The Georgraphy of Jihad: The Role of Missile Terrorism
by Peter Huessy In 2012, Robert Kaplan wrote in the “The Revenge of Geography” that countries of the “Heartland” and “Rimland”, stretching from North Korea southward through South Asia and…
The Budget Caps and America’s Security Needs
by Peter Huessy The President’s Fiscal Year 2016 Budget makes a defense spending request that exceeds the Budget Control Act (BCA) spending cap for FY16 by $35 billion with a…
Playing at Nuclear Roulette
by Peter Huessy The President’s defense budget has been submitted to Congress and at $585 billion is getting a lot of attention. One area of controversy is the nuclear modernization…
China’s Secret Strategy Exposed
Beijing Plots to Surpass U.S. in Coming Decades by Bill Gertz • The Washington Free Beacon China launched a secret 100-year modernization program that deceived successive…
Nuclear Talks with Iran to Fail
by Lawrence A. Franklin The Obama Administration’s efforts to negotiate a verifiable agreement with Iran which would limit the Islamic Republic’s capability to develop a nuclear weapon — will fail—because of…
Blowing Holes in the Nuclear Deterrent
by Peter Huessy The President’s budget will be submitted to Congress this week and the annual Department of Defense (DOD) budget at $585 billion is sure to get a lot…
The United States of ‘American Sniper’
Liberals’ criticism of my SEAL teammate Chris Kyle has had the ironic effect of honoring him. By Rorke Denver • The Wall Street Journal ‘American Sniper,”…
Why Netanyahu Is Right to Go Around Obama To Congress
by Marc A. Thiessen • The Washington Post Do they talk this way about Iranian President Hassan Rouhani? After learning that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
Iran, Obama, Boehner and Netanyahu
By Caroline Glick • RealClearPolitics Iran has apparently produced an intercontinental ballistic missile whose range far exceeds the distance between Iran and Israel, and between Iran…
Bergdahl to Be Charged With Desertion
In 2009 Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl left his unit without permission and was captured by the Taliban. Bergdahl was held for five years until President Obama traded five high ranking Taliban…
To Call This Threat by Its Name
By Marine Le Pen • The New York Times “To misname things is to add to the world’s unhappiness.” Whether or not Albert Camus really did…
Nuclear Coercion
by Peter Huessy Cutting $70 billion over the next ten years from America’s nuclear deterrent is the goal of a number of proponents of global zero. The cut would be…
Obama: Charlie Who?
by Charles Krauthammer • The Washington Post On Sunday, at the great Paris rally, the whole world was Charlie. By Tuesday, the veneer of solidarity was…
Nylons for Nothing in Cuba
by Charles Krauthammer • Washington Post There’s an old Cold War joke — pre-pantyhose — that to defeat communism we should empty our B-52 bombers of…
Cyber Terrorism is Terrorism
by George Landrith The White House has called the North Korean cyber-attack on Sony an act of vandalism. This entirely misses the point. Vandalism is typically limited to…