In case you missed it, on 18 August 2010, the last American combat brigade left Iraq, signaling the end to the endless war in Iraq, or at least the official end to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Granted, this withdrawal represents a mixed success, but so far Iraq has not imploded, degenerated into civil war, or been [...]

My friend Chris linked to a interesting article over on Facebook about a sober anniversary that comes around every August 6: the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The author makes the point that, without that bomb and the one dropped on Nagasaki three days later, the defeat of Japan would have been achieved by [...]

The recent release of over 80,000* classified documents by the website WikiLeaks represents what is very likely the largest and most damaging public disclosure of protected information to the public in the history of espionage. The potential damage caused by this release will be incalculable in terms of lives lost, opportunities scuttled, and public perspective manipulated. [...]

The Obama administration faces a crisis that has tested governments time and again: a general commanding a theater of operations who is not afraid to speak his mind or carve out his own direction. General Stanley McChrystal made his willingness to be that general abundantly clear via an interview with him and his staff recently [...]

Via Jules Crittenden (a real libertarian and patriot among the far too many poseurs) comes the story of a retired Marine JROTC instructor whose school is threatening to fire him because he refuses to pay union dues. Maj. Stephen L. Godin, the retired Marine in question, rightly observes that the DoD dictates his salary as a military science instructor and [...]