Security & Defense Policy 
Patriotism, Service to the Nation, POWs, and Torture(0)
I have been thinking all day today about Gen. Wes Clark (Ret.) argument against Sen. McCain that he lacks “command experience” because his military career is essentially one of dropping bombs on innocent civilians and getting captured and tortured.
Sen. McCain’s service to his country in Vietnam was honorable. That story is a difficult one to [...]
GAO upholds Boeing’s objection to Air Force Tanker award to Northrup
About an hour ago, the Government Accounting Office upheld an objection by Boeing to the Air Force award of their air tanker refueling program to Northrup-Grumman. This ruling is yet the latest round in a battle that has raged in Washington for quite some time now over who will get to built America’s next air [...]
UBL free because of GOP policies, and “Tigger” too…
Today, the exchange between McCain and Obama on the national security issue reached the surreal. Obama’s likely “National Security Advisor” Richard Danzig, claims he’ll follow a “Winnie the Pooh” approach to foreign policy - if it hurts too much, then stop doing it:
Richard Danzig, who served as Navy Secretary under President Clinton and is tipped [...]
AP: Pentagon announces Iraq, Afghanistan troop deployments
The Pentagon on Monday announced upcoming deployments of more than 42,000 troops, including 25,000 active duty Army soldiers who would be sent to Iraq beginning in the fall to replace troops scheduled to come home by year’s end.
The deployments would maintain a level of 15 brigades in Iraq, or roughly 140,000 troops - the number [...]
More in this category:
- US Soldier refuses to serve in “illegal Iraq War”
- Politico: New GI bill moves through Congress
- Military Analysts & Pentagon Access: Outreach or Propaganda
- US Defense Dept. to let troops to get security clearances without disclosing psychiatric help
- Time Magazine should be ashamed of itself.
- Even the Coast Guard is out there… Semper Paratus!
- Chinese Spy ‘Slept’ In U.S. for 2 Decades
- United Kingdom - We are not amused…
- Sen. McCain addresses the LA World Affairs Council
- Ma Ying-jeou asks “Hey? Where are the batteries we ordered? All we have here are nuclear missile parts!”
- Why I’ll miss Donald Rumsfeld.
