Why Adversaries Don’t Need to Win a War to Weaken America

What we’re fighting for isn’t a “far-left” agenda. It’s what the American people want.

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The Democrats’ DSA siren song

Democratic Socialists are winning in New York, but the city is not America

Poor Marco Rubio Can't Convince Other Countries That Antifas In Unicorn Costumes Are Terrorists

Why aren't our allies scared and pissing themselves like MAGA patriots?

George Washington Waged a War of Attrition

QUESTION: You said the the US is not certain of victory against Iran. Could you explain that view? Sam ANSWER: George Washington did lose more battles than he won early on losing New York was his worst. Nevertheless, his overall record shows he understood that winning the war mattered more than winning every battle. He []

[Photo] 🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — The falling Democrats say you have not achieved any military objectives, but [...]

— The falling Democrats say you have not achieved any military objectives, but they are lying to you; we successfully opened the Strait of Hormuz, so we won. - Trump.@IntelSlava

‘America isn’t winning’: Gulf allies losing faith in Trump’s Iran strategy

Sky News Defence Analyst Peter Jennings warns key Middle Eastern allies are growing frustrated with Washington, arguing the US has entered the conflict without a clear strategy for victory. “Middle Eastern countries like winners, and unfortunately the Americans aren’t winning right now, and that’s a key problem," Mr Jennings said. “The Gulf states, the United Arab Emirates, they cannot live with an outcome which leaves the Iranians in control of the Strait of Hormuz. “I think they’re very frustrated that the Americans don’t appear to have gone into this conflict with a strategy for winning.”

The U.S. Army is opening military bases to private billions — here’s why that changes everything for the next 250 years

America's next competitive advantage won't come from government spending alone, but aligning private capital with national security at speed and scale.

A broken reed vs. Netzach Yisrael

When outside forces try to tie our hands or misread our enemies, our only true defense is our internal clarity, our own independent strength, and our deep faith in Netzach Yisrael.

Progressive Democrats Are Winning in Just About Every Corner of America

Katrina vanden Heuvel Sweet victories are fueled by demands of voters who want new leaders and authentic advocates. The post Progressive Democrats Are Winning in Just About Every Corner of America appeared first on The Nation.

America in Trouble If Dems Fail To Defend Their Party

America in Trouble If Dems Fail To Defend Their Party

Meet Aber Kawas, DSA-Backed Palestinian American Who Won New York State Senate Primary

The Democratic Socialists of America’s slate dominated the New York primaries last week, with Aber Kawas winning the Democratic nomination for a New York state Senate seat in the New York City borough of Queens with a 20-point lead against progressive State Assemblymember Steven Raga. Born and raised in New York to Palestinian parents, Kawas campaigned on affordable housing, universal healthcare, immigration reform, public transit, climate action and opposition to U.S. support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Over the past decade, the DSA has grown from about 5,000 members to over 100,000 members in 200 chapters across the United States. “What we are saying is that we want to make sure that people who are struggling are provided the best social services possible by our government,” says Aber Kawas of DSA candidates. “That is not a threat to people. That is a really hopeful message that so many Americans and so many people are looking for, and that is why we were able to win in these landslide victories.”

The West Keeps Misreading Iran’s Strategy

Commentators assume Iran is trying to defeat stronger adversaries. It isn't

Why urban Democrats love socialists now

Democratic socialists are winning in New York — and in other cities. Can they win elsewhere?

NYT spills the beans on Trump’s failed Iran strategy: 'US bit off more than it could chew'

TEHRAN - The New York Times has acknowledged that Washington failed to achieve its objectives through either military action or diplomacy in the aftermath of the joint US–Israeli war against Iran, which began nearly four months ago.

Iranian president warns against division after talks with US

‘Every message that leads to division and discord serves the enemy,’ says Masoud Pezeshkian

Forever Lost: Stephen A. Smith Says Establishment Dems Must Win Back Voters From Democratic Socialists

Forever Lost: Stephen A. Smith Says Establishment Dems Must Win Back Voters From Democratic Socialists

'The American Dream is back,' Trump says during Fourth of July speech

Our warriors did not fight communism on battlefields across the world only to have that menace rear its ugly head right back here in America, Trump told a cheering crowd.

Why the United States Is Losing to Iran at the Negotiating Table

Military superiority does not automatically translate into diplomatic success. America's greatest weakness in negotiations with Iran lies not in its power, but in its misunderstanding of diplomacy, culture, and strategic patience. The post Why the United States Is Losing to Iran at the Negotiating Table appeared first on Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs.

Democratic voters want fighters

The New York primaries are just the latest data point.

