MacArthur Was Right About N. Korea, Then and Now

In June of 1950 the North Koreans launched their suprised attack on the South and overran Seoul in a matter of days and pushed back the fledgling South Korean Army and the few US troops on hand to the extreme southern areas of the Korean Penisula.  We finally got a few more troops on the [...]

Can Do It, Will Do It–Weapons and Economic Conflict

In the military there is the old principle about assuming for planning purposes that if there is something your enemy can do you best plan on them doing it.   If you rummaged around the bowels of the Pentagon you would find someplace where there were dozens are probably hundreds of books that were the War [...]

Surviving Catastrophe–Plan B

I am not a survivalist.  I don’t have a bomb shelter in my back yard and don’t plan to construct one any time soon.  Although I do remember a few occasions during the Cold War when I thought it would have been nice if one was magically there.  Those under 40 or so really don’t [...]

Eradicate Iran?–Then What?

The constant concern about the nuclear program and threats from Iran and the current turmoil on the streets there keep that country in the headlines and rightly so.   From all available  information Iran is on track to develop its own nuclear capacity for atomic weapons in a matter of a couple of years at most.  [...]

Reduced Nukes–Nirvana or Increased Danger?

Again the idea of a reduction in the number and quality of nuclear weapons has been pushed to the fore by the recent announcement of the new guy that he will negotiate anew with the Russians over a mutual reduction in nuclear weapons.  That sounds like a really good idea in principle and on paper.  [...]