As far as I can tell from the news, though obviously it’s much too early to know how it will play out, the Trump foreign policy is resolutely Reaganesque in the sense that he is going for sovereignty, secure borders,…
Former U.S. ambassador to Israel Michael Oren presented what he calls “the view from Israel’s universe.” After noting that since October 7, 2023 Israel’s terrorist adversaries have fired 25,000 rockets and missiles at the Jewish State, Oren rhetorically asks whether…
Writing in the New York Times, retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal has endorsed Kamala Harris for president over Donald Trump. This should surprise no one. Gen. McChrystal, one of the leading commanders in our ill-fated 20-year war in Afghanistan, supported Hillary…
I am often asked how I came to support Bobby Kennedy (RFK Jr.). The answer is: circuitously. If you have read my book (panam.captain), you might recall that Bobby’s late uncle, John F. Kennedy, visited my family’s Cape Cod house…
Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) recently released a new plan to increase defense spending and replenish America’s military arsenal. As the highest-ranking Republican member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Wicker is on the frontlines in Congress, warning his colleagues of…
Under President Biden and his woeful national security team the Marine Corps has fallen from the nation’s premier 911 force to a regional coastal artillery force concentrated on China and a light infantry force of marginal use in a conflict…
As 2024 dawned last week, the Red Sea boiled. Iranian-sponsored Houthi terrorists targeted U.S. Navy vessels and commercial ships. Hamas’ war on Israel roared on. The Russia–Ukraine military quagmire festered. And a record 300,000 plus illegal aliens invaded America’s southern…
In the next few months, the U.S. Senate could spend 689 hours confirming military appointees — one by one. That process began on Wednesday when the Senate confirmed three top-brass military promotions, including the promotion of Gen. Charles Q. Brown…
On Labor Day, Tokyo’s highest court ordered Okinawan leaders to approve land reclamation needed to move an American airstrip to a new site on the strategically located island. Despite Chinese expansion in the Pacific looming in the background, local Okinawan…
