When the head of Iran’s terror programs, Qassem Soleimani, a man responsible for hundreds of American deaths as well as thousands (if not millions) more across the Middle East, was assassinated in a targeted drone strike, the left-media reacted predictably. As well as their standard frantic gibbering about “World
The great risk of asymmetrical warfare is that the seemingly more powerful side – usually a nation-state and its regular armed forces – are actually at a severe disadvantage. This is especially true of liberal democracies, whose armed forces are held rigidly to the rules of war, but intensely scrutinised – not least
One of the most remarkable turnarounds in modern history is that of bitterest enemies becoming fast allies within less than a century. The depth of the enmity between Australia and Japan in WWII cannot be overstated. The treatment of Allied POWs in Japanese camps is legendary for its brutality. For
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Aimee Huff Michelle Barnhart Oregon State University Americans have been on a record gun-buying spree in recent months. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and protests for racial justice, the gun industry’s trade association, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, estimates that gun sales from March through July were 8.5 million.
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The recent 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki prompted the usual argy-bargy over whether the bombs were morally justified (they were). But what would no doubt horrify pearl-clutching Guardian readers is the little-known fact that the Allies were fully prepared to drop more bombs if they
It is now safe to call authors Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson conspiracy theory nutters after the inquiry into the allegations contained in their book has found that there was no conspiracy or cover-up. The central thesis of their book, Operation Burnham being a “revenge” raid or “illegitimate”, has been
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Anzac Day is one of the most important national occasions for both Australians and New Zealanders. In 2020, for the first time in history, Anzac Day Services across New Zealand have been cancelled due to COVID-19. Even though public Anzac Services are unable to go ahead, it does not mean
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Some time back, I started to write a post for The BFD, grudgingly ceding credit where it was due to the Ardern government for banning Huawei from New Zealand’s 5G network. “That was a wise decision”, I began to write. Huawei is notorious not just for the sort of
