Dave Patterson, Author at Liberty Nation

Dave Patterson Articles 46

Dave Patterson is the Senior Vice President for Strategic Sales at SMA, Inc. and the former Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller. In addition to Liberty Nation, his articles have also appeared in The Federalist.

Ending a War by Starting the Nuclear Age: Was the Bomb Necessary?

By: Dave Patterson August 08, 2020Articles, Intelligence, Military Affairs, Politics, Social Issues, World

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Was it vital to defeating Japan and ending World War II in the Pacific to use th... Read more

Fort Hood Endures a Deadly Month – Will the Army Learn From It?

By: Dave Patterson July 27, 2020Articles, Intelligence, Military Affairs, Politics

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Hostilities on the field of combat are plenty dangerous. Soldiers have less conc... Read more

Back to the Cold War Future, Only Different

By: Dave Patterson July 23, 2020Articles, Intelligence, Military Affairs, Politics

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In the 1964 movie Fail Safe, Dr. Groeteschele explains to a fellow guest at a so... Read more

Mysterious Explosions Across Iran: Some Accuse US and Israel

By: Dave Patterson July 18, 2020Articles, Intelligence, Military Affairs, Politics, World

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There has been no lack of tension between the U.S. and Iran recently. President... Read more

Defense Department Going After Leakers – It’s About Time

By: Dave Patterson July 12, 2020Articles, Intelligence, Military Affairs, Politics

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In a July 9, 2020 hearing before the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), Defe... Read more

The Anti-Trump Filter — Military News Skewed?

By: Dave Patterson July 08, 2020Articles, Media, Military Affairs, Politics, Social Issues

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Bias in the media is hardly a stunning revelation. Liberty Nation has led in ex... Read more

Tensions Rise as China Closes Much of the South China Sea

By: Dave Patterson July 05, 2020Articles, Intelligence, Military Affairs, Politics, Social Issues, World

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China is relentless in threatening the South China Sea region. In yet another at... Read more

Russia’s Bounty: Trump Didn’t Know, but the Dems Lost It Anyway

By: Dave Patterson July 03, 2020Articles, Politics, The Left, Trump Administration

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It all started when The New York Times (NYT) ran an article that alleged Russian... Read more

Nuclear No Show: While the US and Russia Talk, China Walks

By: Dave Patterson June 27, 2020Articles, Intelligence, Military Affairs, Politics, World

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In the latest round of talks between the U.S. and Russia on whether or not to ex... Read more

American Troops Leaving Germany? Not the End of the World

By: Dave Patterson June 22, 2020Articles, Intelligence, Military Affairs, Politics, World

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President Trump has announced that he will reduce by 9,500 the number of America... Read more

2020 Space Strategy: Essential, Informative, But Not a Strategy

By: Dave Patterson June 20, 2020Articles, Intelligence, Military Affairs, Politics, Science

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The Department of Defense (DoD), on June 17, released the June 2020 Defense Spac... Read more

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