Category Archives: Defense

NATO

Posted on February 24, 2017 by

The SECDEF visited Europe recently and told them to stop being deadbeats and up their defense spending instead of making us carry the weight. This was exactly the WRONG answer. The Right answer is that each nation decides for itself … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Defense, Economics, Government, Politics, War | 5 Comments

How to conquer North Korea

Posted on February 6, 2017 by

The hypothetical war in North Korea has been one of the primary motivating factors for American defense policy for more than 50 years.  It drives the size of the Army and the Fleet as well as driving weapons development.  I … Continue reading →

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Civics 101

Posted on December 12, 2016 by

Just a reminder.  The President is the chief Executive officer of the Executive Branch of the government. He does not Lead the USA. He is not the leader of the free world. He does not control the government. He does … Continue reading →

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Bloated wasteful government agency is found to have used money inefficiently.

Posted on December 8, 2016 by

Everyone acts surprised. The real story is from the Washington Post. Pentagon buries evidence of $125 billion in bureaucratic waste I saw this at Brock’s Free North Carolina Site. I cared about this until I saw it was in the … Continue reading →

Posted in "Journalism", Current Events, Defense, Politics | 2 Comments

Why I do not support GEN Mattis for SECDEF

Posted on November 29, 2016 by

Civilian control over the military.  It is one of the foundational principles of our Republic.  It is exercised through the President as commander in chief, and his primary national defense cabinet member, the SECDEF.  A General is always a general, … Continue reading →

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Shit’s about to happen. Or not.

Posted on October 7, 2016 by

I found this clip over at my good friends at “It Aint Holy Water“.  Every once in a while, he posts something weird and conspiratorial like this.  I watched the first half of it and posted a long explanation to … Continue reading →

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Killing people and Breaking things

Posted on April 5, 2016 by

My friends at 90 Miles from Tyranny are posting about something stupid Ralph Peters said (I know, that narrows it down).   Once again, I can’t post any comments to any Blogger sites.  so, I am responding here. I have never … Continue reading →

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