Darth Vader: Why I am running for President of the United States of America

By Deathstarpr People of Earth, Your current Presidential candidates have failed me for the last time. Newt Gingrich is promising you a Moon Base by 2020, rather than a moon-sized laser that can destroy planets. Mitt Romney has vowed not to “light his hair on fire” just to rally the conservative base, whilst I have actually been on fire. …

The Navy’s Pacific Problem By Robert Haddick

SmallWarsJournal.com March 30, 2012 This Week at War My Foreign Policy column discusses how Australia will help the U.S. Navy with its challenges in the South China Sea. But the Navy has deeper problems to fix. A March 26, Washington Post article discussed a new expansion of the military relationship between the United States and Australia. According …

Cutting Navy While Obama Pivots To Asia Does Not Add Up

AOL Defense (defense.aol.com) March 30, 2012 By Mackenzie Eaglen You know it's bad when the President's own national security adviser calls the Secretary of Defense over for a meeting at the White House to explain exactly how the administration is "pivoting" to Asia yet shrinking the Navy and the Air Force. But that's what happened …

Real Solutions To Nuclear Deadlock With Iran By Hossein Mousavian

Boston Globe March 31, 2012 Pg. 9 TALKS BETWEEN Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1), scheduled for next month, provide the best opportunity to break the nine-year deadlock over Iran's nuclear program. Going in, the P5+1 members need to know that war or coercion are not the …