Japan Leaves the War on Terror
Today, the vessels of Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Forces are serving proudly in the U.S.-led Maritime Intercept Operations, along with the navies of seven other nations. Tokyo’s role has been...
View ArticleOverseeing Contractors
It’s good news that Secretary of Defense Bob Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have agreed that the armed forces will supervise all security contractors operating in Iraq, including those...
View ArticleZero Military Contractors = 100,000 More Troops
The New York Times today continues a long tradition of moral preening in its editorials without spelling out the practical consequences of the actions it advocates. I refer to the editorial calling on...
View ArticleCuba Prisoner Release
Regarding Cuba’s announcement that it will release 52 political prisoners, the Washington Post editors explain: [T]here should be no illusions that this gesture augurs fundamental political change on...
View ArticleRE: JFCOM to Be Shut Down?
Max raises important issues with Secretary Gates’s new proposal to shutter Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) in southeastern Virginia. I’m not convinced that Gates thinks JFCOM’s job can be done without...
View ArticleStinting on Defense
Talk about cognitive dissonance. On the one hand, President Obama is stumping for a new round of economic stimulus amounting to $180 billion in business tax breaks and infrastructure spending. On the...
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