Military

Bombing suspected drug boats is a misuse of military power that erodes the rule of law, corrodes trust in the chain of command, and dangerously blurs the line between warfighting and policing.

After a summer of costly Russian pressure and strained Ukrainian defense, the war now feels less like a contest of maneuver than a slow, punishing struggle in which every kilometer is bought with blood and neither side can yet break the other.

Lawmakers split on strike video as global tensions rise from Gaza to New Delhi. Here’s your Friday morning brief, December 5, 2025.

Bradley denies “kill” order as probes widen, Times sues Pentagon, US allies boost defenses. Here’s what’s making headlines this Thursday evening.

Soldiers are pushing the M7 through real field conditions, and the rifle is changing fast because the people who carry it refuse to accept anything less than combat ready performance.

The real danger is not the fog of war itself, but leaders who hide behind it when the picture is already clear.

Hegseth scrutiny deepens as Congress probes strike, Houthis free mariners, EU splits on Russia assets. Here’s your Thursday morning brief, December 4, 2025.

F-16C jet crash, Pentagon scrutiny, new sanctions, and rising global security tensions. Here’s what’s making headlines this Wednesday evening.

Given the choice between strolling into Dante’s burning pine forest under a half-inflated bedsheet or handing out hand towels at the Democratic Convention, I’ll take the trees every time, because at least they’re honest about trying to kill you.

From hypersonic ghosts scribbling donuts-on-a-rope across the Texas sky to F-16s without tail codes and dark Ghost Hawks prowling the Nevada desert, Groom Lake remains the twilight buffer between America’s most sensitive secrets and the rest of the world.

The United States cannot bomb its way out of the cartel and trafficking crisis without shredding its own legal and moral credibility, and it is past time to replace confused, militarized strikes on alleged drug boats with a coherent strategy rooted in law enforcement, diplomacy, and the protection of innocent lives.

Admiral Karl Thomas takes command as US reshapes fleet; GAO flags Indo-Pacific gaps. Here’s your Tuesday Morning Brief, December 2, 2025.