US Action News

The Pentagon voiced alarm over China’s military buildup, saying it was expanding its advantage over Taiwan and investing heavily in ballistic and cruise missile capabilities that could one day pose a challenge to U.S. dominance in the western Pacific.

“The military counteraction of (North Korea) will be the severest punishment no one has ever met in the world,” he said.

U.S. stops pressing Islamabad to launch major operations against the Haqqani network — one of the biggest threats to coalition forces in Afghanistan — believing that Pakistan’s intelligence agency continues to protect the militants.- FOXNews.com

Troops returning home surprise loved ones in this stirring video.
“We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.” -Winston Churchill

Iraq’s top army officer says US pull-out plans are premature, as Washington says troops are on target to end combat operations by the end of the month. Lt Gen Babaker Zebari warned that the Iraqi military might not be ready to take control for another decade.

A nationwide survey of 1,000 likely voters found that 59 percent of Democrats think that members of Congress should consider the opinions of homosexual advocacy groups over the opinions of top military commanders when considering a repeal of the law prohibiting homosexuality in the military. – CNSNews.com

Defense secretary announces plan to ax U.S. Military command center in Norfolk, Va., as the Pentagon seeks additional ways to trim its budget.

When you put this with the New Black Panther voter intimidation case where the DOJ did little about militant Black Panthers in military style uniforms and one holding a night stick blatantly intimidating voters you see a pattern of corruption in using the DOJ as another tool to win elections. Don’t forget the Obama campaign also gave $800,000 to the supposed nonpartisan group ACORN for election help.

U.S. naval planners are scrambling to deal with what analysts say is a game-changing weapon being developed by China — an unprecedented carrier-killing missile called the Dong Feng 21D that could be launched from land with enough accuracy to penetrate the defenses of even the most advanced moving aircraft carrier at a distance of more than 1,500 kilometers (900 miles).

Plagued with a rising tide of Islamic radicalism and notoriously weak central institutions, Pakistan is perilously close to becoming a nuclear rogue state. That frightening possibility has left Washington with little choice but to bank on the powers that be in Islamabad, seeking to preserve rather than reform them. – Ilan Berman at Forbes.com