We may not have enough drones to fight a modern war, but we do have this belt feed potato cannon in case the Russians invade Idaho [Amusing]

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Exposing the Plague of Woke Lawfare

The Left’s preferred avenue for enacting its radical agenda is not persuading voters at the ballot box, but weaponized lawfare. READ MORE

President Trump Says the Iran War Was a Test of Our NATO Allies—And They Failed

President Trump Says the Iran War Was a Test of Our NATO Allies—And They Failed

Neo-Nazis Have Never Found It Easier to Join the US Army

Since the war on terror, the US Army has been increasingly lax in allowing neo-Nazis and white supremacists to join. It’s allowing them to gain combat experience and lay the basis for a militarized far right.

Trump Tests the Limits of Farcepolitik

Will America join the long line of countries confronting defeat with self-delusion?

L'ère des proconsuls

Il n'y a pas si longtemps, les États-Unis devaient soutenir des coups d'État militaires pour dompter une Amérique latine rebelle. Aujourd'hui, l'affaiblissement de la gauche et l'envol de la criminalité favorisent l'expansion d'une droite radicale dans la région. Tout autant que les généraux à () / États-Unis, Colombie, Élections, Narcotrafic, Amérique latine, Extrême droite

Less than half of Americans have faith in NATO Politico

Fewer than half of Americans believe the bloc would come to the defense of the US if attacked, according to an internal poll seen by the outletSupport for NATO in the US has slipped following President Donald Trump's repeated criticism of the military bloc, according to an internal survey seen by Politico.In a report released last week citing polling data, Politico said just 43 of US adu

The American Way of War, War, War

What could go wrong on a world in which no American president ever seems to realize that wars are simply never to be won by this country

God bless America

No question, we have a fight on our hands here. Yet it is one we enter into armed with hope.

Democratic socialists pose a challenge for the party as midterms approach

A string of high-profile victories by democratic socialists is posing a challenge for Democrats as they look ahead to midterms and seek a path back to the majority in Congress.

A Taiwan crisis and America’s faltering industrial base

Weaknesses in the U.S. defense industrial base no longer represent a mere economic issue; they now pose an immediate strategic vulnerability.

Trump warns democratic socialist victories in primaries 'isn't stopping with New York'

President Trump warned that the democratic socialist candidate victories in Tuesday's New York primaries goes beyond the left-leaning city. “The Democrat Party is in big trouble because this isn’t stopping with New York, Trump said on Friday, speaking at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's Annual Policy Conference in Washington. It's too easy to get elected,...

Democratic socialist Francesca Hong tests how far left voters will go in battleground Wisconsin

Over the last month, Democratic socialists have notched victories in the liberal strongholds of New York City, Washington, D.C., and Denver.

US approves potential $250 million fighter jet sale with Australia, says no impact on readiness

It is vital to the US national interest to assist our ally in developing and maintaining a strong and ready self-defense capability, the statement said.

Russia is spying on America from 90 miles off Florida. That’s not a distant war

Wars abroad do not become irrelevant to Americans because they are fought far from our shores. The question is not whether Ukraine matters more than our border, our debt, our military readiness, or our working families. It is whether the outcome of Russia’s war will make those challenges easier or harder for the United States. []

Republican-linked PACs funding Democratic US primaries: Why it matters

Republicans and Democrats have both employed tactics to boost weaker rivals ahead of US midterm elections.

The Issue Determining The Future Of The Republican Party And Why Trump Is The Key

There is no greater disagreement within the Republican Party today than over what American foreign policy should be. Hawks want the United States to keep confronting its adversaries by force; restrainers want it out of the business of wars that do not end. President Donald Trump has been the glue holding together partisans on both ...

Manufacturing the Enemy

Manufacturing the Enemy

American democracy’s biggest losers: voters in closed-primary states

American democracy’s biggest losers: voters in closed-primary states

World Cup: To advance, the U.S. will have to end its five-year European curse

To advance any further at this summer’s World Cup, the U.S. will have to find a way to beat a European opponent, something it hasn't done in almost five years.

Centrist Democrats Rebuke Party’s Left Wing: ‘We Are Capitalist, Not Socialist’

Left-wing Democrats have exulted after democratic socialists emerged victorious from House primaries in deep-blue New York districts this week. But centrist Democrats have reacted with a very different tone. Alarm. “We are capitalist, not socialist,” reads a letter, titled “The Promise to America,” signed by a group of moderate House Democrats two days after the []

Europe’s foreign policy turf war

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UN Secretary General Calls for Global Ban On AI ‘Killer Robots’

Others, meanwhile, argue that the US has a moral obligation to build powerful autonomous weapons systems—lest our adversaries get their first.

Turns Out Voters Actually Favor Reason Over Rage Bait. Go Figure

After some 40 years in politics, I've learned to be suspicious of revolutionary new campaign formulas that promise victory.

The Pentagon Must Undertake Its Own Transformation

We must create a defense system fit for the 21st century — not one that hearkens back to World War II.

After Brexit, “the special relationship” became a weakness

Out of Europe and reliant on an unreliable US, Britain has drifted towards strategic irrelevance. There is a way back – by engaging with the bloc of half a billion people that’s right on our doorstep