One frequent claim made about Clinton is that he stood for America's weakness.Nothing could be further from the truth. Clinton stood for win-win scenarios. Hewanted Americans, in all the different states of America, to do well, and that included the people in the South who...
After filing a discrimination complaint, that named her manager and other employees, as offenders, an African American supervisor was asked by an employee, to call her at home to "let her know how she was doing." A call to the employee resulted in a 90-minute conversation,...
The Raven unmanned aircraft is a 4.2-pound, backpackable, hand-launched sensor platform that provides day and night, real-time video imagery for "over the hill" and "around the corner" reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition in support of tactical units. U.S....
Different countries have different problems, and the solutions for these problems are vastly different. Both America and Russia destroy many of their best minds, but in very different ways. America destroys its best minds through a culture of aggressive resistance to learning...
These just in: Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak prevailed over Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Israel decided to apologize to Turkey for "mistakes" committed by the Israeli special forces during the "justified" operation aboard the Gaza-bound flotilla, in which 9...
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AFP - published with license The United States said Friday Iraq had agreed to keeping US troops in the country beyond a year-end deadline for withdrawal, but Baghdad insisted the issue is still under negotiation. In an interview with two US newspapers, Defense Secretary...
In the ongoing chronicle of the drone surveillance arms race sparked by the United States, the latest installment is the presence of drone surveillance technology at the APCO International 77th Conference and Exposition that was held on August 7-10 at the...
Fareed ZakariaThe scary aspect of the debt deal meant to force all of Washington to its senses is the threatened cut to defense spending. If the congressional “super-committee” cannot agree on cutbacks of $1.5 trillion, the guillotine will fall and half of those cuts...
The American constitutional system postulates that the military must be at all times under a strict civilian control. There is vast wisdom in this constitutional intent. The military governments have the worst record of any kind of government on the planet. And it...
In July 2002, Christopher Deliso recounted in antiwar.com that Dutch Radio, based on reports leaked by a Dutch military analysis firm, accused the US government of aiding and abetting terrorists in Macedonia. Not for the first time, the Americans were rumored to have hired...
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Skippers’ standards slipping Something systemic appears adrift as commanding officers are losing their integrity at an alarming rate. " “Navy has spike in commanding-officer firings By Craig...
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Former United States Air Force senior airman Deitric Thompson said he decided to utilized his critically-acclaimed performance at the 2011 Celebrity Industry Invitational in Hollywood to salute...
Are we doing enough?
On March 31, 2011, we lost 28 year old Marine Purple Heart recipient and humanitarian, Clay Hunt. Though Clay served in Afghanistan and Iraq, we did not lose him in a war zone. Hunt took his own life due to the war zone that continued to...
By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" In June 2010, Turkey voted against the UN Security Council resolution that imposed a fourth round of sanctions on Iran for its enrichment of uranium. Earlier in 2010, Turkey and Brazil have struck a deal ...
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Fresh blood The President was swayed to pass on General Cartwright for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. The principal influencer was probably Robert Gates. Cartwright would likely have been too quirky and...