America’s war against Al Qaeda terrorists in Afghanistan began over 12 years ago this last week. This grim milestone came and went with no media coverage even as some of America’s best men and women were killed there in combat this week. Now, in the lead up to a complete US military withdrawal […]
Syrian government forces reinforced by Lebanese Hezbollah forces have been consolidating their control over the strategic rebel held district of Homs, which is Syria’s third largest city. Homs has been controlled by rebels in part since 2011. The recent military success by the Syrian military and Hezbollah fighters has left the rebels in retreat and […]
Tuning into the Fox and CNN “entertainment” networks, one would be lucky to catch a small bit of news between the brain numbing, around the clock reports on the Trayvon Martin Case and Anthony Weiner’s perverse antics. Nonetheless, a close follower may have gathered that “former” Egyptian President Morsi was overthrown in a broadly supported coup […]
INTRODUCTION The mighty U.S. military industrial complex (MIC) continues to swell, particularly after two decade-long, trillion dollar wars and a post 9/11 world wrought with conflict. A 2012 CNBC report concluded that among the ten biggest U.S. government contractors, defense contractors secured a remarkable nine of the ten spots (Toscano, 2012). These mega-Fortune 500 companies […]
April 2013 has gone down as the deadliest month in Iraq since June of 2008 when the worst of the insurgent violence was finally beginning to diminish. The casualty figures are staggering with the United Nations reporting 712 people killed last month, including 117 members of the Iraqi security forces.[i] Whether or not one believes […]
Part II of our series continues to evaluate the success of the War on Terror. It is our thesis that not only has American policy and strategy failed to defeat terrorist threats to the United States from radical Islam, but it has in fact exasperated them. Today, Al Qaeda and terrorism have become the new […]
As news of the continued fighting between Hamas and Israel headline media around the world, we sit on the eve of another ground invasion of Gaza. If bombs and rockets continue to rain down on both sides, we can expect to see a full Israeli assault within the next 48 hours. In the run up […]
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, […]
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, […]