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Trump orders troop withdrawal from Syria….

December 19, 2018 By jamesb

Donald Trump has decided that ISIS is defeated there.... Huh? He also wants US State Dept. people out also.... Is Donald Trump giving up on Syria which would make ISAIS, Iran and Russia VERY Happy? The Pentagon under orders from the Commander-in Chief is NOT … [Read more...] about Trump orders troop withdrawal from Syria….

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Iran, ISIS, Politics, Putin/Russia, Syria, Troop withdrawal, Trump, US Military, US military advisors

Trump Space Force Update…No ok from Congress….

December 13, 2018 By jamesb

I said this wasn't going anywhere.... While Donald Trump might want it? Nobody else.... Not the Pentagon ...... Not Congress.... And without Congress? It ain't gonna happen anytime soon, or ever.... The US Air Force Space Command remains the lead on US … [Read more...] about Trump Space Force Update…No ok from Congress….

Filed Under: Government, Military, Politics Tagged With: Congress, Donald Trump, US Military, US Space Command, US Space Force

Donald Trump is absent from the World Stage….

November 24, 2018 By jamesb

True to his distaste to internationalism and confirming his view of everything centric to himself.... A recent get together of military leaders of free world countries had no Trump and no Trump civilian staff... There where US Military people and Congressmen.... But the … [Read more...] about Donald Trump is absent from the World Stage….

Filed Under: Government, Military, Politics Tagged With: American Foreign Policy, Congress, Donald Trump, International Relations, The Halifax Forum, Trump nationalism, US Military

The cost for a Trump created seperate ‘Space Force’ is in the BILLIONS….

November 15, 2018 By jamesb

The US Air Force currently has a Space Command..... Trump rolled out his idea of a separate branch of the US Military around the time the Russians fronted a "space force'.... The cost of Trump's dream is a LOT of money that could probably be used elsewhere....Especially … [Read more...] about The cost for a Trump created seperate ‘Space Force’ is in the BILLIONS….

Filed Under: Government, Law, Military, Politics Tagged With: Congress, Military budgets, Russia, Trump, US Military, US Space Force, Weapons in Space

American Militia groups head to the US Southern Border in response to Trump’s talking of a refugee ‘invasion’…

November 4, 2018 By jamesb

Things COULD get dangerously complicated down there... The US Military people have informed Trump's staff that there is NOT danger from the groups of people marching to the Mexican/US Border.... US Troops arriving down there have been assigned to erect barbed wire fencing … [Read more...] about American Militia groups head to the US Southern Border in response to Trump’s talking of a refugee ‘invasion’…

Filed Under: Government, Law, Military, Other Things, Politics Tagged With: “border vigilantes”, American Militia groups, Customs Border patrol, immigrant caravan, Politics, Trump, US Military, US/Mexico border

Quietly?…American and Allied Forces hold a YUGE NATO military drill at Russia’s front door ….

October 31, 2018 By jamesb

An MV-22 Osprey, the Marine Corps’s main assault support aircraft, landing on Friday on the deck of the Iwo Jima.CreditLaetitia Vancon for The New York Times The NY Times showcases North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) largest millitary excercise in decades in … [Read more...] about Quietly?…American and Allied Forces hold a YUGE NATO military drill at Russia’s front door ….

Filed Under: Government, Military, Other Things, Politics Tagged With: 'Trident Juncture' military excercise, Allied Military, European politics and Russia, NATO, Norway, Politics, Trump Foreign Policy, US Military, US/Russia

The US Military is engaged in wars or combat in 7 countries…..

October 21, 2018 By jamesb

Bet ya didn't know THAT? Yes.... Donald Trump like Barack Obama IS a War President.... The U.S. military is officially fighting wars in seven countries, according to the White House’s latest war report. Known formally as the “Report on the Legal and Policy Frameworks … [Read more...] about The US Military is engaged in wars or combat in 7 countries…..

Filed Under: Government, Law, Military, Politics Tagged With: Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Mattis, Niger, Pentagon/Defense Dept., Somalia, Syria, Trump Foreign Policy, US Military, War/Combat, Yemen

The Human side of immigration promises…

September 9, 2018 By jamesb

Jim Sciutto‏  @jimsciutto I met an Afghan in an Uber this morning. His accent & name gave it away. His path from Jalalabad all the way to Austin TX? The Special Immigrant Visa program. He had been a military translator. As I left, he smiled at being recognized and … [Read more...] about The Human side of immigration promises…

Filed Under: Government, Law, Military Tagged With: Immigration, Open Thread, The Special Immigrant Visa program, Trump anti-immigrant policy, US Military

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