The U.S. and Global Security Review - Blog by Michael Novakhov

"The weakness of the president’s foreign policy is painfully obvious...  In his State of the Union speech, Obama claimed to be connecting “military power with strong diplomacy.” The truth is that the president is weakening our military and failing at diplomacy." -  Doug Lamborn  Obama policies weaken military, embolden enemies "Our challenges range from highly capable near-peer competitors, to empowered individuals with nefarious intentions. Increasing demands, coupled with today's challenging fiscal environment, have stressed our defense intelligence establishments and forced us to accept greater risk," Stewart said. "Capable military competitors -- Russian military activity, for example -- [are] at historically high levels," he said. "Moscow is pursuing aggressive foreign and defense policies, including conducting destabilizing operations in the Ukraine, conducting a record number of out of area naval operations and increasing its lon