WORLDWIDE DEPLOYMENT OF U.S. MILITARY FORCES:  FOWARD-DEPLOYMENT OF U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL IN FAR-FLUNG PLACES PREPARED TO DETER & DEFEAT AMERICA'S ENEMIES & TO DEFEND THE SOVEREIGNTY, INDEPENDENCE, & FREEDOM OF THE U.S.A. & ITS ALLIES -- ENDEAVORING TO MAINTAIN PEACE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WORLD -- FOLLOWING THE ANCIENT ROMAN MAXIM:  "SI VIS PACEM, PARA BELLUM" ("IF YOU WANT PEACE, PREPARE FOR WAR")

RISING OIL PRICES, THE SINKING DOLLAR, U.S. ENERGY & ECONOMIC POLICY, & THE TROUBLED STATE OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY:  AMERICA'S BARGAINING POSITION ON THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC SCENE GROWING WEAKER & WEAKER -- HOW U.S. PUBLIC POLICY & THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO AMERICA'S DEPENDENCE ON OIL FROM HOSTILE FOREIGN STATES AND THEREBY WEAKENED THE AMERICAN ECONOMY -- HOW DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN MANUFACTURES IS UNDERMINING U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY -- THE LONGTERM HARMFUL EFFECT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL-TRADE POLICIES ADVOCATED BY OPEN-TRADE UTOPIANS -- HOW THE RECENTLY PASSED ECONOMIC "STIMULOUS" PACKAGE WILL HARM THE AMERICAN ECONOMY, WHILE BENEFITING THE ECONOMY OF COMMUNIST CHINA

ISLAMIST IDEOLOGY VERSUS AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE:  INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN THE IDEOLOGY OF MILITANT ISLAM & THE NATURAL RIGHTS PHILOSOPHY ARTICULATED DURING THE EUROPEAN ENLIGHTENMENT & INCORPORATED INTO AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE -- THE ROOTS OF ISLAMIC JIHADISM & ITS OPPOSITION TO THE U.S.A. AS PART OF THE NON-MUSLIM WEST, KEY VARIABLES IN THE LONG HISTORY OF INTERACTION BETWEEN THE U.S.A. & MUSLIM SOCIETIES, DATING BACK TO AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE -- WHY ARAB & OTHER ISLAMIC STATES HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF THEIR POPULATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN CONTRAST TO THE SUCCESS OF THE U.S.A. & OTHER WESTERN SOCIETIES -- DEVISING A GRAND STRATEGY TO REALISTICALLY ADDRESS THE BASIC CONFLICT OF INTEREST BETWEEN THE AMERICAN NATION & THE FORCES OF ISLAMISM

TERRORISM, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE, & U.S. MILITARY PLANNING:  THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY & ASYMMETRY -- U.S. MILITARY HISTORY & ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE -- TERRORISM & PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS -- THE VULNERABILITY OF DEMOCRACIES TO TERRORISM -- THE THEORY THAT THERE HAS BEEN A REVOLUTION IN MILITARY AFFAIRS -- THE THREAT POSED BY WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION -- THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE & THE IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION WARFARE -- PREEMPTION, MULTILATERALISM, & DIPLOMACY -- FLEXIBILITY IN INTERPRETING INTERNATIONAL NORMS & THE LAWS OF WARFARE

U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY:  U.S. SENATOR JON KYLE'S POSITIONS ON U.S. MILITARY ACTION IN IRAQ, EFFORTS OF ROGUE STATES TO ACQUIRE & USE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, OUR NEED TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING & EQUIPPING AMERICA'S ARMED FORCES, & ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM OF SHORTFALLS IN U.S. INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES

DEFENDING AMERICA AGAINST THE ISLAMIST JIHAD, BOTH AT HOME & ABROAD:  TAKING THE FIGHT TO THE TERRORISTS, DEFEATING & DESTROYING DESPOTIC, TERRORIST-SUPPORTING & TERRORIST-HARBORING POLITICAL REGIMES, BRINGING CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY TO THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST, & PROTECTING THE AMERICAN HOMELAND -- CONGRESSIONAL FISCAL & LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT FOR PERFORMANCE OF THE TASKS AT HAND

ENHANCING AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY BY INCREASING THE STRENGTH & READINESS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES:  ENSURING THAT THE U.S. MILITARY IS THE BEST TRAINED & BEST EQUIPPED FIGHTING FORCE IN THE WORLD -- WINNING THE WAR AGAINST ISLAMIST TERRORISM, & FACING THE NEW PROBLEMS & CHALLENGES GENERATED BY THE NEW KIND OF WAR WE ARE FIGHTING

SABOTAGING AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY -- A DEVASTATING EXPOSE OF HOW MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE ROUTINELY CONTRIBUTED TO THE NATIONAL DEBT, WHILE CONSISTENTLY STRIPPING VITALLY NEEDED FUNDS FROM THE DEFENSE BUDGET DURING A TIME OF WAR

RECENT HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN GEOPOLITICALLY ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:  AMERICA'S SUCCESSFUL SPACE PROGRAM & ITS FAVORABLE IMPACT ON U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY & MILITARY DEFENSE CAPABILITIES -- THE EPIC JOURNEY OF APOLLO 11 TO THE MOON & ITS ELIMINATION OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL DEFICIT THAT COULD HAVE SPELLED DOOM FOR THE U.S.A. IN THE FACE ON AN ONSLAUGHT OF SPACEBORNE SOVIET WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

THE POLITICAL BIAS OF AMERICA'S MAINSTREAM MEDIA, ITS SELECTIVE & UNBALANCED COVERAGE OF BREACHES IN U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY, & ITS FAILURE TO EXPOSE THE ENORMOUS LEAKAGE OF AMERICAN MILITARY & TECHNOLOGICAL SECRETS TO COMMUNIST CHINA DURING THE PRESIDENCY OF WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON

AMERICA'S PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH & OPERATE A JOINT U.S.-CANADIAN CONTINENTAL MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM FOR NORTH AMERICA -- CANADA SHOULD ACCEPT THE U.S. INVITATION & GET ON BOARD WITH MISSILE DEFENSE

AMERICA'S MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS -- THE VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES CALLS FOR REVIVAL OF THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE (SDI)

AMERICA'S MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS -- THE PROPOSAL TO EXPAND THEM TO INCLUDE A REVIVAL OF RONALD REAGAN'S STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE (SDI)

ENVIRONMENTAL RADICALISM & DISLOYALTY TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- THE RADICAL GREENS' DETERMINATION TO UNDERMINE AMERICA'S MILITARY STRENGTH