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** Congress quietly moves US closer to military draft ([link removed])
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By Edward Hasbrouck on Dec 16, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image A provision ([link removed]) in this year’s NDAA will require the Selective Service System ([link removed]) (SSS) to find a way to make registering for the draft automatic instead of letting 18-year-old males sign up themselves, which is current practice.
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** Trump NSS puts S. Korea at center of US primacy aims in region ([link removed])
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By Joon Hyung Kim on Dec 15, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image It has been half a year since the Lee Jae-myung administration took office in South Korea.
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** 1,000 US pastors travel to train as 'ambassadors' for Israel ([link removed])
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By Jack Hunter on Dec 15, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image More than 1,000 U.S. Christian pastors and influencers traveled to Israel this month becoming “the largest group of American Christian leaders to visit Israel since its founding.”
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** A farewell to Oz: Trump’s strategy for a multipolar world ([link removed])
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By George Beebe on Dec 15, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image The end of the Cold War ushered in a long period of make-believe in American foreign policy. We saw ourselves, in the words of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, as “the indispensable power. We stand tall. We see farther into the future.” And we could use our unmatched abilities to transform the world in unprecedented ways.
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** Why are US National Guardsman getting killed in Syria? ([link removed])
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By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos on Dec 14, 2025 09:20 am
Featured Image Washington tells us (but not very often, certainly not very clearly), that the U.S. continues to have military boots on the ground in Syria because of ISIS.
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** If they are not human, we do not have to follow the law ([link removed])
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By Martin Di Caro on Dec 12, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image “Kill everybody” was what Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reportedly ([link removed]) instructed the Special Operations commander as alleged drug smugglers were being tracked off the Trinidad coast.
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