Special to WorldTribune.com by Harlan Ullman April 22nd, 2015 As you know better than anyone, the Department of Defense and the U.S. military are at greater risk today perhaps than at any time since September 11th. The principal threat is not Al Qaida, Da’esh [ISIL] or a resurgent China or Russia although a good part […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Harlan Ullman For those of us old enough to recall the Vietnam War, fact and reality were obscured and mangled by successive White Houses anxious to reach the delusional “light at the end of the tunnel.” Tragically, at the end of the tunnel lay a quagmire that consumed 58,000 American and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Iraq has been grabbing U.S. military surplus ahead of the American withdrawal in late 2011. Officials said the Iraqi military expects to acquire nearly $1 billion of U.S. military surplus by the end of the year. They said the Iraqi Defense Ministry has already agreed to receive more than $300 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has finally reported the size of its military presence in Kuwait. The Defense Department said it was deploying 23,000 American troops in Kuwait. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said those troops would be on alert for any emergency in the region. “We have about 40,000 troops in that […]
Special to WorldTribune.com AMMAN — The West could examine the feasibility of a military operation against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. A senior member of the U.S. Senate raised the prospect of military intervention in Syria. Sen. John McCain, ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, called on the U.S. military to […]