Foreign Policy
Bird Farm On the Move
WASHINGTON — A White House decision to dispatch an aircraft carrier and other military resources to send a message to Iran followed “clear indications” that Iranian and Iranian proxy forces were preparing to possibly attack U.S. forces in the region, a defense official told the Associated Press. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss […]
Venezuela: Latest News
Unless you’re hibernating, you are probably aware that there is new turmoil in Venezuela. Juan Guaido has been joined by members of Venezuela’s military, and a member of their Secret Police has written a letter stating that he will no longer support Maduro. The letter was confirmed by an ‘unidentified senior US official’ as genuine. […]
So Much For Russia/Trump Collusion, eh?
I’ve always known that Vlad Putin was a butthead, but he’s been getting frisky for a while. His real interest lies in Venezuela’s oil. We all know that, and it is despite his having the largest shale oil reserves on the planet. But he doesn’t know how to do what we know how to do […]
The Cold War is dead… and it had better stay dead
None of this ever appears in my local newspaper, probably because it’s either posted online or brought up for a one-minute look-see in the rather vapid evening news reports. If the real news is not being published in print, are we required to go searching for it? Apparently, the answer to that is ‘yes’, because […]
And This Just In
Good morning. While you’re consuming your cold scrambled powdered eggs and tepid black & bitter coffee with stale toast, the CO would like to bring you up to date on what is going on in the world. The United States is withdrawing its ground forces from Libya, due to security conditions on the ground. https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2019/04/07/us-withdraws-troops-from-libya-amid-rival-militias-fighting-near-capital/ […]
Another Dispute Over a Small, But Occupied, Island
Gee whiz, people, I thought we had this all settled. It appears that Rodrigo Duterte, the current President of the Philippines, is trying to make nice with China to avoid being overwhelmed by China’s aggressive land-grab program in the South China Sea and its connected waters. Pag-asa’s location is about halfway between Palang and the […]
Russian Tankers Demand Better Sewage Disposal Systems
From the article: It’s hard to wage war when nature calls, so Russia is installing toilets in its troubled third-generation T-14 main battle tanks, Russian state media revealed Thursday. https://taskandpurpose.com/russia-t14-armata-tank-toilets The days of relieving themselves in fuel and ammo cans or hopping out to dig single-use latrines are apparently over for Russia’s tank crews, at […]
Trump Signs Directive to Create a Military “Space Corps”
It seems President Trump has done what he said he would do…again. The Air Force is getting is own “Space Corps”, at least for the time being. The main goal of the Space Force is to secure and extend American dominance of the space domain, Trump and other White House officials have said. Such reasoning […]
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