By GOPUSA Staff May 25, 2013 7:40 am Last week, Barack Obama put the military to use by having a Marine shield him from the rain by holding an umbrella. Obama’s lack of respect was extended when he ignored the traditional salute as he boarded the Marine One helicopter. Someone obviously had to remind him […]
Pat Benic/UPI/Newscom Today, President Obama acknowledged the myriad terrorist threats around the world during his remarks at the National Defense University. Yet his description was much rosier than reality: “Today, the core of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan is on a path to defeat.” That point is debatable by itself, but it more importantly glosses […]
Andrew Burton/Reuters/Newscom In light of a recently overturned guilty verdict in a sexual assault case, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has called on Congress to modify the military criminal justice system, specifically this authority to overturn a court-martial. Appropriately, an independent review panel has been established to review the issue of sexual assault in the […]
How many Americans have heard of Extortion 17? Extortion 17 was the call sign for the Chinook helicopter shot down in Afghanistan on the night of August 6, 2011. Killed in that crash were 25 special ops forces, including 15 members of Seal Team 6, 5 national Guard troops and 8 Afghans. Today, the families […]
Even though he is the commander in chief, there are some orders that even President Obama cannot give – as he found out today, much to the chagrin of a put-upon U.S. Marine. Hosting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Rose Garden, the president requested a standing Marine to open an umbrella and […]
A little over a month after the September 11, 2012 attacks in Benghazi, that left four Americans dead, then CIA Director David Petraeus denied that the CIA issued any type of stand down orders to those requesting to assist in Benghazi, leaving only one person that could have given such an order, Obama! This came as it […]
The Pentagon has redesigned its biggest “bunker buster” bomb with more advanced features intended to enable it to destroy Iran’s most heavily fortified and defended nuclear site, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. U.S. officials see development of the weapon as critical to convincing Israel that the U.S. has the ability to prevent Iran […]
Israel bombs Syrian Missiles Earmarked for Hezbollah. New York Times coverage lays out what was believed hit. An American official, who asked not to be identified because he was discussing intelligence reports, said the targeted shipment consisted of Iranian-made Fateh-110s — a mobile, accurate, solid-fueled missile that has the range to strike Tel Aviv and […]
A series of explosions were heard in Damascus overnight Saturday, as the official Syrian news agency SANA claimed that Israel carried out a rocket attack on the Jamraya scientific research center in Damascus. The agency did not say whether there were any wounded or dead. Syrian television said “the Israeli attack aims at loosening the […]
Last month, Pentagon officials met with an activist committed to removing Christianity from the U.S. military. Michael “Mikey” Weinstein, the head of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, has called the practice of Christians in the service sharing their faith “spiritual rape.” He has also led efforts to remove Bibles from lodging affiliated with the U.S. […]
