Tag Archives: Obama

John Bernard, 1st Sgt. USMC (ret.),

Unreasonable Risk and Ill-Conceived Combat Missions Define Obama’s Afghanistan Strategy

As a consequence of that misplaced ethical concern for an inappropriately identified non-combatant population, they have unnecessarily endangered our forces and reduced their combat effectiveness by forcing them to consider the lives of these 'non-combatants' as superior to their own. This is the very definition of 'unreasonable risk'.
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Sun Tzu

Let Slip the ATMs of War: Pentagon Plans More Drones, Less Troops Under Obama Budget

From ABC News: That buzz you hear above your head is the sound of the Pentagon cutting its budget. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta detailed today how the Obama administration plans to achieve $487 billion in cuts over the next decade, in part by reducing the number of ships, planes and troops, but continuing to [...]
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Sun Tzu

Al Qaeda Spokesman: ‘America Has Been Defeated in Iraq’

BAGHDAD (AP) – The U.S. pulled its troops out of Iraq because its economy is collapsing and it needed to save money, an al-Qaida front group said in a message posted on its website Wednesday, its first online comment since the U.S. completed its pullout last month after nine years of war. Scene from a January [...]
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Secure Freedom Radio

Interview: John Bolton Discusses Why Iran Continues to Defy America

John Bolton, former UN ambassador sits with Fred Grandy to analyze and discuss whether the U.S. is safer and more respected around the world. Is the United States stronger than it was under the last administration? If the U.S. is indeed a stronger and respected nation, why has Iran continuously disregarded the United States’ “no [...]
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Sun Tzu

Poland Fears Greater Russian Threat After U.S. Defense Cuts

From Reuters: Poland fears planned defense cuts by the United States may stall the development of an anti-missile system on Polish soil and leave it more vulnerable to Russia, a senior government source said. U.S. President Barack Obama’s drive to cut nearly half a trillion dollars in defense spending over the next 10 years means Washington is reviewing [...]
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Peter Schweizer

How Obama’s Defense R & D Cuts Will Damage Our Security And Competitiveness

On the chopping block for Pentagon reductions are major defense systems and the size of our armed forces. But overlooked in the debate over whether and how much to cut in defense is the potentially devastating effect that President Obama’s defense reductions will have on military research and development. Historically, military R&D has not only [...]
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Dr. Earl Tilford

Military Modernization: Back to the Future

President Barack Obama’s vision for modernizing the U.S. military is little more than an exercise in “back to the future.” Consider: Back in 2001, the armed forces were nearly a decade into positing what 21st-century warfare would entail. These considerations were based on notions set forth by the individual (military) services. They also considered how the [...]
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Sun Tzu

Obama Admin Denies Letter to Iran: Now No Direct Talks Without Preconditions?

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – An Iranian lawmaker claimed Wednesday that President Obamacalled for direct talks with Iran in a secret letter to the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader that also warned Tehran against closing the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Image credit: New York Times Obama administration officials denied there was such a letter. Iran has threatened to close the waterway, the [...]
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Sun Tzu

Iran Toys with Obama, Returns Stolen Drone at 1/80th Scale

During the Bush Administration, the left loved to claim that the United States was not respected around the world because of its “cowboy diplomacy.” If only we stopped our warmongering, if only we spoke with our enemies to resolve conflicts, if only we realized we’re the imperialist aggressors who are in the wrong, everyone would [...]
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Dan  Riehl

The Left Begins to See Obama’s a Foreign Policy Flop

Less than a year into his current term, Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize; Obama would do well to keep his eyes on the prize, as, almost four years in, he has virtually nothing to show for it at all. OSLO — President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for [...]
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