by Piper Bayard | Feb 16, 2015 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, News
By Jay Holmes Precisely who is fighting in Ukraine depends upon whom you ask. When Russian Dictator Vladimir Putin speaks to non-Russians, he claims the Russian-speaking Ukrainian rebels are valiantly fighting to save Russian-speaking orphans, Jews, and senior...
by Piper Bayard | Feb 2, 2015 | Current Affairs, News
By Jay Holmes The recent terror attacks in Paris have been a central theme in Western news outlets for the last couple of weeks. The outrage at these cowardly attacks is understandable, and responses from Western European leaders have shared some common themes....
by Piper Bayard | Jan 11, 2015 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, News
By Jay Holmes With the “ISIS crisis” occupying the headlines in Europe and North America, the US and NATO military operations in Afghanistan have been all but forgotten in the media. On December 28, 2014, US President Obama announced that after thirteen...
by Piper Bayard | Nov 17, 2014 | Current Affairs, News
By Jay Holmes Friday, November 14, 2014 might end up being an important date in Western history—not for what happened on this day, but rather for what didn’t happen. The French government failed to deliver the new Mistral class helicopter carrier to the Russian Navy....
by Piper Bayard | Nov 11, 2014 | Current Affairs
image by Gerrit, wikimedia commons * * * * * * * * * * * * * A profound thank you to all who serve our nation in the armed forces. May we at home honor you with integrity and decency, that your sacrifice may never be in vain. * * * * *...
by Piper Bayard | Nov 10, 2014 | Current Affairs, News
By Jay Holmes In November of 2013, the US Navy made public an investigation into the questionable purchase of firearms silencers* for US Navy SEAL Team 6. The silencers were for use with AK type weapons, such as the venerable Kalashnikov AK-47**. They were also to be...
by Piper Bayard | Aug 18, 2014 | Current Affairs, News
By Jay Holmes On June 29, 2014, after gaining control over large swaths of northern Iraq, ISIS declared itself to be a caliphate. Its intention is to expand this caliphate from Morocco to Malaysia and Indonesia. ISIS “Caliph,” is supreme leader Abu Bakr...
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