’s the race to build the first fully operational... Read more
Six Seconds to Live
October 24 | Posted by mrossol | MilitaryWe cannot thank our soldiers, marines, sailors and airmen enough. ======== WSJ Oct. 22, 2017 4:08 p.m. ET From a Nov. 13, 2010, speech by then-Lt. Gen. John Kelly to the Semper Fi Society of St. Louis, describing a 2008 suicide bombing in Iraq that killed two Marines, Cpl. Jonathan Yale, 22, and Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter, 20. Gen. Kelly’s son, Second Lt.... Read more
Heroes on the Golf Course
May 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Military=== WSJ 5/25/2017 By Karl Rove The three men on the golf course didn’t look like superheroes. But Nick Bradley, Saul Martinez and Rod Rodriguez are just that. So are the other combat veterans who joined them on the links Monday at this year’s Warrior Open in Dallas. The tournament, sponsored by the George W. Bush Presidential Center since 2011, celebrates... Read more
Military’s Damaged Morale and Readiness – Letters
March 14 | Posted by mrossol | Military, ObamaAnother great letter. I salute Col. McCrindle. ======= WSJ – Letters to the Editor, 3/14/2017 Regarding “Trump’s Defense Buildup” (Opinion, March 4), I am a retired Air Force officer and now serve the force as a civilian employee. I see every day the damage that has been done to our readiness and morale. To be blunt, our military was decimated by the actions... Read more
