On Oct. 3, an illegal alien truck driver from Canada was caught hauling a shipment of Humvees into northern Maine. They weren't just any Humvees. They were U.S. military Humvees scheduled for delivery from the Texas Army National Guard in Houston to the Maine National...
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Militant Islam Reaches America
Terrorism, in other words, is just one dimension of a war that has many fronts and takes many forms.
Pentagon Jihadis
Islamists who despise America have penetrated U.S. prisons, law enforcement, and armed forces.
P.C. Religious Police vs. America’s Military
There's something terribly wrong when an American soldier overseas can't receive Scriptures in the mail, but a Muslim chaplain can preach freely among al Qaeda and Taliban enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay. This is a story of two soldiers, one Christian, one Muslim....
America’s Military Must Focus on Vital Missions
Even as West African peacekeeping forces began landing in Liberia, the calls for American troops continued. "You Americans alone are the only people who can help us," a fighter with the Liberian president's anti-terrorism unit told The Washington Post. Yet the fact...
Under Siege: The Left’s Assault on America’s Military
Burning American flags and shouting anti-American slogans, hundreds of protesters broke through a fence at a Puerto Rico bombing range two weeks ago, smashing military vehicles with sledgehammers. The purpose of these "playful" citizens was to celebrate the U.S....
Dismantling North Korea’s Nukes
The Bush Administration is right to demand the dismantling, not just the suspension, of North Korea’s nuclear program.
An Idea Not Worth Drafting: Conscription is Slavery
Since the attacks on 9-11, the issue of the draft has sat simmering on the backburner of American politics with intermittent bouts on the front pages of political news. Its latest proponent is Congressman Charles Rangel, a left-darling from New York, whose entire...
Grotesque Cynicism on the Draft
Charles Rangel, a Congressman strongly opposed to the war against Iraq, is introducing legislation to bring back the draft. How can this be? Ultraliberal congressmen like Rangel quite openly loathe the military, just like our former President Clinton once admitted....
A Veteran Comments on Re-instating the Military Draft
There can never be a national emergency that legitimizes the violation of individual rights.
North Korea Building Nuclear Bombs? Perish the Thought
Our leaders express incredible shock that North Korea is building nuclear bombs. This emotion of shock betrays the reasons why we have the whole problem with terrorism in the first place. We are victims of terrorism because too many of us -- and all of our leaders --...
Honor Veterans, Rebuff Sacrifice
As a former captain in the US Army, I can attest that I never encountered anyone who joined because of some masochistic yearning to transform himself into a sacrificial animal.
God Bless Our Assassins, Commandos and Bombs
In the past few weeks radical Muslims have attacked again, including a bombing of a French ship, a bombing that killed hundreds--mostly Australians--in Indonesia, bombings in the Philippines, and possibly a bombing of a Moscow McDonald's restaurant. The director of...
The Battle of Environmentalists versus the US Military
As America's military deploys troops, armor, planes and ordinance to bases in the Middle East surrounding Iraq, they will do so after years of fending off another kind of attack, one by the massed forces of environmental organizations that have done everything in...
The Purpose of the Draft is Not a Strong Military
Senior military officers are opposing bringing back the military draft. They point out that today's military is so high-tech and complex that an all-volunteer, trained force is superior. For years, in fact, many military leaders have observed that motivated recruits...
The Media and the Military
Vice President Dick Cheney's speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars on the need to end Saddam Hussein's terrorist regime in Iraq was a much-needed dose of cold, hard reality. Those who are wringing their hands over the possibility of a pre-emptive strike against Iraq...
American Taliban: No Excuse for Treason — But No Accountability Either
According to U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft, in reference to John Walker Lindh, the treasonous American Taliban fighter: "We may never know why he turned his back on our country and our values, but we cannot ignore that he did … Youth is not absolution for...
Protect National Security and Individual Rights with Military Tribunals
On September 11th, Americans found their nation under attack. Terrorists hijacked civilian airliners, turned them into missiles, and used them to kill thousands of innocent Americans--men, women and children--as well as people from dozens of nations. Today, three...
The Military Draft and Draft Registration Versus Freedom
No organization has done more for the federal government than al Qaeda. What other group could free it of so much restraint? Our elected officials swear to support and defend the U. S. Constitution as part of their oath of office. We, the people, through the...
Debunking the Cliches of Pacifism
To the pacifist, attacker and victim are moral equals.
A Kindler, Gentler…Less-Fit Military
Walk, don't run. That's an order for the service men and women of U.S. Southern Command headquarters in Miami. Their weekly fitness runs were terminated this past August when a female officer claimed they were "demeaning." According to media reports, the officer...
Justice and Self-Defense: On a Military Response to Terrorist Attacks
The case for large-scale, decisive US military action in response to the Sept. 11th massacres is two-fold: justice and self-defense. Justice consists of treating people as they deserve. It is exercised by rewarding and encouraging the good in others and by punishing...
Letters: “Innocents” of War new!
The so-called "innocents" of war Nobody now can rationally believe that Islamic terrorists will not use weapons of mass destruction against innocent people, weapons they have been busy acquiring. Terrorism of this magnitude will remain a serious threat as long as...
The U.S. Needs to Stop Arming and Training China’s Military
Part of the reason U.S. military leaders give away too much is naiveté, not disloyalty. Part of the explanation for such actions is this romantic sense of wanting to give China something in the hopes of developing a friendship. People do really dumb things.
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