The Cairo Criminal Court has sentenced 75 people to death for their involvement in the 2013 Cairo sit-in protests after the military coup led by General Adbel Fattah al-Sisi. Despite the fact that Sisi’s security forces killed some 900 of those protestors in

The term saber rattling derives from the notion that one can display the threat of military force to achieve a strategic outcome. It is quite common in the world of nations and throughout history one would see it as far back as one nation started throwing a ro

It is an entirely disingenuous thing to honor our nation’s veterans if you plan to rescind that honor should they take up political positions not to your liking. As a Marine veteran of Iraq myself, I can’t count the numerous times I’ve been given the ubi

It doesn’t work in any other scenario of which I’m aware. Imagine Canada lobbing hundreds of rockets over our northern border every couple of months and the world asks the United States to simply take it on the chin. How would China react if out of a feeli

Ryan Mernin Reverend Doctor William J. Barber II says the poor have been left behind by both major political parties. Calls for a higher minimum wage and better access to affordable housing, Medicaid, and other government benefits are nothing new in the United

Jeff Edwards Speaking to the 2018 graduating class of the Merchant Marine Academy, Secretary of Defense James Mattis told the newly minted officers “Do not celebrate victimhood.” He went on to elaborate that “Life as a leader is hard… enjoy it, embrace

Jeff Edwards Since the end of the Korean War, the position of U.S. administrations has been to deny North Korea any sense of legitimacy by meeting at the head of state level. It was thought that this would be used as propaganda to prop up their rule and establ

By 2027, the Indian Navy hopes to boast 200 ships with an emphasis on modernization and domestic production, according to one top Indian naval official. While some might scoff at those numbers, given America’s goal of 355 naval ships and China’s 700 ship n

Jeff Edwards It just so happens that the author writing this very summary is himself a veteran of the very war Senator John McCain called a mistake. In 2003, this Marine was patrolling the streets of Al Kut, Iraq pondering what a prosperous and free land this