The Gong Show was a TV game show that first appeared on NBC in the 1970s. In this article, Earl Tilford uses the game show to draw a comparison to today’s political climate.
The Gong Show Election of 2016
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Dr. Earl Tilford
Today is Sunday, September 25, 2016 
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The vital question today, as it was over half a century ago, remains: What is in the best national security interest of the United States?
Registering Women for the Draft: A Charade, Not a Necessity
Republicans support it to avoid being accused of starting a “war on women.” Democrats do so as a matter of social justice & social engineering, NOT national security.
Putin Sends a Message to Obama
Ten days ago, two Russian fighter jets flew a little too close for comfort to an American destroyer sailing in the Baltic Sea. The ship’s crew recorded the incidents and the Navy released them online.
“Pigasus” for President: Chicago 1968 Speaks to 2016
In this interesting article, Dr. Earl Tilford examines the events from 1968 and warns that there is a great lesson to take from 1968 and apply to 2016.
“Who Lost Iraq?” ~ by Dr. Earl Tilford
In this heated presidential campaign season much time has been spent debating the ongoing concern of the rise of ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Often, the discussions focus on the question: Who lost Iraq?
America Faces a Historical-Global Crossroad
The current path in U.S. foreign policy will produce a succession of international disasters. Millions will experience the horrors being inflicted on the Syrians, including Israel…
Abdication: Obama Cedes Leadership to Russia and France
For months now, ISIS has sold oil on the international market through Turkey, and Russian President Vladimir Putin is furious with petroleum prices plunging along with Russia’s economy.
Not Losing is a Loser’s Game
Effective diplomacy relies on a very big military stick. In this case Moscow brings a club to the table while Obama’s Washington shows up with twigs…
Wisdom that Can Make a Difference
In this interesting article, Dr. Earl Tilford examines the damaging consequences that arise when nations tweak their history in order to feel good about the past…
Iran: The Gulf Region Bully
If the Iranian bully isn’t thwarted, and if Tehran obtains nuclear weapons, the Persian Gulf region, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States will pay a much higher price…
The Russian S-300 Slap Down on Obama
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent decree promptly lifting former President Dmitry Medvedev’s 2007 ban on exporting the Grumble to Iran constitutes a slap down for American diplomacy…
A Golden Anniversary of Bad Decisions
President Johnson chose air power to avoid a potentially costly, bloody ground war. He feared a communist takeover in South Vietnam risked winning his second term in 1968…
American Crusades and Existential Threats
Given apocalyptic vision, if al Qaeda’s rapidly metastasizing franchises obtain weapons of mass destruction they will use them on the USA…
The Future of War
In the 21st century the United States must prepare for three kinds of warfare: Standoff war, Hands-on war, and Cyber war…
War by Algebra Defies the True Nature of War
Violence is the means for breaking the enemy’s will and nothing does that like devastating opposing armies. It takes land forces to do that effectively and then consolidate and hold territorial gains.
Air Power’s Siren Song
Given the nature of ISIS’s forces, even a concerted bombing campaign absent an effective ground effort is unlikely to succeed…
Strategy 101: A Primer For President Obama
Simply put, strategy is a plan to achieve an objective. Speaking at the White House recently, President Obama stated that his administration had no plan to deal with the jihadist threat in Syria…
President John F. Kennedy’s National Security Legacy
Between January 1961 and Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy fundamentally changed U.S. national security policy…
Department Of Defense’s Death Spiral
President Obama’s administration seems to be at war with its military leadership. In the past five years, Obama has sacked more senior officers than all other presidents combined…
Camelot And The Syrian Crisis
Camelot’s legacy for foreign policy was flawed by halfway measures that betrayed credibility and emboldened our enemies…
Reflections on Gettysburg
Hopefully my children and grandchildren will remain as free and it will be thanks to the over 1,000,000 Americans who made that possible, including the half of them slaughtered in our nation’s biggest political blunder…
Dropping the Benghazi Ball
A secure phone call to the White House, possibly vetted through the national security advisor, should have followed. If it didn’t, someone was inexcusably inept…
Intelligence and National Security Priorities
Clearly, this administration’s reluctance to deal with the realities of Islamist fundamentalist terrorism, even under the admittedly weak description of a “War on Terror,” and its insistence that “al Qaeda is on the run,” reflect a denial of reality…
Syria’s WMDs More Immediate Threat
A foreign ministry spokesman warned that Damascus would use these weapons against any force intervening in its civil war. NATO estimates that Syria produces several hundred tons of chemical or biological agents annually…
On a Wing and a…(insert anything but god)
When absent God, human advancement —whether ideological, political, philosophical or technological— reflects our intrinsic nature, which is evil…
The Strategic Imperative of Security
Admissions from “the highest levels” of the U.S. government that it was party to a cyber attack on Iran risks a retaliation that could take many forms, compelling further escalation…
Bumper Sticker Slogans? Is that all you got?
For an administration with lots of failures and few successes, bumper-sticker history may be all they’ve got…
Israel’s Options on Iran
If the United States sits this one out, Israel may be forced to act with enormous ramifications and consequences. Such is the fallout from Washington’s strategic policy of leading from behind…
Sorry Mess – Presidential Apologies and Pardons
While controversy rages over the apologies, questions concerning this sorry mess remain unanswered…
Preparing the Military for Future Threats
The Army struggles with how to recapture the conventional war-fighting concepts and skills lost or, at the least, degraded during the last decade…
