Determined to kill or capture a murderous Mekong River drug lord, China’s security forces considered a tactic they’d never tried before: calling a drone strike on his remote hideaway deep in the hills of Myanmar. The attack didn’t happen — the man was later captured and brought to China for trial — but the fact [...]
It’s OK to evangelize. But it’s not OK to proselytize. That’s what the Pentagon said Thursday, attempting to clarify its position on religious speech in uniform as controversy swirled up around press reports over possible prosecutions of troops for sharing their faith. Now we are getting into a really sticky area when the government begins [...]
One of the worst jobs in the world is being an enlisted troop in the US military. This is according to a web site called CareerCast.com. Personally I can’t agree with them more. An enlisted troop is the third worst job overall in America according to them. I would probably give it the dubious distinction [...]
North Korea has 70 submarines while South Korea has 10, according to Seoul’s Defense Ministry. The most menacing threats from the North’s navy are small submarines that would deposit commando raiders along the South Korean coast, said John Pike, head of the Globalsecurity.org think tank. Now this would certainly be a reason for concern, however [...]
The advantage of using Special Forces or Spec Ops troops would certainly go to North Korea in the event of a war but I don’t believe that it would give them enough of an advantage to win the war. Experts believe guerrilla warfare would be the North’s most viable strategy in the event of [...]
We have been listening to the rhetoric and stuff coming out of the mind and mouth of my little fat buddy ( North Korean President Kim) over the last few months. He has been bragging about what he can do with nuclear weapons and the carnage that we can expect from him in the near [...]
One problem in Iraq that is dynamite about to blow is the friction between the two leading Islamic factions. With Sunni gunmen beginning to confront the Shiite-led government’s security forces head-on in northern and western Iraq, fears are growing fast of a return to full-scale sectarian fighting that could plunge the country into a [...]
Dick Darn Cheney accusing someone of lying…man please gimme a break. You are going to burn Dick…(in gasoline drawers). For those of you who want a serious laugh take a look at the following excerpts from an article that I read. Please just be objective, consider the facts, and make your own determination. I just [...]
In these modern times of warfare and terrorism hostages are often used as pawns in order to secure a promise. Sometimes people are kidnapped and sold for ransom but many times it is done just for political reasons. Terrorists have learned that if they can capture and hold innocent people sympathies will often go against [...]
One of the responsibilities of Air Force Para Rescue is to extract downed pilots from behind enemy lines. Pilots are a valuable commodity because it takes quite a while to train them and quite a bit of money. Also you don’t want to lose an experienced pilot if you can avoid it. I wasn’t [...]
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