Leading from behind. =========== By PEGGY NOONAN Updated Jan. 30, 2015 6:33 p.m. ET Something is going on here. On Tuesday retired Gen. James Mattis, former head of U.S. Central Command (2010-13) told the Senate Armed Services Committee of his unhappiness at the current conduct of U.S. foreign policy. He said the U.S. is not “adapting to changed circumstances” in the Mideast and must... Read more
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America’s Strategy Deficit
February 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Military, Noonan, SequesterObama’s Nuclear Fantasy
February 11 | Posted by mrossol | Military, ObamaHow can a guy so smart get it so wrong? ============== As a young Soviet military officer, Viktor Esin was stationed in Cuba during the October 1962 crisis, where he had release authority over a nuclear-tipped missile targeting New York. On his first visit to Manhattan in December, I made sure to thank him for not obliterating our city. Gen. Esin rose to... Read more
Can’t help our friends?
January 21 | Posted by mrossol | Military, ObamaNow we are not even leading from behind. ======== “…France is increasingly upset by what it sees as limited Obama administration support for the war it is waging in Mali against al Qaeda militants, including an initial U.S. demand, since dropped, that Paris foot the bill for any Air Force transport flights, French officials said. After the French went public with their complaints... Read more
Everyone’s gotta pay their fair share…
February 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Military, ObamaThe Pentagons Vindication
December 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Military, The Left“Ops, I was wrong… ” Senator … (don’t hold your breath) ======== U.S. forces left Iraq this month, but at least one Iraq war tradition has continued: Years after politicians and pundits manufactured a headline-grabbing controversy to tar the Bush-era Pentagon, investigators have found no wrongdoing. That’s the conclusion of the Defense Department’s Inspector General after a two-year probe of the Pentagon’s program... Read more
