Category: war

Chart Wars: Snap, Twitter Stocks Near Entry Signals to Go Long for 2022—Here’s What to Watch For

Snap Inc. and Twitter Inc. were sliding significantly on Tuesday in sympathy with a number of technology-based stocks, losing more than 7 percent and 5 percent, respectively, intraday while the SPDR S&P 500 fell about 0.33 percent. Both stocks have, mostly, been trading in a heavy downtrend recently with Snap plummeting over 48 percent since its Sept….


China’s Xi Orders Military to Create ‘Elite Force’ to Win Wars

Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered this year’s mobilization orders to the regime’s military on January 5, saying that it must evolve into an elite force capable of winning any war. “The armed forces must closely follow the evolution of technology, warfare, and rivals, redouble their efforts to better combine training with combat operations, and strengthen…


US Running Out of Time to Prepare for Possible War With China Over Taiwan: Experts

The Chinese regime is rapidly expanding its military and modernizing its weaponry. Taiwan and the United States could be caught flat-footed if they fail to recognize the urgency of the threat, analysts warn. China will have the ability to mount a full-scale invasion of Taiwan by 2025, according to Taiwanese Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng. He…


Beijing Steps Up Aggression as It Seeks to Lead ‘New World Order’

News Analysis The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seeks to destroy the international system and rebuild it in its own image. To many Americans, that may sound far-fetched, but is precisely what CCP officials and strategy calls for. To international audiences, the CCP has repeatedly declared that its foreign policy goals are grounded in principles like…


US ‘Cannot Be Certain’ of Military Victory Against China: Report

The United States cannot be assured of victory in the event of war with China, according to a new report by an influential U.S. congressional advisory body. The analysis by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) comes amid rising concerns that the United States could be drawn into a war over the future of…


Lessons From the Battlefield: Literature and War

The signature catchphrase of comedian Rodney Dangerfield was “I don’t get no respect.” Military historians in our universities might justifiably lay claim to that same line. The academic world has long regarded military historians as outliers. In 2008, for example, U.S. News and World Report writer Justin Ewers wrote a column titled “Why Don’t More…


A Date Which Will Live in Infamy

Commentary Dec. 7, 1941. “A date which will live in infamy,” President Franklin D. Roosevelt called it. The attack’s 80th anniversary is this month. Infamy. Webster’s Dictionary defines infamy as: “evil reputation brought about by something grossly criminal, shocking, or brutal.” From the U.S. perspective, the Japanese 1941 sneak attack on Pearl Harbor definitely fits…


Communist China Declared War on the US Long Ago: Part 2

News Analysis The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is partial to the number three for cultural and superstitious reasons. As it turns out, that would appear to apply to Xi Jinping, too, as noted in part one of this three-part series. A few of his “campaign of threes” have included: Three major economic initiatives. The historic third…


Communist China Declared War on the US Long Ago

News Analysis The age of the Chinese regime’s “benevolence” is long over; war was declared years ago. Communist China has been at war with its main adversary—the United States of America—for years. Sadly, most Americans have not been paying attention. After Mao Zedong’s death in 1976, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) became quiescent, with…


We Can Deter a Simultaneous Chinese-Russian Strike

Commentary In the first week of November, the United States was faced with a clear warning, the likes of which it hasn’t faced since the Cold War: the prospect of having to fight near simultaneous major wars in Europe and Asia. In March and April, Russia mobilized about 100,000 to 120,000 troops, plus supporting armor,…