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Washington Times: What in ‘Hell’ is Going on with Our Military?

OK, full disclosure — I’m an Air Force Academy grad. I had the crap drilled out of me my first year at the Blue Zoo and the military intensity was constant the entire four years until graduation. In fact, during the end of my freshman year, our “Hell Week” for myself and fellow classmates, saw approximately 300 students sent to the hospital for physical overexertion…

Washington Times: The Message Behind the Russian Jet Buzzing

This week’s buzzing of a U.S. warship by two Russian SU-24 attack aircraft at a distance of 30 yards or less — close enough to read the fine print for rescue instructions under the pilot’s cockpit — shocked the world. It was meant to and it should have…

Washington Times: In and Out, Vladimir Putin’s Masterful Syria Ploy

Vladimir Putin stunned the West with his announcement this week that Russia was removing the bulk of its expeditionary force fighting in support of Syrian President Bashar Assad in that country’s civil war. However, if you look at the development from the perspective of Moscow’s national interest, the removal of Russia’s air assets makes perfect sense. Mr. Putin’s decision is perfectly aligned with Kremlin’s geopolitical goal of regaining influence on the world stage…

Washington Times: Behind The Curtain-Putin’s Financial Wisdom

Russian President Vladimir Putin liRussian President Vladimir Putin lived through the collapse of the Soviet Union, a fact often noted by pundits when attempting to offer a glimpse into his view of the world. However, Mr. Putin also lived through the Russian default and financial collapse of 1998, and both events have seared certain lessons into his psyche…

Washington Times: Ukrainian Politicians Doing Putin’s Job For Him

Everyone knows the story of how Russia has tried to keep Ukraine in the Kremlin’s orbit and prevent the Ukrainian people from moving closer to the European Union. After all, this is the reason there is still a war smoldering in Donbass on the Russian border in the Ukrainian East. Moscow has worked to keep Kiev unstable after the Maidan Revolution and therefore unable to grow economically and politically, in a bid to extract an exorbitant cost for Ukraine’s desires…

Washington Times: Ukrainian Politicians Doing Putin’s Job For Him

Washington Times: Why Would Iran Be Worried About Saudis Fighting ISIS? Because It’s Not About ISIS

If there ever was a more telling statement issued by a foreign power regarding underlying agendas in the Middle Eastern conflict than Iran’s statement on the Saudis entering the war against the Islamic State, I don’t know what it is…