Outside the Beltway

The biggest reform in generations is being proposed.

A childhood friend claims he had PTSD from his actions.

Restricting those who report on the Pentagon.

Can Democrats do anything?

The preliminary DIA assessment has been leaked.

For all practical purposes, the Constitutional war powers have been stood on their head.

Who could have known?

A natural evolution in American foreign policy, albeit a concerning one.

The fall of the Assad regime is the end of the beginning.

Another step closer to a regional war.

A Congressionally-mandated report finds “reasonable” evidence but acknowledges limitations.

War crime does pay.

Two related questions.

But humans made all the decisions that matter.

The Netanyahu government has few friends.

A long overdue strengthening of a key alliance.

Netanyahu is defying the international community.

The inevitable response to attacks on international shipping.

It’s likely legal and almost certainly won’t matter.

Tehran-backed forces are routinely shooting at American forces.

What comes next is anyone’s guess.

A high-stakes move.

A roundup of news and opinon.

Yet more leaked intelligence gives a gloomy forecast.

A more dangerous world is changing the relationship.

Russian forces have been forced out of two logistical support hubs.

Vladimir Putin is banning commodity exports.

The American way of war kills a lot of noncombatants.

Not Mayberry. Not even close.

A former classmate is going to be one of the US military’s most senior leaders.

The trailblazing soldier-statesman has died at 84.

Their case is less than persuasive.

For years, American troops fought a ‘forever war’ to delay the inevitable. It’s now coming.

The southern one.

It’s easy if you try.

It’s easy to mismanage what we don’t have to see.

The founder of Small Wars Journal passed Saturday.

President Erdogan is playing a dangerous game.

American negotiators are claiming a ceasefire in northern Syria. The Turks, Syrians, and Russians are the winners, the Kurds are the losers, and we look like schmucks.

The House of Representatives passed a defense spending bill that seeks to limit Presidential authority when it comes to striking Iran and aideing the Saudi war on Yemen.

President Trump is reportedly planning to pardon several American servicemen convicted of war crimes, an action that would be an insult to everyone who has ever worn an American uniform.

After two years of spitting in their faces, President Trump is finding it hard to get America’s European allies to come to his aid.

American involvement in the genocidal Saudi war on Yemen is getting more complicated. This is a bad idea.

The military regime in Myanmar has sentenced two reporters to prison for reporting on the repression of the Rohingya Muslims.

With Martha McSally pulling off a decisive win, Arizona Republicans managed to avoid the disaster that likely would have occurred had either Kelli Ward or Joe Arpaio won last night.

The Vietnam memorial helped heal a gaping wound. What purpose will this one serve?

Seemingly out of nowhere yesterday, the Commander-in-Chief ordered the Pentagon to create a fifth service.

Frank Carlucci, who served as President Reagan’s last Secretary of Defense, has died at 87.

Echoing the Obama Administration, the Trump Administration is arguing that it did not need Congressional authorization to attack Syria earlier this year.