U.S. Intelligence Has Failed

In Brandon J. Weichert’s newest op-ed at American Greatness, he highlights a series of significant intelligence failures regarding China and how these failures, if left unchecked, may lead to China conducting a “Pearl Harbor”-style surprise attack on the US against which the Americans have no reliable defense. Read on for more.

Biden Losing Friends and Gaining Enemies

In Brandon J. Weichert’s recent op-ed for The Asia Times, he outlines the critical failures of the Biden Administration’s handling of allies…and how these failures are empowering America’s enemies at a critical time.

‘Orange Man Bad’ Becomes Foreign Policy

In which I argue that our professional military and intelligence leaders have started behaving as though the United States is not a republic but instead a third world junta…all because they dislike the current commander-in-chief. If they can treat the maligned Trump this way, they can treat any duly elected leader this way.

The New-Old World Order is Here (Part VI)

“Obama campaigned against Mr. Bush’s unilateralism. George W. Bush opposed nation-building. Bill Clinton was averse to George H.W. Bush’s purported “coldness” in foreign policy. The elder Bush, for his part, was a much better tactician than he was a strategist (George H.W. Bush famously quipped that he lacked an understanding of that whole “vision thing”). As you can see, American foreign policy has not only unmoored America from its hard-won dominant position atop the international system, but U.S. foreign policy itself has become unglued by America’s political leaders over the last 30 years.”

Where is DARPA?

“If DARPA and other ‘innovation hubs’ in the government cannot or will not accomplish their core mission, then they are unnecessary and should be cut.”

Debunking Myths: A U.S. Invasion of Syria, Steve Bannon, and H.R. McMaster Stovepiping Intelligence

An analysis of Mike Cernovich’s latest “scoop” and a systematic debunking of them.

A Note to DNI Clapper: There Are No Slam-Dunks When It Comes to Signals Intelligence

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper is relying on incomplete Signals Intelligence to not only blame the Russians for the hack of the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, but also to cast suspicion over the incoming Trump Administration as a final parting shot from the Obama Administration. I detail why at American Greatness.com (linked in the post).