Iran And Taliban Missiles

Photo: SA-14 Gremlin From The Captain's Journal: In July 2007 the Washington Times reported that the Taliban first used missiles agains...

Russia - China Relations (Video)

Some interesting comments on todays Russian - Chinese relations. (Hat Tip Worldwide War Pigs )

Radical Jihadists Are Now Quoting West Point And The Rand Corporation

Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi Credentials Challenged, Radical Quotes West Point -- New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — He has been mentor to some of ...

Sri Lanka War News Updates -- May 1, 2009

Displaced Sri Lankans watched the British and French foreign ministers arrive for talks Wednesday at a camp in Chettikulam. Pedro Ugarte/Age...

Japan And China Making Historic Amends, One Humdrum Trip At A Time

China's President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People i...

Right Attitude, Wrong Tool

"The National Parks Service has announced it will not challenge a court order that temporarily stops the late-term Bush administration ...

Iraq War News Updates -- April 31, 2009

Empire On The Run: Welcome To The U.S. Embassy In Baghdad -- Danger Room Walking into the brand-new dining facility on the grounds of the U....

ABC News Outs The "Architects" For The CIA's Waterboarding And Interrogation Techniques

Photos: Psychologists Bruce Jessen, left, and Jim Mitchell shaped the CIA's interrogation program of al Qaeda detainees, including Abu ...

U.S. Government Groping Toward A Cyber Warfare Doctrine

From Westhawk: Monday’s New York Times had an extensive article about the cyber warfare threats the U.S. faces. The article went on to discu...

Panel Advises Clarifying U.S. Plans On Cyberwar

From New York Times: The United States has no clear military policy about how the nation might respond to a cyberattack on its communication...

The Real Culture War Is Over Capitalism -- A Commentary

From Wall Street Journal: Tea parties, 'ethical populism,' and the moral case against redistribution. Read more .There is a major cu...

How To Shrink American Power -- A Commentary

From Commentary Magazine: As President of the United States, it is not overly difficult to be liked, if that is what you want. The way you ...

Nicholas Schmidle On How To Save Pakistan -- A Commentary

A Pakistani police officer, taking shelter behind an armored vehicle, aimed his weapon at demonstrators in Islamabad on Friday. Emilio Moren...

World News Briefs -- April 30, 2009

A 2008 Chrysler Sebring, left, sits on the lot of a Benton, Ark., Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep dealership Thursday, April 30, 2009. Chrysler will fil...

Dark Clouds Forming Over Lebanon

Shiite women carry pictures of Lebanese Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, national flags as well as flags (yellow) of the militant group dur...

Petraeus: Next Two Weeks Critical To Pakistan's Survival

Click To Enlarge From FOX News: Gen. David Petraeus said he is looking for concrete action by the Pakistani government to destroy the Taliba...

Wide Spread Support For Missile Defense

(Click the Above Image to Enlarge) IBD/TIPP Poll: Strong Support From Left, Right And Center For Missile Defense -- IBDeditorials With Iran ...

Afghanistan War News Updates -- April 30, 2009

Toby Keith performs an acoustic show in Afghanistan for some 350 troops at on Forward Operating Base #1, April 23, 2009. USO Courtesy photo ...

Killing Machine Rampage Terrorizes Public!

Four people were killed and more than a dozen wounded on Thursday when a driver hurtled his car into a crowd at a parade, narrowly missing a...

The Trademark Smell of Marijuana

Hey, then they ought to be able to calibrate it to pick up the trademark smell of gunpowder too, right? [ More ] All us "conservatives...

We're the Only Ones "Faces of Death" Enough

The picture shows the lifeless body of an 18-year-old Orange County girl named Nikki Catsouras , who was killed in a devastating car crash o...

Not Like There are Any...

...dots to connect... [ More ]

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...

BRITAIN appears to be evolving into the first modern soft totalitarian state. As a sometime teacher of political science and international l...

