“Washington (CNN) — Preparing the U.S. military to fight two major
conventional wars is “out of date” and does not reflect the numerous
challenges U.S. military forces could face in the future, U.S. Defense
Secretary Robert Gates said Monday.
Gates made that pronouncement as he revealed the 2010 Quadrennial
Defense Review, the military’s strategic outlook. He said the military
needs [...]

This was predictable.  What do you expect when a community organizer is in charge of the United States.  The American people elected a man with no foreign or defense policy experience, who is a product of the anti-American Left.  How can you not have the suspicion that his instincts are to root for America’s adversaries.
He [...]

What we knew was coming is now official.  The Obama administration is abandoning the ground-based missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.  The Obama administration’s appeasement of Russia continues.
The Wall Street Journal has a good story here.
The costs of this mistake are many.
First, will Central Europe ever again trust that the United States [...]

Reports are that the Obama administration is abandoning the Bush administration’s effort to place interceptors in Poland and an advanced radar in the Czech Republic to defend NATO from Iranian ballistic missile attack.  This is a huge mistake.  Warsaw and Prague are key NATO allies who have gone out on a limb for the alliance [...]

It was going to happen.  Vice President Biden warned the American people that the neophyte Obama would be challenged  in an international crisis within 6 months of his presidency.  North Korea is offering such a challenge with its second nuclear test and subsequent missile tests.  The only good thing coming out of the test is [...]

The United States Navy has done it again. By rescuing American hostage Captain Richard Philips from Somali pirates on Easter Sunday, the Navy has shown how to handle such a situation. Their professionalism makes it look easy.
We do not know yet how the Obama administration handled this. There is a worrying report [...]

Few Americans pay much attention to an administration’s space policy. That might have been fine under George W. Bush leadership. But it is not under Obama. There are indications he is going to attempt to limit the U.S. military’s use of space, the country’s ability to defend its assets there, and to [...]

This is a huge story by Bill Gertz in today’s Washington Times documenting the latest failed nuclear inspection by the Air Force.  The latest in string of embarrassments–Air Force units have failed two inspections in the past three months.
The Air Force’s neglect of its nuclear mission and responsibilities is shocking, but should be expected for [...]

Every president has successes and failures.  Every president is termed the “worst president ever.”  President Bush could not be an exception.
So how will history judge President Bush.  The Left will write the history, so the answer is “not well.”  Iraq will be figured prominently, as indeed it should.  But the positive and negative aspects of [...]

Please read this excellent analysis by Jeffrey Imm of the strategic threat jihadism poses to the United States.
Seven years ago, America was under attack. America’s first responders, law enforcement, and emergency specialists responded to that attack. Our preparedness specialists provided guidance on the types of terrorist threats that we might be facing in the [...]