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Thoughts on Lewis Sorley’s A Better War
By Bill Moloney

In the sixty-five years since the end of World War II the most significant and formative single event in American history- beyond any question- is the Vietnam War. It reshaped our domestic politics, foreign policy, military doctrines, and popular culture in ways that still resonate powerfully nearly two generations after it ended. The Vietnam War was waged not just in the rice paddies of Southeast Asia but also in the streets and campuses of the American homeland. It divided families and regions in a manner not seen since the Civil War. It shattered the Great American Consensus that was forged in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor (more…)

(Washington, Jan. 17) When judgment is rendered on the success or failure of U.S. foreign policy in 2010 the verdict will depend (more…)

When the President vows to “get to the bottom of all this and bring these violent extremists to justice”, he is telegraphing (more…)

I was first inspired to start blogging back in the summer of  2005 in the wake of the July 7 terror attack in London.  (more…)

We are at war with Islam. How do we know? The Islamists tell us: from their pulpits, in their literature, on their websites (more…)

By John Guandolo

As we look at recent events, it becomes clear that the evidence points to the fact that these were not just acts of jihad linked by Islamic doctrine. They were also operations which drew on most or all of the key elements that we see in overseas operations, and which have we previously seen prior to or during operations here in the States. Here is what we might call their five-part planning matrix, along with a look at how it maps out for two homeland incidents this year as well as the strike in India last year. (more…)

The despicable terrorist act that Major Hasan committed was no doubt awful. Our prayers go out to the families that have lost (more…)

The administration and its left wing base have never acknowledged the struggle with Islamic Jihad. The struggle has always been (more…)

What do you get when you cross a leftist presidential administration with a modern media complex intent on furthering its politically-correct vision of America? (more…)

How long must America endure the depredations by radical Muslims with no response, lest we “offend” them? As the facts come in, (more…)

By Joe Gschwendtner

Poland’s expansive plains have made her lands a military corridor in regional skirmishes and world wars. Teutonic Knights, cavalry and tanks have controlled her vast spaces and she has been uniquely oppressed by outsiders. Outstripping this history and braving long odds, she is now a successful recovering Soviet client state, defiant and free, the beneficiary of a robust capitalism flourishing within her borders and Eastern Europe. We would do ourselves great harm to not remember that this is the Poland of Generals Kosciusko and Pulaski who fought for our freedom (more…)

Say what you will about Bill Clinton’s foreign policy shortcomings, but for the most part he had the good sense not to squander (more…)

In the wake of the Obama Administration’s looming failure with its government health insurance and possibly its cap-and-trade proposals, it has made a grand splash on the international stage (more…)

Last year many Americans decided to support a change in presidential administration at least partly because they believed that the United States government was running an abusive prison at Guantanamo Bay and torturing suspected Islamic terrorists. (more…)

Like most news junkies who had followed the war in Iraq on a daily basis for six years, I thought I was pretty well informed. However when I read (more…)