This Before And After Image Of Afghanistan Is Hard To Believe
This image of Afghanistan might be hard to wrap your head around, but it's totally accurate. Prior to three-plus decades of war, Afghanistan, and Kabul in particular, had a pretty solid setup, one that...
View ArticleAstonishing Pictures Of Afghanistan From Before The Wars
Before the U.S. invasion, before the Russian war, before the Marxist revolution, Afghanistan used to be a pretty nice place.An astonishing collection of photos from the 1960s was recently featured by...
View ArticleTwo Chilling Developments Suggest Asia May Be One Step Away From War
China and Japan, along with North and South Korean troops at the DMZ, appear one step away from armed combat and tensions don't look likely to ease any time soon.New developments within both regions...
View ArticleUS Military Hero Rips Into Ron Paul Over His Murdered Veteran Tweet
Dakota Meyer is as famous in the Marine Corps for disobeying orders as he is for wearing a Medal of Honor around his neck. So it comes as no surprise that he would respond when Ron Paul fired out this...
View ArticleSouth Korea Talks Of A Pre-Emptive Strike On North Korea's Nukes
The tension is rising in Asia, with worrying signs that conflict could break out at any point.In the Koreas, fallout over a prospective North Korean nuclear test has South Korean troops on the border...
View ArticleThe Historic Report On Recent CIA Abuses That You're Not Allowed To See
Right now, the Senate intelligence committee possesses a 6,000 page report on detention and interrogation techniques used by the CIA in the War on Terrorism.As yet, it remains classified, but White...
View Article29 Pictures Of Marine Drill Instructors Screaming In People's Faces
Every small-town tough guy thinks he'd never take treatment like this.Then when they get down to Parris Island, that small-town tough guy quickly realizes: You will take treatment like this and like...
View ArticleJohn Brennan's Hearing Underscores How Little Oversight There Is On Drones
Despite disappointing many observers, Thursday's confirmation hearing of CIA Director-to-be John Brennan laid bare how much the President's covert drone war operates without oversight.Publicly...
View ArticleUS Defense Companies Are Scrambling To Meet China's Low Low Arms Prices (RTN)
China has pushed its defense spending to record highs as it builds a global force from the ground up.The communist country has leapfrogged past advancements that took Western nations decades to perfect...
View ArticleToday Anyone In The World Can Be A Lethal Sniper
For more than four centuries firearm manufacturers have done everything they could to make their products deadlier and more accurate. Given metallurgical advancements and chemical work in composites,...
View ArticleJapan May Release Radar Data To Prove China's Lying About Radar Incident
Within hours of Japan's announcement that Chinese ships had locked fire-control radar on Tokyo forces last month, Beijing denied the event occurred at all.The New York Times Friday ran China's denial:...
View ArticleAdolf Hitler Had An Excellent Diet
A woman who served as Adolf Hitler’s food taster has claimed that the Führer was a dedicated vegetarian.Margot Woelk, 95, said that Hitler ate only the freshest fruit and vegetables during the two and...
View ArticleThe NRA's Wayne LaPierre Wasn't Always A Crazy Gun Nut -- But When He's...
NRA's LaPierre: A policy wonk with a million-dollar megaphone and a knack for fiery talk.WASHINGTON (AP) — Wayne LaPierre would just as soon read a book as fire a gun.That's right, the National Rifle...
View ArticleERIC CANTOR: The Sequester 'Doesn't Make Any Sense'
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor conceded that the across-the-board spending cuts of the upcoming sequester don't "make any sense." But he blamed President Barack Obama for proposing it and suggested...
View ArticleYes, Of Course We Should Cut Military Spending!
Cuts in government spending from the "sequester" may start to kick in on March 1st.These cuts will force the U.S. to sharply reduce military and entitlement spending.Cutting such spending sharply is a...
View ArticleThat Time Ronald Reagan Hosted Those 'Freedom Fighters' At The Oval Office
As the public debates some of the more controversial ways the US deals with foreign policy and safety, it's prudent to remember some of the less than fruitful foreign policy items where America...
View ArticlePlane Carrying Guinea's Top Military Officials Crashes, Investigation Underway
A plane carrying a military delegation from Guinea to attend an annual armed forces day in Liberia crashed Monday in the Liberian town of Charlesville, Monrovia said."There has been a plane crash in...
View ArticleFrance Bombs Targets In Mali Again As Islamists Reemerge In Gao
France bombed Islamist targets in northern Mali on Monday following a string of guerrilla attacks by the extremists a month after Paris launched an offensive to drive them from its former colony.In a...
View ArticlePakistani Taliban Bans Viagra
The Pakistani Taliban have warned shopkeepers in a popular market to stop selling "obscene films" and Viagra-style male potency pills.Shopkeepers told AFP Monday that they found handwritten pamphlets...
View ArticleDeadly Attack At British Afghan Base Happened When Troops 'Let Their Guard Down'
Troops at Britain's main Afghan base, where Prince Harry was based, lowered their guard and left watchtowers empty before a spectacular Taliban assault that destroyed hundreds of millions of pounds'...
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