Category Archives: Churchill

March 1, 2016—A New Cold War—Not!

March 1, 2016—A New Cold War—Not!

Seven-and-a-half years of the Obama administration’s “Leading from Behind,” “Strategic Patience” and whatever is its label for its current failing policies have created a leadership vacuum in international affairs that are regressing into more dangerous postures than those that characterized the “Cold War” that dominated the second half of the 20th century. And we have no countervailing strategy, worth the name, for dealing with today’s existential threats to Western Civilization. Read Full Story

July 23, 2013—Time for Churchill’s “V for Victory”?

July 23, 2013—Time for Churchill’s “V for Victory”?

Winston Churchill overcame many difficulties—even failures—to speak truth to power in the 1930s, warning about the growing existential threat to Great Britain—indeed all of Western Civilization; and when that truth became sufficiently apparent, to lead the British from apathy to victory in a great world war. His “V for Victory” pose, illustrated above, rallied the people long before victory was sure. A review of some of that history could help us assess our efforts to awaken the powers that be to today’s electromagnetic pulse (EMP) threat and how to counter it—hopefully in time. Read Full Story