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Latest reports: Israel has now attacked a facility in Syria
Wars and rumors of wars… OK, let’s sort this out, at least until the next update. (This is how intelligence works, incidentally. You work with what you’ve got until the next update.) The IAF attack… more →
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Latest reports: Israel has now attacked a facility in Syria
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Wars and rumors of wars… OK, let’s sort this out, at least until the next update. (This is how inte … more →
Interdicting arms to Hezbollah? New report of Israeli air strikes in Syria
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wrote 3 weeks ago: The latest report that the Israeli Air Force has conducted an attack in Syria comes not from the Syr … more →
Syria: Israel, at least, is militarily ready
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Several websites have picked up on a UPI report that the Israeli Air Force attacked a chemical weapo … more →
Just a reminder: Military readiness affects the viability of Syria operations too
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wrote 3 weeks ago: After U.S. officials agreed last week that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons on its people, … more →
State of unreadiness
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wrote 1 month ago: My Liberty Unyielding colleague Timothy Whiteman highlighted last Thursday the number of Air Force s … more →
Wrong, hackneyed, overworked: Beyond the usual analysis of “China and North Korea”
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wrote 1 month ago: Is there any piece of received wisdom more universally invoked than the inane piety that China wants … more →
The Shakiest Nukes in the West
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wrote 2 months ago: “Listen up, yo: I’m deterring you now” In case everyone in Northeast Asia missed it, in spite of the … more →
Oops – The IDF didn’t kill Baby Mashrawi (and other things that didn’t happen during Pillar of Defense)
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wrote 2 months ago: [Warning: graphic images] Diligent readers of the Washington Post may know by now that UN observers … more →
Missile defense mash-up: Reagan’s vision derailed
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wrote 2 months ago: If you went strictly by the MSM reporting on the Defense Department’s recent announcement about miss … more →
Egypt, Cyprus, Turkey: Pax Americana crack-up watch
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wrote 2 months ago: If you want to know what it will look like for the status quo crack-up to actually happen, as the st … more →
Mr. Paul goes to Washington
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wrote 2 months ago: There are a lot of things going on in America today, from inclement weather in northern Virginia to … more →
Russian bombers do Guam
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wrote 3 months ago: The Washington Free Beacon reports that the Russian Tu-95 “Bear” bomber aircraft operated near Guam … more →
UPDATE: The Civil War is not analogous to the killing-Americans-with-drones problem
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wrote 3 months ago: Pundits have for weeks been erroneously comparing the issue of “killing Americans” with drone strike … more →
Obama threatens vets’ pensions, Social Security checks
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wrote 4 months ago: In his quest to get the debt ceiling raised, President Obama issued a threat in his Wednesday press … more →
You don’t have to be Jewish to oppose Hagel for Defense
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wrote 5 months ago: The rightosphere has come out swinging against retired Senator Chuck Hagel’s potential nomination fo … more →
Bunny snuff: Syrian rebels have chemical weapons too
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wrote 5 months ago: According to a video reportedly posted by the Free Syrian Army, the Syrian rebels have their own che … more →
Missiles, Missiles everywhere
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wrote 5 months ago: Back in 2007, when Vladimir Putin promised to rebuild Russia’s military and resume its activities on … more →
Say it with teal
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wrote 5 months ago: U.S. Air Force airmen will remember the shoulder “ropes,” or aiguillettes, worn by student leaders a … more →
Gaza: Least likely place to use US Marines to rescue American citizens?
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wrote 6 months ago: Why are we sending an amphibious readiness group (ARG) with a Marine expeditionary unit (MEU) embark … more →
