by Dave Patterson | Apr 25, 2022 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
One of the more ill-conceived comments – though it’s hard to choose among the many – made by President Joe Biden is the claim he is going to spend billions of taxpayer dollars to make every military vehicle “climate-friendly.” The word...
by Dave Patterson | Apr 8, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
The Biden administration has attempted to transmit the impression that it stands for strong defense, but its actions tell a different story. With the White House sending Congress the largest defense budget request ever at $773 billion, one might get the idea that...
by Dave Patterson | Mar 11, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
The Pentagon told Poland thanks but no thanks for offering 28 Soviet-era MIG-29s to Ukraine. Unfortunately, the Pentagon’s decision added an unnecessary element of confusion. The snub to Warsaw came after the Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CBS...
by Dave Patterson | Jun 16, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
There seems to be a fundamental disconnect between Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s directive identifying China as the “nation’s number one pacing challenge” and President Joe Biden’s Budget (PB) Request for Defense. The PB...
by Dave Patterson | May 29, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs
On April 9, 2021, the Biden White House released to Congress and the public a summary of its proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Discretionary Budget Request. At that time, Liberty Nation provided readers an analysis of the summary document with a comparison of the...