Russian pilots have been menacing US pilots and unmanned drones for years. And they’ve been doing so with reckless abandon and impunity. So this comes as no surprise: Russia downs US drone The Kremlin said it would try to retrieve the wreckage of the surveillance drone, which the Biden administration said was crashed in international… Read more.
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Egypt: military savior a bigger devil than Mubarak?
I have been obliged on a few occasions to explain why I quote from previous commentaries so often. In a nutshell it’s because I find nothing more disingenuous and self-serving than commentators waxing clairvoyant on unfolding events by claiming they predicted things would be thus in one or another commentary, but conveniently failing to provide… Read more.
Gays in the Military: Don’t ask don’t tell repealed!
I don’t know why anyone would want to serve in the U.S. military these days – when chances are very good that he or she will be shipped right out to the killing fields of Iraq and Afghanistan. All the same, I celebrate the belated recognition of gays and lesbians to do so … openly: The government’s “don’t… Read more.