American Anti-Missile Defense
With Russia, China, and Iran possibly forming an axis to oppose the United States, and with two of them possessing nuclear weapons and ICBMs, and the third seeking them, it … Read More
Category: Security Issues
These are the world-shaking issues of war and peace’
Is China a Threat?
Is China a threat to the United States? In two recent posts, The Growing Threat of Russia and The Purposes of Iran, we have noted how China is in a … Read More
The Purposes of Iran
Al Qaeda and ISIS are not the only islamic jihadist organizations to worry about; there is Iran as well. The Washington Times has cited a release from the Iranian Fars … Read More
The Growing Threat of Russia
Vladimir Putin has an itch. An itch for empire. We know the President of Russia considers the breakup of the Soviet Union as the major geopolitical disaster of the 20th century. … Read More
Dialogues and Quora
I have just found a wonderful place on the internet at Quora.com for carrying on dialogues on serious subjects. Readers of this website will recall that inspiring such conversations was … Read More
Putin’s Russia and the West
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, in a speech to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, declared that the breakup of the USSR was “the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the twentieth century”, or … Read More
U.S. Army Downsizes
NEWS FLASH! The Obama administration makes good on their “leading from behind” promise by announcing a Reduction In Force (RIF) of the U.S. Army of 40,000 soldiers and 17,000 civilian … Read More
Iran: the Present and Future Enemy
There are times when I get an almost surreal feeling that we are hurtling toward Armageddon. In the midst of American negotiations with Iran on limiting their nuclear program, international … Read More
Should We Fight ISIS? (4)
In the very first post in this series I asked how can ISIS challenge the mighty west? And the answer is that they really cannot so long as we are willing to … Read More
Should We Fight ISIS? (3)
Before we seriously engage ISIS in combat (which we haven’t yet), we should think a bit about our capability to do so. My own experiences as a junior artillery officer … Read More
Should We Fight ISIS? (2)
If we do go to war with ISIS, a large national commitment would have to be made in assets, both economic and military, to accomplish the task. Given both our historically … Read More
How Should We Think About ISIS?
One big disagreement between the right and the left over the past year is how we should think about ISIS. Should we think of the conflict between ISIS and western … Read More
Should We Fight ISIS? (1)
In the previous post I gave the opinion that we were more than capable enough to destroy ISIS if we would only decide to fight. I also opined that we … Read More
Memorial Day and ISIS
Today is Memorial Day, when we remember the past services and sacrifices of our veterans, and the present day sacrifice and service of today’s armed service members. Nobody but a … Read More