There are six ways the U.S. could improve its sorry record. The post The American Way of Losing Wars appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics The American Way of Losing Wars There are six ways the U.S. could improve its sorry record. (Photo by CENTCOM/Anadolu via Getty Images) Nothing pleases American military men more than being fed their own bullsh*t. “We’re the greatest,” “Greatest military in all of history,” “No one can beat us, no one can even fight us,” etc. This is what they tell each other, it is what they expect to hear from civilians, and, in Washington, it is what most office-holders, including presidents and secretaries of defense, believe. The effects are currently on display in the Persian Gulf. The scoreboard tells a…Open
Rescuers are searching for thousands of people missing after two earthquakes struck Venezuela on Wednesday. And, the Supreme Court says the U.S. can turn away asylum seekers at the border.
Vice President JD Vance headlined an RNC fundraiser on Thursday night in Palo Alto, California, at the residence of influential investor and All-In Podcast host Chamath Palihapitiya , raking in $4.2 million for the Republican Party, a source familiar with the dinner tells Axios. Why it matters: Vance, who worked in venture capital before becoming a U.S. senator from Ohio, has always had strong ties to Silicon Valley and the tech world. The dinner was co-hosted by John Underwood of Goldman Sachs. Attendees included Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong , a popular voice of economic freedom on X, and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan . - About two dozen supporters paid $250,000 each. Between the lines: Vance's hat as RNC finance chair is helping…
Iran issued a statement on Friday asserting its right to control traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, a day after firing on a container ship that took a route near Oman’s shore.
At a time when multiple budget analysts have highlighted an explosion in Medicare spending due to the IRA, what did Wyden’s white paper propose? More of the same.
A radical faction inside the Democratic Party now openly rejects our founding principles and the free enterprise system that built the most successful nation in history.