Monthly Archives: May 2014
How Army Sgt. Berghdal Was Freed; U.S. Paid A High Price For His Release
THE HILL Saturday, May 31, 2014 GOP Lawmakers Blast Obama For Negotiating With Taliban by Kevin Cirilli Top Republicans on the Senate and House Armed Services Committee criticized President Obama on Saturday for negotiating with the Taliban in releasing five Guantanamo Bay prisoners for the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Trading five senior Taliban […]
Army Sgt. Berghdal Relased After Nearly 5yrs. In Captivity In Afghanistan
Secretary’s Remarks: Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl 05/31/2014 01:29 PM EDT Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC May 31, 2014 The responsibility to make sure all of our men and women in uniform return from battle, especially those taken prisoner and held during war, is deeply personal to me as someone […]
Ex-Bush Intelligence Official (R. Clarke) Says POTUS Bush/VPOTUS Cheney/SecDef Rumsfeld Guilty Of War Crimes
Utterly absurd and terribly irresponsible. About the most destructive thing someone of Mr. Clarke’s stature could say. By this same logic, POTUS Obama should be charged with murder for authorizing the assassination/drone strike of an American citizen overseas — who had not be tried, convicted, nor even indicted for crimes against the U.S. This is […]
Eight Ways In Which The U.S. Army Is Strategically Unique
ASHINGTON 5/30/2014 @ 12:36PM 2,452 views Eight Ways In Which The US Army Is Strategically Unique Comment Now Follow Comments http://www.forbes.com/sites/ lorenthompson/2014/05/30/ eight-ways-in-which-the-army- is-strategically-unique/ Loren Thompson I write about national security, especially its business dimensions. full bio → When President Obama addressed the graduating class at West Point on May 28, he was speaking to […]
Chinese General: U.S. Making ‘Important’ Mistakes; Treat China As An Enemy – And It Will Become One
Excerpt: In a clear sign that Chinese officials don’t trust the U.S.’s motives, Gen. Zhu told The Wall Street Journal that the “Chinese are not so stupid” as to believe that Washington wants to work with China, or that the U.S. government is truly neutral when it comes to territorial disputes between China and American […]
Vostok Battalion, A Powerful New Player In Eastern Ukraine
[ rfe/rl banner ] Vostok Battalion, A Powerful New Player In Eastern Ukraine May 30, 2014 by Claire Bigg Rumors that battle-hardened Chechen fighters from Russia’s notorious Vostok Battalion are active in eastern Ukraine have been swirling for weeks. They unexpectedly materialized on May 29 when dozens of heavily armed men identifying themselves as members […]
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