By Mackenzie Eaglen For the men and women of the U.S. Air Force, March 2011—while slightly different than the NCAA men's division I basketball championship—is also known as "March Madness." Why? Because for the first time, according to the Pentagon’s Transportation Command chief, every combatant commander had a priority one mission requiring the help of …
Heart Of Darkness By Maureen Dowd
Washington -- When the gentleman from North Carolina mentioned “Uncle Chang,” it hit with an awkward clang. “We are spending $10 billion a month that we can’t even pay for,” said Congressman Walter Jones, that rarest of birds, a Southern Republican dove. “The Chinese — Uncle Chang is lending us the money to pay that …
Time To Consider An Iran With The Bomb
Washington Post March 20, 2012 Pg. 15 Fine Print By Walter Pincus Which would be worse if sanctions and diplomacy fail: the aftermath of an Israeli or U.S. attack on Iran to set back its nuclear program, or the Tehran regime having the bomb? Of course, one hopes the sanctions/diplomacy route succeeds. But what if …
Bill Would Strengthen New GI Bill By Tom Philpott
Newport News Daily Press March 19, 2012 Military Update What if the military gave every service member an expensive car as a reward for honorable service, but they could take delivery only at night and the headlights didn't work? Many of those gift cars might end up damaged. Something similar is happening to thousands of …
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Falling In And Out Of War By Bill Keller
New York Times March 19, 2012 Pg. 21 WHEN you've been wrong about something as important as war, as I have, you owe yourself some hard thinking about how to avoid repeating the mistake. And if that's true for a mere kibitzing columnist, it's immeasurably more true for those in a position to actually start …
My Lai Revisited After Afghanistan Massacre
Newsweek March 26, 2012 When a shooter goes mad: The U.S. soldiers in My Lai got off easy. But America has changed. The alleged killer in Kandahar won't be so lucky. By Stephen L. Carter On March 16, 1968, two platoons of American soldiers arrived at the hamlet of My Lai, in the district known …
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Your Next Chief
When Gen. Norton Schwartz steps down this summer, one of these candidates will become… By Jeff Schogol An Air Force Academy graduate with more than 3,400 flight hours who flew both F-16s and A-10s and served under Defense Secretary Leon Panetta when he was head of the CIA has emerged as the likely next Air …
Stress Of Combat Reaches Drone Crews
Los Angeles Times March 18, 2012 Physically they may be thousands of miles from Iraq or Afghanistan. Psychologically, they're on the ground with troops. The disconnect, and the sense of helplessness, take a toll. By David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times Reporting from Washington--Drone crews protect U.S. ground troops by watching over them 24 hours a …
China’s Military-Industrial Complex Grows
Stars and Stripes March 18, 2012 Pg. 20 From Norwegian Coast Guard to Israeli drone technicians, buildup produces 8 surprising winners. By Trefor Moss, Foreign Policy Even by the hot-money standards of China's economy, defense is an exceptionally lucrative growth industry. The country's 11.2 percent defense budget increase announced March 4, which gives the People's …
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Is A Solid Understanding of History Even Important?
Obama Flubs U.S. History -- Again By Carl M. Cannon (Bloggers note: not a political statement, but interesting from a novice historian's point of view, I am sure there are several GOP instances as well...my plea...please study your history) He wasn't born in Kenya, and he attended some of this country's finest schools, but as …
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