Dr. Earl Tilford is a military historian and fellow for the Middle East & terrorism with The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College. He currently lives in Tuscaloosa, Alabama where he is writing a history of the University of Alabama in the 1960s. A retired Air Force intelligence officer, Dr. Tilford earned his PhD in American and European military history at George Washington University. From 1993 to 2001, he served as Director of Research at the U.S. Army's Strategic Studies Institute. In 2001, he left Government service for a professorship at Grove City College, where he taught courses in military history, national security, and international and domestic terrorism and counter-terrorism. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EarlTilford http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EarlTilford TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Thu, 21 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT Thu, 21 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ After Sunday's airing of Home Box Office's series "The Bible," controversy erupted over the depiction of Satan. Series producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey denied any purposeful resemblance to President Barack Obama... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EarlTilford/2013/03/21/the-devil-in-disguise-n1544209 96547133-6ebe-4fa2-881c-684b28d26974 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT Recently released State Department documents reveal that shortly after 4:00 p.m., September 11, 2012, intelligence officers at the department informed the White House of a terrorist attack on the Benghazi consulate. 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Many were tactical or technical, such as the operational effectiveness of precision-guided munitions and the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EarlTilford/2012/04/30/lessons_not_learned_from_vietnam 03ad04d2-885d-46ec-af15-c82e0c3b4fc3 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:34:00 GMT On March 19, speaking at a Morris Township, New Jersey Democratic Party fundraiser, Vice President Joe Biden provided what may be the mother of all election year bumper stickers when he asserted, "Osama Bin Laden is... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EarlTilford/2012/03/27/bumper_sticker_history_remembering_some_truly_audacious_military_operations 8de65ab2-e942-4c20-bfcc-32d1a16994f8 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:23:00 GMT Late in the summer of 1961, President John F. Kennedy asked the Air Force to plan a nuclear first strike on the Soviet Union. The plan involved 55 B-52 bombers hitting 80 targets to degrade Soviet Long Range Air Force... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EarlTilford/2012/03/05/iran_israels_options 286e0ce2-7a4a-49b1-88c8-0e38845ec3f8 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:03:00 GMT Much ink has flowed over the recent apologies from President Barack Obama, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and General John Allen, commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EarlTilford/2012/03/01/sorry_mess_presidential_apologies_and_pardons b8c85df9-5a9a-422a-9905-7d6d532668c5 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:04:00 GMT From Damascus to Tehran, a test for world leadership is underway. Daily, the Syrian military-well-armed, highly trained thugs whose current mission is to keep dictator Bashar Assad in power-kills up to 200 or more of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EarlTilford/2012/02/16/strategic_abdication 36cddab6-c7f7-44f2-bd24-23640de5a95d Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:41:00 GMT With breaking news of a U.S. Navy SEAL team successfully rescuing two hostages from pirates in Somalia, military pundits are quick to note how the deployment of small, elite units will fit in with President Barack... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EarlTilford/2012/01/26/preparing_the_military_for_future_threats f4a29103-234d-4130-8ac7-4137cc512970 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:26:00 GMT President Barack Obama's vision for modernizing the U.S. military is little more than an exercise in "back to the future." Consider: Back in 2001, the armed forces were nearly a decade into positing what 21st-century... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EarlTilford/2012/01/18/military_modernization_back_to_the_future 055ef616-1916-459b-9c7d-dbfda48aff28 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:33:00 GMT Once again, tensions between Iran and the international community are on the rise as the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, released a new report that warns of concealed attempts http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EarlTilford/2011/11/15/iran_how_to_lose e99ee6df-9a53-4ade-bd3a-377924446d54 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:12:00 GMT Editor's note: This article is Part II in a series. Click here to read Part I. The U.S. Department of Defense must restructure to accommodate deep budget cuts and, more importantly, be ready for the challenges of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EarlTilford/2011/08/10/the_need_to_restructure_the_dod_part_2 1b064cfd-895f-4c2e-a425-c9c6f972a835 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:19:00 GMT In 1914, on the eve of the Great War, the Duke of Cambridge wrote, "There is a time for all things. There is even a time for change; and that is when it can no longer be avoided." Speaking of change, the current debt... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/EarlTilford/2011/08/07/the_need_to_restructure_the_dod_part_i 23ae7bbb-ac9a-4c76-842f-cc19a536cfdc Sun, 07 Aug 2011 04:01:00 GMT