National Defense Examiner

Obama plan would put vets healthcare onto vets backs

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:21:37 -0700

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Obama Afghan strategy shift has been tried

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:22:02 -0700

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Webcam brings deployed airman into delivery room

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:54:56 -0700

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The $81 Billion fill-up

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:46:15 -0700

I have to share this report from WWMT. And they say credit is short these days.This guy got an $81 Billion dollar credit card charge for filling up his camaro.According to this report, he called customer support and they argued wth him...fi...

WaPo feels the love for suicide bomber

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:27:32 -0700

Oh, if only this Washington Post article had come out a week ago. It is better suited for a Valentine's Day card than for journalism. The Post begins with a harlequinesque description of the manly lead:"The scraggly beard that his young son...

Fox News personality smeared by NBC reporter?

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:23:42 -0700

A You Tube video reportedly showing Fox News personality John Gibson making a racist comment has turned out to be a hoax. There is a strong reason to believe that the person who planted the video is shockingly, another reporter. The video that spread...

Flaws in WaPo published Afghan study

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:10:56 -0700

Photo US ArmyThe Washington Post has published an interesting review of the situation in Afghanistan. Journalist Peter Bergen, best known for interviewing Usama bin Laden, and Katherine Tiedemann of the New American Foundation produced a collage of g...

New Brit sniper rifle bad news for Taliban

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:54:15 -0700

Photo from British MoD websiteFound at Hotair.com:A new british sniper rifle is being used in Afghanistan. The British Ministry of Defense has invited in the press to show off the new weapon.From The Daily Mail:British Army snipers call it 'the Silen...

Terrorism victim's mother responds to Obama Gitmo order (video)

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 07:49:15 -0700

Mother of USS Cole victim declines an offer to meet with the president.

Bush and Iraq: Strategic blunder or historical greatness?

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:15:03 -0700

Photo US Army Seeing and reading the media blitz of inconsequential and historically inaccurate obituaries of the Bush Administration (particularly the smarmy vitriol from the pathetic hosts at MSNBC) has got my blood boiling. Here are som...

Tough times for al Qaeda

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:29:21 -0700

Photo US Army3rd SF group The Washington Times is reporting that al Qaeda has experienced several key setbacks lately. According to CIA Director Michael Hayden, Pakistan's frontier region has become neither "safe nor a haven" for al Qa...

Brookings study shows Gitmo inmates are threat

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:03:10 -0700

A new report from liberal leaning Brookings Institute shows that the remaining Guantanamo Bay detention facility inmates are truly dangerous men. The report is dated December 16th, 2008 and breaks down the current inmates into categories. (note: thes...

Questions arise over Army War College curriculum

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:55:24 -0700

Patrick Poole writes for Pajama's Media that military analysts are alarmed over a lack of instruction in Islamic jihadi motivation at the Army War College. I have no first hand knowledge of what is happening there, but if this is true the oversight n...

Afghan women fight the Taliban by voting

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:23:57 -0700

Photo by USAIDThe UK Sun provides a rare point of view for western media: success and courage in Afghanistan. Many American left-wing newspapers rush to portray every setback as a defeat. Use a search engine and query the words “Taliban” ...

Battle heroism finally recognized by the media

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:24:03 -0700

Maybe because of the election of President (elect) Obama the media feels it is finally time to actually report on the unparalleled bravery of our troops. The Washington Post describes a Special Forces raid in Afghanistan which turned into a...