Israel Faces Increasing Danger As Assad Weakens
In July 2011 Israeli President Shimon Peres said that "Assad must go."But Syria's southern neighbor is facing an increasingly dangerous situation on its borders as the rule of Syrian President Bashar...
View ArticleRand Paul Warns Of Unintended Consequences In Iran And Syria
Rand Paul appeared at the Heritage Foundation Wednesday morning to give his break-out speech detailing his vision for American foreign policy.Though the speech lacked in specifics, Paul made some savvy...
View ArticleIran Just Released Classified Footage Decoded From A Captured US Drone
Iran has just released footage that proves it has, if not literally decoded, at least accessed some of the data stored inside the stealthy U.S. RQ-170 drone captured in December 2011.The video, which...
View ArticleObama To Show Lawmakers Secret Legal Memo For Killing Americans With Drones
In a reversal, President Barack Obama will allow lawmakers access to secret documents outlining the legal justification for drone strikes that kill US citizens abroad who conspire with Al-Qaeda.An...
View ArticleIran Walks Away From Nuclear Talks One Day After Agreeing To Begin
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected Thursday a US offer to negotiate one-on-one on Tehran's disputed nuclear programme so long as Washington continues to impose sanctions on...
View ArticleThe US Is Leaving Behind An Unbelievably Corrupt State In Afghanistan
Corruption is still king in Afghanistan, according to a new United Nations report released Thursday, which found over half of all Afghan citizens had paid a bribe to a public official in 2012, paying...
View ArticleSatellite Images Show Israeli Airstrike At Syrian Military Research Facility
The military research facility that Syria said had been hit by an Israeli airstrike last week appears to be largely unscathed while the road next to it appears scorched, according to satellite images...
View ArticleObama's Nominee For CIA Director Is Going To Get Grilled From Both Sides
The release Monday of a secret Justice Department memo outlining the legal case for drone strikes against American citizens is likely to raise some big questions at today's confirmation hearing for...
View ArticleLawyer Sums Up The Enormous Stakes Of The NDAA Indefinite Detention Lawsuit
Hedges v. Obama, the lawsuit challenging the indefinite detention provision of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), continued Wednesday at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second...
View Article14 Things You Should Know About Enlisting In The US Marines
When I first walked into my recruiting office in Bristol, CT, I didn't have a clue what to expect.I had seen military recruiters sometimes at my high school, but hadn't approached them or asked...
View ArticleBizarre Video Shows Syrian Soldiers Dancing To Usher's 'Yeah!' After Battle
A video posted online apparently shows Syrian soldiers Usher’s song “Yeah!” after a battle, according to the Associated Press.In full gear they dance and form a conga line—as smoke billows from a...
View ArticleHave You Been In The Military? We Want To Tell YOUR Story
What are those little nuggets of info that you wished you could have known before you went in — the ones your recruiter forget to mention?What advice would you give your younger self, if you could go...
View ArticleNon-Radical Syrian Rebels Recently Received A Ton Of Foreign Weapons
Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters attempting to overthrow Bashar al-Assad have recently received a big boost in the form of heavy weapons, James Miller of EA WorldView reports.For months foreign...
View ArticleThere's A Good Reason Military Medics Train On Live Animals And NOT Dummies
At some point it came out near certain military bases that the military used live animals to train their Medics and Corpsmen. The resulting response was immediate and visceral. Animal cruelty, was...
View ArticleDaily Show Segment Rails On Absolute Absurdity Of Buying More Tanks
"Sequester" has become the boogie man of the American political body.As a result, Americans in the military, retirees, and Medicare recipients will probably see cuts in their wages or...
View ArticleBing Maps Appear To Show The 'Secret' US Drone Base In Saudi Arabia
Last night Wired's Noah Shachtman published satellite images of a remote airstrip deep in the desert of Saudi Arabia that appears to be an American drone outpost built two years ago to target suspect...
View ArticleThis Before And After Image Of Afghanistan Is Hard To Believe
This image of Afghanistan might be hard to wrap your head around, but it's totally accurate. Prior to three-plus decades of war, Afghanistan, and Kabul in particular, had a pretty solid setup, one that...
View ArticleAstonishing Photos Of Prewar Afghanistan Show Everyday Life In Peaceful Kabul
I found these astonishing images on the web and, having been to Afghanistan, knew I had to post them.Amateur photographer, and college professor, Dr. William Podlich took a leave of absence from his...
View Article29 Pictures Of Marine Drill Instructors Screaming In People's Faces
Every small-town tough guy thinks he'd never take treatment like this.Then when they get down to Parris Island, that small-town tough guy quickly realizes: You will take treatment like this and like...
View ArticleJohn Brennan's Hearing Underscores How Little Oversight There Is On Drones
Despite disappointing many observers, Thursday's confirmation hearing of CIA Director-to-be John Brennan laid bare how much the President's covert drone war operates without oversight.Publicly...
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