TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
President Trump has delivered his military budget request for 2019 that increases spending by 12 percent over 2017 spending. Designed to fully fund a “depleted” military, even Defense Secretary Mattis was surprised at the figures. Many more warships, many more F-22s (even though they don’t work). Half a billion more dollars to continue the US Read More…
The latest brief government shutdown in the US on Friday has resulted in a new budget deal which cements not only the huge 2018 budget, but also a promised military spending increase for 2019. This means in excess of $1.4 trillion in promised military spending over the next two years, with $700 billion in 2018, Read More…
The United States military has developed a reputation for being careless with its resources and weapons. It has been unable to account for hundreds of millions — if not trillions— of dollars, and its armaments have ended up in the hands of ISIS. In the latest snafu to be officially acknowledged, as many as nine M1 Abrams tanks ended up in the Read More…
Speaking to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Assistant Secretary of Defense Randall Schriver on Tuesday revealed that the Pentagon expects the cost of the Afghan War in 2018 to come to $45 billion. This obviously is subject to change, in the face of more probable escalations. The cost includes $13 billion in direct cost for Read More…
Editor’s Note: Knowing the deceptive and manipulative nature of the US government, and governments in general, we should be asking ourselves if this is a false story being put out to dispel any notion that the supposed “false missile alert” in Hawaii recently was possibly a real missile that was brought down, as many sources are Read More…
On Friday, the Pentagon released an unclassified summary of the 2018 National Defense Strategy report. On the same day, Secretary of Defense James Mattis delivered prepared remarks relating to the document. Reading the summary is illuminating, to say the least, and somewhat disturbing, as it focuses very little on actual defense of the realm and relates Read More…