Americans began celebrating July 4th as an official national holiday only after Franklin Delano Roosevelt made it so in 1941. In his radio address to the nation on July 4 of that year, FDR acknowledged a worldwide threat to civilization and to … [Read more...] about July 4, 1941- July 4, 2015
Contributor: Rachel Ehrenfeld
Counterterror Pretense with Undesirable Consequences
Divorced from reality, the Obama administration insists "nobody can claim justifiably that the United States hasn’t had success against terrorist networks." State Department spokesperson Rear Admiral John Kirby announced in a press briefing on July … [Read more...] about Counterterror Pretense with Undesirable Consequences
Falling Behind in the Cyber War*
Shutting down the background check system of the Office of Personnel Management employees will do little to prevent the abuse of millions of personal files of former, current and wannabe government workers that have already been stolen. But a … [Read more...] about Falling Behind in the Cyber War*
Obama Is Not Nixon
Left: President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State William P. Rogers at the Great Wall of China. Credit: History.com Photo Galleries President Obama’s decisions regarding the Middle East since the spring of 2011 have resulted in the killing of … [Read more...] about Obama Is Not Nixon
The No Snapback Sanctions
The Obama administration's apparent determination to sign an agreement that will not stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons has encouraged European businesses to jump-start trade talks with Tehran. Over the last two months chief executives of the … [Read more...] about The No Snapback Sanctions
Obama-Style Mutual Respect
Left: Demonstrators burn U.S. and Israeli flags during a demonstration marking the 34th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover on Nov. 4 in Tehran. Thousands of protesters gathered in front of the former U.S. embassy in Tehran to mark the beginning … [Read more...] about Obama-Style Mutual Respect
ISIS Update, June 4-11, 2015
The longer the U.S. and its allies dwell on how best to react to the Islamic State, the more time this Islamic plague has to take over territory, treasure, weapons and fighters. The more ISIS terrorists are "martyred" by the limited aerial bombing … [Read more...] about ISIS Update, June 4-11, 2015
It’s Getting Late in the Cyber War
Promises to increase the United States cyber defenses are nothing new, though lately they are made more frequently. On June 9, 2015, just one day after President Obama vowed to "aggressively bolster” our cyber defenses, the U.S. Army official … [Read more...] about It’s Getting Late in the Cyber War
Cyber Insecurity on the Rise
How damaging was/is the (presumably) latest hacking of the United States government's Office of Personal Management data is unknown. According to the OPM website, the hacked information “could include name, Social Security Number, date and place of … [Read more...] about Cyber Insecurity on the Rise
Fueling the ISIS Fire
Left: U.S. Humvee captured by ISIS in Mosul, June 11, 2014. According to Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken, the international coalition forces against ISIS succeeded in the past nine months, mainly through the United States air-campaign, to … [Read more...] about Fueling the ISIS Fire