Dave Patterson

4 days ago | libertynation.com | Dave Patterson

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Seldom in war does the weaker side deliver a decisively devastating blow to the stronger. However, that may be just what happened last weekend (May 31-June 1). Ukraine launched a small drone attack deep into Russia that significantly damaged or destroyed an estimated 34% of Russia’s strategic cruise missile carriers. Like that of the United States, Russia’s strategic bomber force is a key element of its nuclear triad.

5 days ago | libertynation.com | Dave Patterson

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Every sitting administration provides the American people with a National Security Strategy (NSS). The Pentagon issues a complementary National Defense Strategy (NDS). These documents are published to inform US citizens as well as allies, friends, and adversaries how the administration intends to keep the nation and its interests secure with an all-of-government strategic plan.

5 days ago | libertynation.com | Dave Patterson

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Less than five months into President Donald Trump’s second term, the vestiges of the failed Biden foreign policy continue to turn up. Such missteps are no more apparent than when examining China’s presence threatening US security interests – everywhere. Pick your favorite region, continent, or country. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is busy attempting to put US interests at risk.

1 week ago | libertynation.com | Dave Patterson

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... It can be difficult – almost paradoxical – to reconcile a loving God with the horrors of war. Yet, for the believer, it’s hard not to see a creator vitally interested in the affairs of his creation as an integral – no, essential – player in man’s destiny, even when that destiny is the inhumanity of man meted out on his fellow man.

1 week ago | libertynation.com | Dave Patterson

President Donald Trump took the stage at the US Military Academy at West Point to deliver the commencement address. He was addressing, for the most part, soon-to-be newly minted US Army second lieutenants. There were a few young officers that would enter the other services. What they all had in common, though, was that they were entering an equally newly minted US Armed Forces.