military
President Trump’s Cross of Iron
On Wednesday, United States President Donald Trump declared in a post at Truth Social that he has determined the military budget for the next fiscal year should be hiked to 1.5 trillion dollars. A Thursday Reuters article by Costas Pitas and Andrea Shalal quantifies...
A Christmas Gift to the War Machine
Late last week, Congress passed and President Trump signed the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The bill marks the first time the US military budget officially passed the one trillion dollar mark. Of course, when you add in other military-related...
The Constitution vs. the Commander-in-Chief: The Duty to Disobey Unlawful Orders
Every military servicemember’s oath is a pledge to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. It is not an oath to a politician. It is not an oath to a party. And it is not an oath to the police state. Yet what happens when those same men and...
Trump Has Gone Too Far With Threats Against Our Former Military Personnel
President Donald Trump threatens to hang military officers who have the audacity to tell their troops not to obey unlawful orders. Trump called them ‘traitors’ and suggested they be locked up. The president just crossed the Rubicon. Formerly his language was amusing...
Generals Gathered in Their Masses…
On Tuesday we observed one of the strangest spectacles of our time. President Trump and his "Secretary of War," Pete Hegseth, called a mandatory meeting of all the top brass in the US military. Some 800+ general officers, admirals, and the like gathered at Marine...
Is The Ukraine Money Game Finally Over?
A Worrisome Pledge to Substantially Increase US ‘Defense’ Spending
Big news out of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) meeting this week is member governments agreeing to a declaration stating they each “commit to invest 5 percent of GDP annually on core defence requirements as well as defence-and security-related spending...
Bankruptcy: House Republicans MASSIVELY Increase Military Spending Bill
Disaster in the Making: Secretary of State Rubio Proclaims the US Should Spend Five Percent of GDP on ‘Defense’
Since his first term, we have grown used to President Donald Trump badgering governments of fellow NATO countries to increase their “defense” spending to five percent of their respective GDPs. Quote marks are used in the preceding sentence because such spending by...
$1 Trillion Military Budget Coming? Watch The Demise of the Fake Economic System
Trump Is Right – Cut Everything, Even Bloated Defense Budget
Don't miss John Duncan, Jr. at the Ron Paul Institute Spring Conference! President Trump made a very strong statement on Feb. 13 which will be revolutionary in nature if he can carry it out. He said there is no reason that we should be spending a trillion dollars a...
DOGE Versus DoD: Pop Some Popcorn!
The Cost of Freedom: Confronting Military-Industrial Profiteering and Restoring Fiscal Integrity to Preserve Our Republic
Our government is drowning in multi-trillion-dollar financial corruption and debt while a fear-peddling national security state has reached deeply into the personal lives of each and every American, justifying its existence through endless wars cooked up by a deep...
The State of Western Warcraft
In early 2023, the head of the US European Command and Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, General Christopher Cavoli, remarked, "precision can beat mass."1 This is true; precision can beat mass. But some countries now have the capability to render...
The Case For Radical Changes In US National Defense, With Guest Col. Douglas Macgregor
The Draft Is Antithetical to Liberty, Even if It Is Never Used
Fall may finally have arrived in DC, but one discussion that never seems out of season is pontificating on a need for a return of military conscription. While the leaves may have turned, the substance of the case from those who advocate for conscription...
US Military to Leave Iraq
In August, the news arrived that United States military forces and assets had been removed from Niger. Writing about this development, I opined on August 6 that “the US would be well served to start initiating the withdrawal of its military from many additional...
The US Military Has Vacated Its Niger Bases
In April, I wrote about the United States government agreeing to remove its troops from Niger after, a month earlier, the new government of Niger demanded this action. Here is an update. On Monday, the US Department of Defense and Niger Ministry of National Defense...
Running On Empty: 70% Of F-35s ‘Not Combat Capable’?
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