The Soldier Returns: The Veteran’s Odyssey
What does America owe its veterans? Perhaps the best answer to this question came from my friend, Julie Ponzi, in response to a review I […]
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What Not to Say to a Veteran
In the run-up to this Veterans Day, David Barno and Nora Bensahel have prepared the memo “How to Talk to a Veteran” at War on […]
Reflections on Terrorism, Dumb and Smart
Peggy Noonan’s observation in the Wall Street Journal that the most recent jihadist mass murderer is “an idiot”—unlike the men who perpetrated 9/11, but like […]
How Bergdahl’s Case Perverts Military Justice
In his 60-year old classic study of U.S. civil-military relations, The Soldier and the State, the late Samuel Huntington observed the traditional attitude of liberal […]
A Danny Deever Do-Over
With apologies to Rudyard Kipling. “What’s on the news this mornin’, Sarge?” said Files-on-Parade.“More signs of the Apocalypse,” his Platoon Sergeant said.“Hey, Sarge, how come […]
China and South Korea Are Screwing Us (Let’s Return the Favor)
President Trump has demanded that China take steps to counter the growing threat on the Korean Peninsula. Beijing, it appears, is finally answering that call, […]
Restoring American Leadership to Beat Back ISIS
The United States has enjoyed a major strategic victory in the seeming endless Global War on Terrorism: the Islamic State has been crushed. Oh, you […]
Fred Fleitz to Lou Dobbs: ‘Tillerson Should be Fired Tomorrow’
Fred Fleitz, who served as John Bolton’s chief of staff at the United Nations during the George W. Bush Administration, joined Fox Business host Lou […]
Kelly Exposes Ugliness on the Left, Limpness on the Right
Once again, the Left—in its frenzy to deploy any weapon at hand to damage President Trump—made the critical mistake of allowing us to peer behind […]
Deregulate Space
America’s foreign policy, unfortunately, seems to be governed by a latent utopianism. The last 17 years have shown the dangers inherent in a starry-eyed approach […]
On the Corruption of the Military Academies
A recent West Point graduate, still serving in the U.S. Army, shocked admirers of the venerable American military academy with his candidly pro-Communist views. How […]