"Get More" has become the American Dream. I'm afraid that someday those two words may appear on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty instead of the Continue Reading
Politics
Plowshares
We live in challenging times – whirlwinds blowing in and out of every corner. COVID struck first and is still with us. And now Russia invades Ukraine; Continue Reading
Has Putin Already Lost?
“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and the seek to win.” – Sun Tzu _________ If victory Continue Reading
Orchestrating Economic Might: It’s Time For a Director of National Economy
by a former Special Forces Officer There can be economy only where there is efficiency. -Benjamin Disraeli ______________ In 2009, Dennis Continue Reading
The Threat of Nuclear War… Again
by Frank Pauc This first appeared in Frank's blog on March 1, 2022 as "Nukes." It is republished here with the author's permission. “The whole Continue Reading
When Words Won’t Work
Tough to write when there’s a nuclear gorilla in the corner of the room, big red eyes glowering at you. You wonder who left the door open and invited Continue Reading
Biological Warfare: Media’s Transformation of Politics into Hysterics
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on March 9, 2020. You better fear politicians and the media a hell of a lot more than you fear that goddam Continue Reading
The Battle of Air Base 594: What War with Iran Might Look Like… On The Ground
by MAJ J.A. Lyons This first appeared in The Havok Journal on March 10, 2020. He lay prone on his back looking skyward with collapsing tunnel vision; Continue Reading
Wars of Inconvenience
I work very hard not to be the typical angry vet, but sometimes it is very hard and today was a special challenge. I have never wanted the power to Continue Reading
Did the United States Betray the Kurds in 2019?
by Richard Douglas The history of warfare involving the United States tends to murky and addled with controversy. Mostly it's less thought-out Continue Reading
All According to Plan
by Frank Pauc This first appeared in Frank's blog on February 24, 2022. It is republished here with the author's permission. Continue Reading
Trudeau, Truckers, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
As the whole world is aware by now, Canadian truckers held a bit of a protest here in our nation’s capital and at multiple border crossings with our Continue Reading