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06/06/2017 / By JD Heyes

“Mad Dog” Mattis sends warning to North Korea that U.S. considers it a “clear and present danger” – is war on the horizon?

Defense Secretary James “Mad Dog” Mattis had an unusually blunt warning for North Korea at an Asian security conference on Friday: The U.S. considers it a “clear and present danger,” a phrase that, historically, has only been used by American diplomats, politicians and presidents as a warning to countries who are in line for preemptive […]

02/02/2017 / By JD Heyes

Trump has taken the first major step in restoring the badly battered, shrinking U.S. military

While President Obama did indeed inherit military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan from his predecessor, President George W. Bush, he chose to maintain those conflicts, and even added forces in Southwest Asia shortly after he took office. But Obama (and Congress) also presided over a drawdown of U.S. forces not seen in decades, and today, incoming […]

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