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CHINA’S ECONOMIC SWORD
August 27, 2011 By Jed Babbin Jed Babbin served as a deputy undersecretary of defense under George H.W. Bush. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:It is in these areas – cyberwar and anti-satellite weapons, among others — that American economic weakness may be having the greatest effect. As one source told me, the Pentagon is enormously concerned
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THE GROWING THREAT FROM CHINA’S AIR FORCE
AUGUST 24, 2011 Two advanced Su-27 fighters recently chased an American reconnaissance plane over the Taiwan Strait. By MICHAEL AUSLIN China watchers have been fixated on the maiden voyage of Beijing’s first aircraft carrier this month. However, U.S. and Asian defense planners should take care not to ignore another aspect of China’s growing military might.
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EUROPEANS RETREAT ON DEFENSE SPENDING
AUGUST 24, 2011 The New Arms Race By STEPHEN FIDLER And ALISTAIR MACDONALD BRUSSELS—The unraveling of Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s regime is a milestone for the European armed forces providing the air support that turned the tide for Libyan rebels, who were on the verge of being overrun only five months ago. Changes in Defense Budgets
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THE PERILS OF CUTTING OUR DEFENSES
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Defining Defense Down Gary Schmitt & Tom Donnelly August 15 – August 22, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 45 In a classic case of closing the barn door after the horses have bolted, the newly appointed secretary of defense, Leon Panetta, and retiring Joint Chiefs chairman Admiral Mike Mullen held
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AMERICA’S LOST ALLY – THE EVER SHRINKING EUROPEAN MILITARY
WASHINGTON POST By George F. Will, Published: August 17 LONDON During the Second World War, a future prime minister, Harold Macmillan, said America is “the new Roman empire and we Britons, like the Greeks of old, must teach them how to make it go.” How goes the tutoring of Rome by Athens? We are in the
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THE REVOLT OF THE GENERALS (AND ADMIRALS)
LexingtonInstitute.org July 27, 2011 Early Warning Blog The Revolt Of The Generals (And Admirals) Author: Daniel Goure, Ph.D. The senior leaders of the U.S. military have finally said enough is enough. You cannot wear out the military by requiring that it fights two, even three wars over a decade, conduct countless out-of-area deployments, maintain forward
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THE AFGHAN MISSION AND THE SEAL TRAGEDY
AUGUST 9, 2011 The best way to honor our special forces is not to make them win wars on their own. By MAX BOOT I recently visited a Special Operations headquarters in the Middle East—the location, along with other details, must remain classified. I received an incredibly impressive briefing on how U.S. commandos generate intelligence,
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HOW LIBERALS HAVE CHANGED OUR COUNTRY
THE WASHINGTON TIMES NATIONAL WEEKLY EDITION July 4, 2011 LETTER TO THE EDITOR by Marvin L. Hoovis, Centerville, Massachusetts THEY’VE COMPLETELY CHANGED THE COUNTRY IN THE PAST 40 YEARS The far-left liberal progressives must be awed and encouraged by their success in achieving many of their desired agenda changes over recent decades. They have support
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U.S. TOO DUMB TO KNOW OBAMA IS ALWAYS RIGHT
, Jul. 13, 2011, By MICHAEL GOODWIN July 13, 2011 When President Obama started talking at his news conference Monday, I listened intently for 15 minutes or so. Then I got fidgety as his half-truths about the debt grew into full-blown whoppers. As he droned on, I did something I never did before during an
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