by Dave Patterson | Feb 3, 2024 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion, Politics
The US began a series of air strikes from several platforms against targets in Syria and Iraq Friday afternoon. Early reports from the Pentagon reveal that the attacks on Iran-proxy forces would be “tiered” and continue over several days. The American response follows...
by Dave Patterson | Oct 31, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
Even media outlets considered measured in their reporting on the Biden administration cannot account for its weak response to Iranian proxy militias attacking US military bases in the Middle East. When Hamas terrorists invaded Israel in a murderous rampage, President...
by Dave Patterson | Mar 30, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
Does the US president need the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) legislation to retain troops in the Middle East, particularly Iraq, to keep Iran in check? Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell thought so. In the wake of deadly missile attacks...
by Dave Patterson | Mar 25, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
As is often the case with noble purposes, the results do not meet expectations. What China might do two decades later was not part of the calculus in the US and its allies taking down the Iraqi army and freeing the Iraqi people. The US invasion and liberation of Iraq...
by Andrew Moran | Nov 22, 2020 | Articles, Election 2020, Good Reads, International, International, Military Affairs, Politics, Terrorism, The Left
Should Joe Biden be officially certified as the 2020 election winner and become the 46th president of the United States, how would he handle foreign policy? Aside from empty platitudes about being friends with allies again and some gibberish...