Last night the US Army Combat Applications Group (CAG)—known popularly as the Delta Force—killed Islamic State emir Abu Sayyaf in eastern Syria. The special forces carried out what’s called an air assault: They were flown in by Black Hawk helicopters and V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. This was an incredibly risky operation. The goal was to…
Lead, follow, or get out of the way
February 18, 2015
The United States is finally seeing the fruits of our government’s fecklessness. We act in the interest of our national security, and so do other nations. Since the current administration has decided to neither lead nor follow, it’s time for the US to get out of the way. Hand in hand with indecisiveness comes a…