Saluting Senator John McCain
When Senator John McCain died yesterday at 81 after a courageous but ultimately losing battle against an especially vicious form of brain cancer, America lost one of the greatest figures in our history. Others...
Monthly Archive: August 2018
Are ‘body counts’ really the right measure of success or failure in the fight against ISIS?
At the end of World War II, some ten million current and former members of Nazi Germany’s and Imperialist Japan’s armed forces survived the conflict. Indeed, some Germans fought on for months, and the...
Podcast: The Future of Airpower and the Weaponization of Law (and more)
At the Present and Future of Airpower conference at the Institute for the Study of War and Strategy at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland last May, I spoke with Chrome360’s Catriona Oliphant...
Drones: are we seeing the dawn of a new and threatening era? (Yes!)
In this morning’s Washington Times there’s a report about the drone attack on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. As the Times accurately points out, “the video of panicked security officers breaking ranks to escape the...
What are JAGs (with Duke Law connections!) doing in Afghanistan? Reviewing $1 billion in requirements and much more
What sort of legal work are military lawyers (called judge advocates or “JAGs”) doing in deployed areas like Afghanistan? Actually, lots of different things, and two terrific Air Force JAGs with Duke Law connections recently updated...
