Secretary of Defense

The “Fiscal Cliff” and Defense Spending Cuts: Long Overdue Accountability

It is rare that I would offer support to anything Washington proposes, but in the specific case of automatic cuts to the Defense Department, I can’t agree more.  The rhetoric in Washington is that if we, as a nation, go over the fiscal cliff, the Department of Defense as we know it will cease to exist.  […]

Picture on Iranian television of what Iran claims is a captured U.S. spy drone

Iran’s IRGC claims it has captured another U.S. Drone

  Iranian news has been reporting that it has captured another U.S. drone invading its airspace.  Television reports on December 4, 2012 indeed appear to show a Boeing Scan Eagle Drone.  At this time there is no way to independently verify Iran’s claims and the U.S. Navy is still stating all of its drones are […]

Enjoy your strawberries David

Good Riddance Mr. Petraeus

Today America and the world received the news of the resignation of the much vaunted General David Petraeus and now former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.  We would like to add… “David, don’t let the door hit you in the butt!” For years we have maintained now Mr. Petraeus was overrated as a general, […]

A burned surface to air missile at a base near Aleppo

First Stage of Iran War Nearing Completion: Free Syrian Army being used to clear air corridor for attack on Iran

The first stage of a shooting war with Iran is nearing completion.  Over the past year, the US has been covertly using Islamic terrorists to fight a proxy war in Syria.  The jihadists from as far away as the United States, Chechnya, and Libya are being used by the CIA for what they believe is to […]

Libyan Rebel with SA-7

The Next Wave of Fallout from Obama’s Failed Libyan Policy

President Obama’s policy of intervention in Libya has been an abject failure and the bloodshed is likely to get worse.  Specifically, more American lives will be lost in the coming months and we are again the first analytical outlet to bring you this critical inside information.  Most readers are aware that four Americans were killed […]

MEK Terrorists Parade Military Arms

US Covers-Up Botched Policy by De-Listing MEK as Terrorist Organization

The decision to remove the Mujaheddin-e Khalq (MEK) from the U.S. government’s terrorist list marks a low point in US decision making, which will certainly come back to haunt America.  This is an organization that is better described as a cult, is perverse in its lifestyle, and has American blood on its hands.  If not enough, […]

Russian Troops Displaying Future Weapons and Equipment

Russia Ready for War if Iran Attacked

The Russian military, in expectation of an imminent attack on Iran, is quietly poised for a possible, strategically timed assault to re-establish its dominance of the Caucuses and its oil resources.  Russia is not going to accept Western control of the entire Middle East and will seize the opportunity another war for the US provides […]

Netanyahu's Glaring Disrespect for Obama

Growing Distance between Washington and Tel Aviv Dangerous

Much has been written in the press regarding what appears to be a chill in relations between the White House and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu over plans to attack Iran.  However, this distance may in fact increase regional instability and the possibility of an attack on Iran. B2Wire analysts agree that the US should strongly oppose and […]

Israeli armor preparing for an assault on Gaza

Evidence Mounting of Israeli Attack on Iran before November

B2W has been providing nearly daily updates on Israel’s preparations for an attack on Iran.  Further evidence of an imminent Israeli attack on Iran appeared Monday in the Israeli news media.  Alon Ben-David a Channel 10 reporter provided insider commentary that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “closer than ever” to a decision to attack and was “determined […]

Three New Zealand Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan Marks Grim Milestone

Our sympathies go out to the families of the three members of the New Zealand Defense force that were killed by a roadside blast recently in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan.  One of the deceased, Lance Corporal Jacinda Baker was assigned as a medic and marks the first female loss for the New Zealand force.  The three were assigned to the Bamyan Provisional Reconstruction Team […]

Annual Reliant Mermaid naval exercise

U.S. and Israeli Navies Hold Joint Exercise for War with Iran

Continuing with our exclusive reporting of the secret preparations for a war with Iran, Chinese news disclosed a joint military exercise in the Mediterranean Sea this week.  Although the U.S. military downplayed the report as a scheduled annual exercise to improve search and rescue coordination for humanitarian operations, it included live fire of weapons and tests […]

The price being paid by our most honorable and brave daily!

Top Marine Officer Out of Touch: Believes Americans Killed Sign of “Winning”

In a jaw-dropping display of ignorance to the ground situation in Afghanistan, the top Marine Corps officer stated that the sustained rate of casualties inflicted on coalition personnel are a sign we are “winning the fight!”  The Commandant of the Marines Corps General Amos, went on to describe these “green on blue” killings as acts of a […]

Israel's submarine fleet will launch the initial strikes against Iran.

Israel’s Battle Plan for Iran: The war has begun!

Media reports suggest war between Israel and Iran appears imminent within the coming months, but in fact, has already begun.  Perhaps, this reality has been completely missed because the media convinced itself and the public the opening salvos for an Israeli attack on Iran would look like an air force bombing raid of Iranian nuclear […]

Iranian Missile Launch

Why War with Iran will be a Disaster for America

This article is one of an exclusive Black Box Wire multi-part series on the upcoming war with Iran.  This article discusses the feasibility of a successful strike to stop Iran’s nuclear development.  If America is going to be led into another war, the public deserves  to be properly informed about what it is about to undertake.  In future exclusive articles, […]

Federal Troops Attack Fort Sumter, South Carolina

Senior DOD Officer Uses Small Wars Journal to Test Public Response to Domestic Use of Military Force

The Washington Times has a nice summary of the garbage published by the Small Wars Journal (SJA):  http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/7/the-civil-war-of-2016/ For those that don’t know the story, a senior militar officer teamed up with a historian recently to publish an article detailing how the US military could be used to conduct combat operations against Americans.  The fact […]