Here is Wyoming’s “Republican” Rep. Liz Cheney, in conversation with ABC’s Jonathan Karl, on why she should win her primary election fight — a fight which the polls say she is losing badly: “Well, I think it’s important because I…
Let us not accuse modern man of having killed God — that crime is not within his reach — but of having killed the gods. God survives untouched, but the universe withers and decays because the subordinate gods have passed…
Dear Brothers in Arms, Your time in-country and your personal sacrifices have not been in vain. You made a big difference. What you have done in Afghanistan will be remembered fondly by many, if not most, of the country’s inhabitants…
Yesterday on CNN’s State of the Union with host Jake Tapper, Secretary of State Antony Blinken insulted the intelligence of the American people and the families whose sons and daughters fought and died in Afghanistan by stating assuringly, “This is…
Where do we get such men? They leave this ship, and they do their job. Then they must find this speck lost somewhere on the sea. When they find it, they have to land on its pitching deck. Where do…
The Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz is famous for his epigram, “War is the continuation of politics by other means.” It’s especially easy to see the truth of that statement in this presidential election cycle, with political battles already…
The COVID-19 crisis accelerated the confrontation between the U.S. and People’s Republic of China. So far the challenge is more economic and political than military, though the U.S. Navy recently sent two aircraft carriers into the South China Sea in…
Sunday So, now it’s Sunday and as usual I went to my computer and read a few emails from old pals, asking me what Nixon was really like. I thought I’d try answering this right away. Nixon was an ambitious…
As I said in my recent article on Vietnam, this is the war we lost. Or is it? Upon arrival in Saigon, I decided to schedule a tour to explore the city. I found an individualized tour with transportation included….