The Biggest Myth Of The Syrian War Is That The Rebels Are Dominated By al Qaeda
One of the biggest arguments against further U.S. support of the Syrian opposition is that "the rebels are terrorists aligned with al Qaeda."But the notion that the Syrian opposition is dominated by al...
View ArticleDear President Obama: Americans Are No Longer Interested In Policing The World
After 12 years of endless war; after Afghanistan, after Iraq, after Libya, after the drones in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, the American people have had enough. There is perhaps no better explanation...
View ArticleCHILDHOOD LOST: Haunting Photos Of 10-Year-Old Boy Working In A Syrian...
In the two-year-old Syrian civil war, it's easy to lose sight of how ordinary civilians are suffering amid the heated debate on both sides of a possible U.S. intervention in the conflict.No matter what...
View ArticleThe Ingenious Way A Pilot Figured Out Who To Shoot When Insurgents Attacked...
A year ago, 15 heavily-armed insurgents wearing Army uniforms breached Camp Bastion in Afghanistan and leveled an assault on the airfield, causing destruction unlike anything seen since Tet in...
View ArticleAn Obscure 'Evil Genius' Engineer Was Instrumental To the NSA's Expansion
An obscure engineer named James Heath has helped shape the NSA's information empire by serving as the right-hand man of NSA chief Keith Alexander, Shane Harris of Foreign Policy reports in an extensive...
View ArticleMarine Posts Ridiculous Photo Of His Osprey Crash In Afghanistan
This brings new meaning to the Internet phrase "pics or it didn't happen."Reddit user Keggerss posted an image of a Marine Osprey lodged in a precarious angle on a wall in Afghanistan. There he is in...
View ArticleSyria Would Be Obama's 8th Military Conflict
If President Barack Obama starts bombing Syria, it will be the eighth open military conflict of his presidency.When Obama, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, gave his oath at the inauguration, there were...
View ArticleThe 5 Military Commanders Who Could Run Obama's Syrian War
With President Barack Obama seemingly determined to use military force to intervene in the conflict in Syria, we thought it appropriate to explore which admiral or general might lead the operation.Here...
View ArticleThis 1970 Instructional Video Taught Women In The Military How To Behave
The 1970 video produced by the Women's Army Corps, called "Pleasure of Your Company," teaches women how to navigate the difficult social environment of being a woman and also being in the...
View ArticleThe NSA's Biggest Strength Is Also Its Biggest Weakness
The bread and butter of NSA chief Keith Alexander's reign is the push to collect more and more data, saving essentially everything passing through the Internet, encrypted or not, according to recent...
View ArticleThere's No Reason To Believe Syria Will Disarm Its Own Chemical Weapons
There's little reason to take seriously Bashar Al Assad's sudden embrace of Secretary of State John Kerry's most recent statements about chemical weapons disarmament.First, there's still an incredibly...
View ArticleSyria Agrees To Russian 'Plan' To Transfer Control Of Chemical Weapons And...
Syria has "agreed to the Russian initiative" to place the country's chemical weapons under international control for subsequent dismantling, Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said on Tuesday.He added...
View ArticleThe Bizarre New Tech Of The Russian Military Includes An Inflatable Missile...
Of course the Americans have the highest-tech military gizmos around, their “just over the horizon, honest” toys looking like what you’d get if Tom Clancy ever scripted an episode of Thunderbirds (if...
View ArticleTake An Intimate Look Inside The Cockpit Of A B-52 Bomber
The following images were taken by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder during a Green Flag – East (GF-E) training mission flown by a Barksdale Air Force Base’s 20th Bomb Squadron B-52...
View Article9 Of The Biggest Geopolitical Gaffes In Recent History
It's seems pretty clear that Secretary of State John Kerry blundered when he said an American strike could be averted if Bashar Al Assad gave up his chemical weapons.Needless to say, the screwup...
View ArticleTake An Inside Look At The 60-Year Old Behemoth That Would Bomb Syria
The B-52 has seen several decades of active service and was about to see some more service over Syria, according to reports from ABC.Whether strikes on Syria go forward or not, the behemoth is already...
View ArticleA Chinese Drone Was Intercepted Near Disputed Japanese Islands
On Sept. 9, one day after two H-6G maritime strike aircraft had been intercepted by the Japan Air Self Defense Force F-15 scrambled from Naha while flying in international airspace between the Miyako...
View ArticleThe Russian Plan Of Removing Syria's Chemical Weapons Mid-War Is A 'Nightmare'
As President Barack Obama entertains a Russian proposal for Syria to hand over its chemical weapons stockpiles, experts are expressing skepticism of the unprecedented task of securing and destroying a...
View ArticleOne Year Later, We Still Haven't Solved The Mystery At The Heart Of The...
One year after four Americans died in an attack on a U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, there is no one in custody who can tell U.S. counterterrorism officials specifics about when, where, and by whom...
View ArticleCUNY Students Chase And Harass David Petraeus On His First Day Of Class
David Petraeus may be regretting taking a teaching position at the City University of New York system.A video recently posted to YouTube shows the former director of the CIA and retired Army general...
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