U.S. Military

The Sikhs are an ethnoreligious group from India. They wear turbans. A Sikh officer in the U.S. Marine Corps has won permission to wear a turban part of the time. But for the officer, it’s still not enough, he’s still fighting for more and might even sue the Marine Corps. For the entire blog entry, […]

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Allan on May 30th, 2021

My first VDARE article was published twenty years ago, on May 30th, 2001. Now it’s May 30th, 2021. Here is a retrospective of the past twenty years writing for VDARE. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published May 29th, 2021, on VDARE.COM.

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Many Americans may not be aware of it, but our highly-respected military is moving to the left and is in decline. The Revolver website has an article on the topic. To read my blog entry (which links to the Revolver article) click here. Blog entry by Allan Wall, published January 28th, 2021, on VDARE.COM.

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We need a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border.  One way is to have the U.S. Military build it. Why not?  Isn’t it the military’s job to protect the country? The U.S. military could construct a wall, or fence or some kind of barrier on the border. When I was in Iraq in 2005, I was […]

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Allan on November 19th, 2018

The Honduran “caravan” has arrived to Tijuana, a Mexico city on the border, across from San Diego. And there have been protests, as many Tijuana residents oppose the presence of the Hondurans, who, they fear, will wind up staying in Tijuana. So what should the United States do?  Why won’t we really secure our border?  […]

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Allan on January 22nd, 2018

U.S. Army Special Forces, the Green Berets,are admired and feared throughout the world. They have earned that respect through their efficient operations.  These efficient operations were results of their demanding standards, selection process and the motivation of the Green Berets themselves. Ray Starmann over at the US Defense Watch website (here) says that the Green […]

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The U.S. military is one of our nation’s most respected institutions, but it’s not immune to the radical changes taking place in our society. In an analysis/opinion piece in the Washington Times, James A. Lyons recently wrote about How Obama Transformed the Military.  For the entire blog entry, click here. Blog entry published June 4th, […]

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Allan on December 27th, 2014

In 2005, I was deployed to Iraq with the Texas Army National Guard, 36th Infantry Division. Our unit was sent to Iraq two years after the initial invasion. In 2005, the American and coalition troops deployed there were engaged in various aspects of what could be described as occupation duty. Iraq had plenty of violence […]

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What is the purpose of the military? Is it to protect the nation, or to promote diversity and make its officers feel warm and fuzzy? The Washington Times has an article about U.S. Army sociologists being worried about too many white officers in combat units and not enough black officers. Is this really a problem? […]

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Allan on August 23rd, 2014

Texas Governor Rick Perry has called up the National Guard to be deployed on the state’s border with Mexico.    As a veteran of the Texas Army National Guard myself, I have confidence in the Texas National Guard, but not much confidence in Governor Perry. To put it in a nutshell, Rick Perry is a […]

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