Category: National Security & Defense
Stratfor on the Rumsfeld Resignation and Iraq
Nov 9th
Back to Iraq
By George Friedman, Stratfor
The midterm congressional elections have given the Democrats control of the U.S. House of Representatives. It is possible -- as of this writing, on Wednesday afternoon -- that the Senate could also go to the… more »
Rumsfeld is gone, replaced by Gates
Nov 8th
President Bush is announcing that Robert Gates, former CIA director, will replace Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense.
I believe that if this announcement had been 3 days ago, the Republicans would still have control of the Senate. more »
John Kerry sticks his foot in it again
Oct 31st
Update: After hearing Kerry's explanation that it was a botched joke, and that he meant to say that President Bush didn't make the most of his education and therefore "got us stuck" in Iraq, I actually believe Kerry that that's what he intended to say.… more »
British General: Get out of Iraq ASAP
Oct 13th
I hate to say it, but he seems more right every day...
The new head of the British army said in an interview that the presence of British soldiers in Iraq may be making the situation worse rather than better at this point. There is much more in the i… more »
The Kosovo Beach Boys
Oct 11th
OK, I know Kosovo is very old news by now, but thanks to Robert for sending along this video which is too good to be missed:
Click HERE to get a music video lesson on geopolitics more »
William F. Buckley takes on the Armed Services Committee
Sep 19th
Thanks to Christopher for this link...
William F. Buckley tackles a similar question to my controversial article of a few days ago. You can read Buckley, and the comments on his article, here:
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=… more »
Fascinating response to Armed Services Committee article
Sep 16th
Yesterday I wrote an article about the Senate Armed Service Committee's decision to pass a bill giving more protection and rights to terrorist captives than I believe they deserve.
The article was picked up by RealClearPolitics.com which does not (pro… more »
Armed Services Committe makes fundamental error
Sep 15th
see "Senate Committee Rebuffs Bush on Terror Tribunals" (Bloomberg News, 9/15/06)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aEtzMJJC_aKw
I have been a critic of President Bush's attitude surrounding executive power in the context of the… more »