Beyond Waterboarding: What Interrogators Can Still Do

Brennan Linsley / Pool /Getty From Time Magazine: Waterboarding? Hasn't been used in years. Walling, stress positions, abdominal slaps? ...

A Real Non-Starter

Should schools ban starter's pistol? They don't fire bullets, but deadly symbolism triggers call to keep them out of high school tra...

OK Full Auto Shoot

It's almost a year old, but this is fun to watch. [ More ] I wish more reporters would just get into the spirit of why people are there ...

CUM ULLA SELLA IN PUGNO...CRUISE SHIP?

A British vacationer is being hailed a hero after he thwarted gun-toting pirates attacking a cruise ship — by throwing a deck chair at them....

Everybody Benefits from Gun Sales

Even the local rescue mission! [ More ] [Via Avg Joe ]

Party in the Park

Ohioans for Concealed Carry is having one in July. Click here for details .

Coincidence?

Elizabeth Edwards writes in a new memoir that news of her husband's affair made her vomit in a bathroom. [ More ] And the AP lead says...

The Decline Of The British Military

Gordon Brown Launches Another Assault on Britain’s Defenses -- Heritage Foundation Last week, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair D...

We're the Only Ones "Sexy Time!" Enough

A New York City police officer accused of raping an intoxicated woman after helping her home “had sexual intercourse with the physically hel...

Pentagon's Quadrennial Defense Review Is About To Begin

Secretary Of Defense Robert Gates Gates's Next Lever To Reshape The Pentagon: QDR -- Christian Science Monitor This week, the Defense De...

My Comment is Awaiting Moderation

I've had two people independently contact me to tell me to approach Bitter in private about this. Nuts to that. I decided posting a ...

Threeperwear Back in Stock

Patches, I'm dependin' on you, son. Click here for details .

Nato 'Expels Russian Diplomats'

From The BBC: Russia has confirmed Nato has expelled two of its diplomats from Brussels, reportedly in retaliation for a spy scandal involvi...

We're the Only Ones Escorting You Enough

Ship operators should instead explore non-lethal solutions, said Jeff Pierce , Washington-based executive director of Maritime Police Intern...

New York 'Gun Day' Showcases False Crime-Fighting Promises

So with people worried about things like...uh...basic survival, and their "leaders" looking for new ways to wring even more out of...

This Day in History: April 30

I want to form a Company for my Guard. In doing this I wish to be extremely cautious; because it is more than probable, that in the Course o...

Britain Ends Military Operations In Iraq -- News Updates

British Forces End Combat Operations In Iraq -- The Telegraph British Forces have formally ended combat operations in Iraq today in a move t...

Is America Deserting Its Allies In Lebanon?

The explosion that killed former Lebanese Premier Rafiq Hariri in Beirut, 2005. (Photo from Slate ) Is This The Price Of America's New F...

Ridding Somalia Of Pirates: Hard Choices For The West

Kenyan authorities escort a suspected pirate from the French frigate Nivose, part of the European Union's anti-piracy naval mission off ...

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 30, 2009

According to John Young, the undersecretary of Defense for acquisitions, technology and logistics, the Army and Air Force are not talking to...

Report: Russia Set To Test New Ballistic Missiles

From MSNBC: Submarine-launched weapon has capacity for up to six nuclear warheads. MOSCOW - Russia will conduct at least five test launches ...

A Leaner, Meaner Russian Army

From Foreign Policy Blog: As I mentioned in the Morning Brief today, the Russian army is planning to fire an astonishing 35,000 officers thi...

Jihad Terrorist Camps In America?

Photo: James Ujaama, once of Seattle, told of training. In Conspiracy Trial, Dark Tale Emerges Of Jihad Training -- Seattle Times Speaking ...

Thailand Vows No Interference In Extradition Case

Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout walks back to the court cell at criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand after a hearing on extradition t...

Military Embraces Green Energy

A dome shelter at Ft. Irwin draws power from solar panels and a wind turbine. The Army is experimenting with alternative ways to power the M...