Op-Ed: Put the brakes on turning Niger into another Benghazi

Op-Ed: Put the brakes on turning Niger into another Benghazi

This is a preemptive call to the media and Democrats — a plea — to not try to turn this month’s Special Forces operation in Niger into another Benghazi-style controversy.  What happened to the fallen Special Forces men in Africa is not comparable to what happened in Benghazi.  Nor should what happened in the course […]

Banner in Raqqa unveiled by victorious SDF depicts controversial PKK leader

Banner in Raqqa unveiled by victorious SDF depicts controversial PKK leader

Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) liberating Raqqa within the last week were photographed in front of a banner featuring the image of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, a Kurdish leader who has been identified as a terrorist by both the United States and Turkey. Ocalan is recognized as the founder of the PKK, […]

Gen John Kelly ‘stunned’ by Congresswoman’s behavior in wake of Niger ambush

Gen John Kelly ‘stunned’ by Congresswoman’s behavior in wake of Niger ambush

White House Chief of Staff General John Kelly gave a rare and emotionally charged White House Press Briefing yesterday, where he explained in detail the context surrounding President Trump’s phone call with the family of recently KIA Sergeant La David Johnson. In explicit detail, General Kelly laid out the process for notifying the next of […]

‘We are failing,’ still no unified federal cyber-security strategy

‘We are failing,’ still no unified federal cyber-security strategy

In a Senate hearing covering defense strategy in protecting the country from cyber-attack yesterday, key missing personnel and unclear roles and responsibilities among government agencies frustrated members of the committee, ending with threats of subpoenas and still no clear strategy. Committee Chairman Senator John McCain (R-Az.) set the tone for the discussion in his opening […]

A little perspective goes a long way when it comes to defense spending

A little perspective goes a long way when it comes to defense spending

The United States has earned its reputation as a military powerhouse through blood and fire.  American military personnel have conducted continuous combat operations the world over for the better part of two decades now, all the while maintaining a massive naval footprint that keeps shipping lanes safe and secure and bolstering the defenses of allies […]

White supremacists who beat people up at rallies are escaping police custody — so media outlets are unmasking them

White supremacists who beat people up at rallies are escaping police custody — so media outlets are unmasking them

Members of California’s Rise Above Movement got into violent altercations during the protests in Charlottesville and Berkeley. But police aren’t charging them with crimes, an investigation from ProPublica found. So the outlet has identified several white nationalists, revealing who they are to the world. White nationalists descended on Charlottesville, Virginia and Berkeley, California this year, beating up […]

Hundreds of F-35s may now never be made combat-ready due to budget constraints

Hundreds of F-35s may now never be made combat-ready due to budget constraints

Back in the early days of the F-35 program, the powers that be were full of excitement and optimism as they looked toward the future.  The plane they were developing would create jobs in nearly every state in the U.S., it would be the most advanced airframe ever to take to the skies, and it […]

A black protester hugged a white nationalist outside Richard Spencer’s talk. ‘Why do you hate me?’ he asked

A black protester hugged a white nationalist outside Richard Spencer’s talk. ‘Why do you hate me?’ he asked

Wearing a white T-shirt emblazoned with swastikas, Randy Furniss, hands in his pockets, walked slowly through a crowd Thursday that had largely gathered to protest white nationalist Richard Spencer, who was delivering a speech at the University of Florida. Days before Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) had warned in an executive order that a “threat of a potential emergency is […]

SOFREP Rundown: Hillary Clinton and the Russian uranium business

SOFREP Rundown: Hillary Clinton and the Russian uranium business

THE PLAYERS The Clinton Foundation – a non-profit organization run by Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton.  Its mission is “to bring people together to take on the biggest challenges of the 21st century.”  They focus on areas like global health, climate change, economic development, health and wellness, and programs built to enable girls and women […]

Catalonia to lose autonomy

Catalonia to lose autonomy

Barcelona—Everyone saw it coming. Failing to respond to Madrid’s ultimatum, Catalonia is set to lose its autonomy. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will meet his cabinet on Saturday to decide which measures of Article 155 will be enforced.  Rajoy is attending an EU meeting in Brussels, and that’s why the cabinet won’t meet today. But, […]

CIA issues a correction after Mike Pompeo said Russian meddling ‘did not affect the outcome of the election’

CIA issues a correction after Mike Pompeo said Russian meddling ‘did not affect the outcome of the election’

CIA director Mike Pompeo claimed that US intelligence agencies believed Russian interference did not affect the results of the 2016 US presidential election. The CIA never came to that conclusion and released a statement that clarified Pompeo’s remarks. Following CIA director Mike Pompeo’s assertion that US intelligence agencies believed Russia’s campaign to interfere with the […]