Chuck Yeager, a great American hero, died this week at age 97. He resided in Grass Valley, California. Yeager is best known for being the first person to break the sound barrier. He was a major character in Tom Wolfe’s 1979 classic, The Right Stuff. Indeed, Wolfe...
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin: A Certain Kind of Diversity
Originally appeared at ScheerPost America’s first black presumptive secretary of defense grew up in the same town – Thomasville, GA – as the first black West Point graduate, Henry O. Flipper. I actually took select cadets from my civil rights history class to visit...
‘Long Live the (Dead) Peace Process’: Abbas Prioritizes US Ties over Palestinian National Unity
No one seemed as excited about the election of Joe Biden being the next President of the United States as Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas. When all hope seemed lost, where Abbas found himself desperate for political validation and funds, Biden arrived...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Five Killed in Attacks
There Ain’t No Such Thing as a ‘Must-Pass’ Bill
“Congress,” The Hill reports, “is barreling toward a veto showdown with President Trump over the mammoth must-pass annual defense policy bill.” At issue: The annual National Defense Authorization Act, which as usual has little to do with actual...
President-Elect Biden Should Reset Relations with Cuba
For someone so disparaging of "losers" President Donald Trump certainly has a lot of losing policies. His reliance on sanctions to inflict "maximum pressure" has failed everywhere. Yet the administration continues to double down on this losing...
Iraq Daily Roundup: 12 Killed; Kurdistan Protest Violence Continues
In regards, to escalating protests in Kurdistan, Iraqi President Barham Salih called on government bodies to end corruption and respect the demands of protesters. The president’s statement comes after demonstrations turned into deadly riots in Iraqi Kurdistan. As in...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Three Killed; Kurdistan Protests Turn Deadly
Michèle Flournoy Reveals Why US Troops May Stay in Afghanistan Indefinitely
Reprinted from Project on Defense Alternatives with permission. Commentary on “Ending Our Endless War in Afghanistan: Washington Perspectives on a US-Taliban Agreement” – A US Institute of Peace panel w/ Michèle Flournoy and Stephen Hadley, February 18, 2020 In...
From the Forever Wars to the Cataclysmic Wars
Originally posted at TomDispatch. You may have noticed those U.S. aircraft carrier task forces repeatedly entering the South China Sea to challenge Beijing or the increased arms sales to Taiwan and the special visits high Trump administration officials have paid to...


