Category: Military
‘Peril’ Authors Defend JCS Chairman: Those Criticizing Gen. Milley for Treason ‘Owe Him an Apology’
The Washington Post reporters who reported the activities of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the dark days following the deadly January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol Building as part of their new book are publicly defending the military chief.
Sen. Murphy: We Probably Should Have Started Evacuation Earlier
A key Democratic senator who has been one of the most stalwart defenders of President Biden's handling of the events in Afghanistan is willing to acknowledge that the one thing that the US government could have done differently is perhaps begin the evacuations of US and Afghan citizens sooner.
‘It’s Time to Bring Our Troops Home’
President Biden has announced that he is ordering the full withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, in time for the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks, which began the US invasion and its longest war in that fraught Middle Eastern nation.
Calif. Congressman: ‘I Fully Support D.C. Statehood’
A senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee has gone national with his support for statehood for the District of Columbia.
‘We Want Our Troops Home, But Let’s Not Bring Them Home in Body Bags’
President Donald Trump's 11th-hour move to drawdown US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq drew swift and bipartisan condemnation.
Blowback on The Atlantic (Piece): Claims Fit a ‘Pattern of Behavior’
The new report published by The Atlantic that Donald Trump's denigrated US military veterans has brought out full denials and reprisals from Trump and his administration. But the reporting behind the piece has been defended in equally strong terms.
Bolton Says Russia Controversy Highlights Trump’s ‘Lack of Interest in Intelligence’
Donald Trump's emergent scandal in which Russian operatives apparently paid Afghan insurgents bounties to kill US troops in Afghanistan while Trump allegedly did nothing to stop it is due to his general lack of interest in intelligence, according to a White House national security adviser who served Trump.
‘You Can Pick the Side of U.S. Troops or You Can Pick the Side of Vladimir Putin’
Donald Trump's trouble is deepening over allegations that he had been briefed about Russian operatives paying Afghan insurgents bounties to kill US troops.
With Firing Which Put ‘Politics Above Force Protection,’ Capt. Crozier Backed as Next Navy Sec’y
The dismissal of an American Naval aircraft carrier captain for trying to get the word out about the spread of the novel coronavirus among his crew, reeks of the politics of pleasing Donald Trump, according to some analysts.
U.S. Military Still Able to Defend Nation During Coronavirus, Retired Marine Corps Colonel Says
The US military is still in a position to defend the nation despite the country being caught up in the midst of the novel coronavirus outbreak and COVID-19 pandemic, according to a former senior Marine Corps officer.
