Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks was on vacation in Puerto Rico. Is this an outrage or a perfect metaphor for this administration in which no one is in the driver’s seat? Sometimes literally. Amid tensions in the Middle East, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized, including spending four days in the intensive care unit, […]
US Defense Secretary Austin: ‘Israel Will Define the Phases of the Campaign for Itself’
The situation remains fluid throughout Gaza; a few weeks ago some parts of the north seemed to have been completely subdued by the IDF, but then Hamas combatants reappeared out of tunnels, taking by surprise, and killing, IDF soldiers. This led to a renewal of fierce fighting by the IDF, including airstrikes, in the north. […]
It Could Have Been Much Worse: Defense Secretaries Austin and Gallant Meet
It could have been much worse. And lots of people — Bernie Sanders, Ilhan Omar, Tom Friedman, the members of the editorial board of The New York Times — were hoping for a much stronger statement from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin of the Bidenites’ displeasure with Israel. They are undoubtedly disappointed in the meeting Austin just […]
Defense Secretary Austin goes to Israel to pressure Israelis to scale back war, give Hamas a breather
The Biden regime wants Israel to scale back the war not because it cares about the wellbeing of Israelis — far from it. It isn’t even doing it because it cares about the “Palestinians.” The only thing that the Biden regime cares about is that its far-left base is in revolt over its support for […]
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin claims Israel is ‘driving’ Gazans ‘into the arms of the enemy’
Austin and the generals don’t realize that Hamas would recruit jihadis regardless of what Israel does. Western analysts have a paternalistic and ethnocentric assumption that jihadis are passive reactors with no agency of their own. All they can do is react to what the U.S. or Israel does. The idea that they might have reasons […]
This is Why America Forgot How to Win
The Pentagon’s lectures to Israel ignore the real lessons of the fight against ISIS. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stopped by the Reagan National Defense Forum to deliver an address titled, ‘A Time for American Leadership’. What leadership lessons did he have to offer? “I learned a thing or two about urban warfare from my […]
Defense Secretary: ‘I have placed an additional number of forces on prepare to deploy orders’ to Middle East
If this anti-American and sinister regime put its drag queen military into the conflict on the side of Israel, the jihadis would win. “Defense Secretary Issues Prepare-to-Deploy Orders for U.S. Troops to the Middle East,” by Kristina Wong, Breitbart, October 22, 2023: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin placed additional U.S. troops on prepare-to-deploy orders to the […]
Biden Regime Keeps Lecturing Israel About the ‘Laws of War’
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart about “the importance of adhering to the law of war” While people were busy applauding the good parts of Biden’s speech on the Hamas massacres, they overlooked this section. “I just got off the phone with — the third call with Prime Minister Netanyahu. And I […]
Adults In Charge: Iran Has Attacked American Forces 83 Times Since Biden Regime Took Power
New in PJ Media: During the Trump administration, the Islamic Republic of Iran was feeling the effects of global sanctions and was severely restricted in its abilities to pursue its longstanding practice of engaging in and funding terrorism, either directly or through its proxies, such as Hamas and Hizballah. That was, however, a long time […]
Iran Keeps Killing Americans
A U.S. contractor was killed and another contractor and five U.S. service members were injured There are stories that the media covers and stories that the media covers up. This doesn’t always mean not reporting the story at all. Sometimes it’s just a matter of what things the media keeps talking about and what it […]