What Happened When Daesh Decided To Poke The Bear?

This morning I saw the current operations of the United States against Daesh referred to as “Desert Drizzle.” I nearly spit out my drink in amusement, because it’s absolutely the truth. In the twenty-four years since Operation Desert Storm, the decisive application of United States combat airpower has gone from the devastating force of a […]

New U.S. Airstrikes Target Daesh Fuel Trucks

As we alluded to yesterday, the U.S. Department of Defense is sharing targeting data and other intelligence with the French Ministre de la Défense about Daesh targets in Syria. An official at the Pentagon stated, “We will continue [cooperating] with a combination of coalition targets and specific French requested targets for the foreseeable future…We are […]

Update: On The Ground in Paris ‘Revenge in The Air’

As I land in Paris, you would never think that two nights ago Islamic terrorists launched one of the most shocking attacks in Europe to date, killing 129 and wounding over 300. My first stop was the hotel which is located and in the center of where these shootings took place. First stop of the […]

Breaking: French Airstrikes Target Islamic State

In response to Europe’s worst terrorist attack in eleven years, French warplanes struck deep in the heart of ISIS-controlled territory on Sunday. The attacks on 13-14 November in Paris are the worst in French history and thus far have left 129 people dead, with more than 350 injured. One of the attackers is in custody […]

Understanding Paris: Why Was Paris Attacked?

From the Bataclan Theatre in Paris, one of the first quoted attackers was overheard saying, “I am from ISIS” and IS on Twitter is saying that this is France’s September 11th. If this is Daesh, or simply another reckless claim from them, it is unclear and will be for some time. Daesh, or IS and Al […]