by LogCinco Since the 1980s, the Government of the United States of America has been asleep at the switch. Not everyone, of course: there are Continue Reading
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Everything I Needed to Know About COVID-19, I Learned in Kindergarten
This originally appeared in The Havok Journal on April 21, 2020. Has anything changed a year later? “Wisdom from the mouths of babes.” In trying to Continue Reading
Adapt or Die: Leaders are Failing to Discern What is Critical
by MAJ J.A. Lyons “When the machine breaks down, we break down” – SFC Barnes, Platoon (Film) The tailspin is real; the impact on sustained Continue Reading
It’s 2021: Why Fight Wars at All?
Why fight wars at all? We lose lives and treasure even if we win. Those who survive are haunted by the violence and the price they paid; whether they Continue Reading
Modern Insurgency as a Lingering Effect of the Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution, the late 1700s through the early 1800s, was incidental, if not intentioned, the result of the Treaties of Münster and Continue Reading
National Identity Crisis in the Gulf States? A Puzzle for the Future
In reading a chapter titled, “The Oil-Driven Nation-Building of the Gulf States After the Second World War” from The Emergence of the Gulf States, I 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 Continue Reading
Assessing Trust in the Afghan Peace Deal
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on March 9, 2020. The subject remains a relevant issue today. Trust. It’s a mysterious term and rarely Continue Reading
The “Poor Game” of the Modern U.S. Way of War
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on March 23, 2014. The modern U.S. military is preoccupied with non-military goals and is hobbled by Continue Reading
“Never Forget”: Rising Up to Call Genocide ‘Genocide’
I’ll never forget standing outside the gates of the Mauthausen concentration camp to tour the prison camp at noontime. The tour guards said, “We’re Continue Reading
Why the Islamic State Hates Shrines and Kills Those Who Worship There
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on March 23, 2019. On 16 February 2017, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device that killed at least Continue Reading
Weaponizing the Influencers: Strategy in a Time of “COVID”
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on March 20, 2020. What do you think a year later? What if I told you I could hamstring the world’s top Continue Reading
