Oct 14 2009

Barack the Magic Statesman

Thank goodness we have such an eloquent spokesman for America’s foreign policy! At last, we see the brave new world of hope and change wrought by Barack H. Obama. (And it has such people in it.)
Now that he has, for all practical purposes, taken off the table any military action against Iran — [...]

Sep 17 2009

A Curious Justification

During a press briefing on Thursday, President Obama explained his administration’s decision to cancel the deployment of land-based missile defense systems in Eastern Europe this way:

“…we have updated our intelligence assessment of Iran’s missile programs, which emphasizes the threat posed by Iran’s short and medium range missiles, which are [...]

Aug 14 2009

The East Is Red, Or It Will Be Soon

DOD Buzz’s Greg Grant reports that “for all the talk about irregular and hybrid warfare, the driving force in the QDR strategic review currently underway is the High End Asymmetric Threat, or HEAT, team.” That would be the folks studying how the Red Chinese will go about keeping the U.S. Navy and Air Force from [...]