By Alan Caruba The author of “1984”, George Orwell, once said, “The quickest way to end a war is to lose it.” In the preamble to the U.S. Constitution, among the priorities listed is to “provide for the common defense” of the nation. After having fought a six-year war during the Revolution and replaced the…
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The American Way of War
By Alan Caruba The U.S. military has been in Afghanistan since shortly after September 11, 2001. That’s eleven years and it is longer than the time spent in Vietnam, though with less casualties. We invaded Iraq twice, once to drive Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait after he invaded in 1990 and then, in 2003 to…
America Commits Suicide
By Alan Caruba I had hoped that the majority of voters would elect Mitt Romney, but instead of a man of character they chose charisma. They ignored four years of failure and deception. In advertising, they say “Sell the sizzle, not the steak.” Romney, sadly, lacked sizzle. Obama’s victory was one of a long line…
Destroying Our Military from Within
Destroying Our Military from Within By Alan Caruba “Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.” — Ronald Reagan If you want to know how President Obama feels about the U.S. military, consider that in all the years since D-Day 1945 there have been three occasions when…
The 2012 Check List for America’s Survival
By Alan Caruba Many people make resolutions to start the year, but I think a list of things that must be done to protect and preserve the Republic should be tallied. 1. President Obama must be defeated in 2012 and the obstructionist Democratic Party must lose power in the Senate to ensure both houses of…
Defense-Less
By Alan Caruba As bad as the present financial crisis is, how much worse would it be if the enemies of the United States of America, emboldened by a smaller Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, decided that they could engage in military aggression against their neighbors with impunity? Or worse. With time out…
Jihad is Forever
By Alan Caruba Americans greeted news of Osama bin Laden’s death with a celebration of the payback it represents for the deaths of nearly 3,000 Americans on September 11, 2001. As former Vice President Dick Cheney said on hearing the news, “Today, the message our forces have sent is clear—if you attack the United States,…
Leaving Iraq
By Alan Caruba War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal…
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