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James A. Lyons, Jr. Admiral, USN (ret)

James A. Lyons, a retired U.S. Navy admiral, was commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and senior U.S. military representative to the United Nations.

Most Recent Articles by James A. Lyons, Jr. Admiral, USN (ret):

A Regional Strategy To Confront China’s Aggression

A Regional Strategy To Confront China’s Aggression Today, we are being challenged on multiple fronts by China and their aggression and expansionists policies. Clearly, their primary strategic objective is to dominate the Western Pacific and the Asian Rimland. The Rimland is the strip of coastal land that encircles Eurasia. For decades we had encouraged China’s economic growth with the hope that such growth would foster less stringent control by the totalitarian Chinese Communist Party, leading to greater freedom for the Chinese people. Clearly, this policy was misguided and has failed.
- Friday, August 24, 2018

Our National Security is Being Compromised

Port of Wilmington, Gulftainer Nearly two years after the election of Donald Trump as president, America is still suffering the consequences of the deterioration of our national security under former President Barack Obama.  In a 10 August, 2018 article by Mary Fanning and Alan Jones, they have provided information on Obama’s billionaire Iraqi patron Nadhmi Shakir Auchi, who is now 80 and lives in London. 
- Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Freedom of Navigation Doctrine Challenged

Freedom of Navigation Doctrine Challenged height= With all the media focus on President Trump’s recent meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, a major event took place last week in the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, which received little notice. 
- Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Our Counter-Intelligence System Is Broken

Our Counter-Intelligence System Is Broken There is no question that the United States is the number one target of every potential enemy hostile intelligence service in the world. Yet, as recently exposed, there is no national-level effort to counter this threat. Our free and open society is a spy’s paradise, and actually facilitates our enemies’ penetration.
- Monday, July 23, 2018

The DOJ Has Lost All Credibility

The DOJ Has Lost All Credibility, IMRAN AWAN In typical Washington fashion, when there is a major decision made that the "Deep State" wants to go away as quietly as possible, the details are released just before a major holiday. Such was the case with the unbelievable plea deal reached with Imran Awan, a Pakistani-American dual citizen who has been linked to a major spy ring on Capitol Hill.
- Wednesday, July 11, 2018


U.S.-North Korea Summit

U.S.-North Korea Summit While many are skeptical of the wisdom of elevating the status of the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un in a summit with the leader of the free world, President Donald Trump, it remains an open question as to whether anything useful can come out of the Singapore 12 June meeting.
- Friday, June 8, 2018

Countering China’s Blue Water Navy

Countering China’s Blue Water Navy Based on China’s massive military expansion over the last two decades, particularly the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Navy, their goal is clearly to challenge the U.S. Navy’s dominance, not only in the Western Pacific, but globally.  In a recent hearing before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on 17 May 2018, that was clearly pointed out by two experts on the Chinese threat, Rick Fisher and Captain James Fanell, USN (ret). They explained how the Chinese Navy dramatically expanded from a coastal force to a global threat, capable of challenging the U.S. Navy’s dominant position in the Western Pacific today, and globally in the next decade. 
- Thursday, May 31, 2018

Drugs Used as Political Warfare

Drugs Used as Political Warfare There is no question we have a national opioid (drug) epidemic.  The genesis of this national tragedy goes back many generations and administrations.  Dr. Joseph D. Douglass, Jr. in his well-researched book, “Red Cocaine,” discusses in detail how our historical enemies, primarily Beijing and Moscow, made it official state policy to use drugs as a form of political warfare to bring about the decay and destruction of Western societies, particularly the United States. 
- Sunday, May 20, 2018

Ensuring an Open South China Sea

Ensuring an Open South China Sea On 20 April, 2018, Bill Gertz wrote an article about the written statement of the new Pacific command nominee, Admiral Philip Davidson, to the Senate Armed Services Committee.  In his statement, Admiral Davidson conceded, in discussing the creation of China’s artificial islands and their militarization in the South China Sea, that they, in effect, have control over the entire area and “present a substantial challenge to U.S. military operations in the region.” 
- Friday, May 11, 2018

Why Is Our Port Security For Sale?

The 50-year lease of the Port of Wilmington On 24 April, 2017, the Delaware General Assembly approved a $580 million 50-year lease to cede control of the Port of Wilmington to a Middle Eastern foreign co-owned company, Gulftainer, controlled by the UAE and the Iraqi Jafar family. 
- Thursday, May 3, 2018

Anticipating the U.S.-North Korea Summit

Anticipating the U.S.-North Korea Summit CIA Director Mike Pompeo’s secret visit to Pyongyang over the Easter holiday apparently provided sufficient confidence that Kim Jong-Un has made a commitment to at least discuss the potential denuclearization of North Korea. Clearly the visit to North Korea by the highest-ranking U.S. official ever has greatly legitimized the status of the rogue dictator Kim Jong-Un. 
- Friday, April 27, 2018

The Need for Accountability

The Need for Accountability When former President Barack Obama announced five days before he took his oath of office that he would be “fundamentally transforming the United States of America,” not many Americans understood what that meant. However, it soon became very clear. His declaration to fundamentally change America was both un-American and anti-Western, as well as pro-Islam, pro-Iranian and pro-Muslim Brotherhood. In short, it was treason!
- Sunday, April 22, 2018

Biden's Nepotism and Hypocrisy in Ukraine

Biden's Nepotism and Hypocrisy in Ukraine U.S. relations with Ukraine have dramatically flourished under President Trump, in contrast to the poor state of the Washington-Kiev strategic alliance under former President Obama. While the Trump national security team approved the sale of Javelin anti-tank missile systems and sniper rifles to Ukraine, the Obama administration vetoed similar sales of lethal weapons, leaving Ukraine to face Russia alone. An equally important aspect of U.S. support for Ukraine has been in reforms and the fight against corruption, which the Obama administration also undermined by nepotism and hypocrisy.
- Thursday, April 12, 2018

America—You be the Judge

Thousands of American lives lost due to Iran’s more than 35 years of aggression against the United States, it is inconceivable that any American administration would agree to enter into such a critical...
- Thursday, March 5, 2015


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