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Muslim Veterans Speak Out, Part 8: How to End Islam’s Dark Ages

Muslim Veterans Speak Out, Part 8: How to End Islam's Dark Ages by Christopher Paul Meyer This first appeared in The Havok Journal in January 2017. Author's Note: When it comes to terrorism, U.S. foreign policy and military operations, the true nature of Islam and the extent of Islamic radicalization, there are no shortages of opinions. As a survivor of the 9/11 … [Read more...]

A Debt That Cannot Be Repaid

A Debt That Cannot Be Repaid by Andy Stumpf In a country that most would struggle to find on a map, in a compound that few possess the courage to enter, men from my previous life took the fight to our enemy. In that compound, they found men that pray five times a day for your destruction. Those men don’t know me, they don’t know you, and they don’t know America. They … [Read more...]

Muslim Veterans Speak Out, Part 5: How to Fight Radicalization

Muslim Veterans Speak Out, Part 5: How to Fight Radicalization by Christopher Paul Meyer This first appeared in The Havok Journal in January 2017. Author's Note: When it comes to terrorism, U.S. foreign policy and military operations, the true nature of Islam and the extent of Islamic radicalization, there are no shortages of opinions. As a survivor of the 9/11 attacks … [Read more...]

Muslim Veterans Speak Out, Part 4: The Struggle of Muslims in America

Muslim Veterans Speak Out, Part 4: The Struggle of Muslims in America by Christopher Paul Meyer This first appeared in The Havok Journal in January 2017. Author's Note: When it comes to terrorism, U.S. foreign policy and military operations, the true nature of Islam and the extent of Islamic radicalization, there are no shortages of opinions. As a survivor of the 9/11 … [Read more...]

Muslim Veterans Speak Out, Part 3: The War Within Islam

Muslim Veterans Speak Out, Part 3: The War Within Islam by Christopher Paul Meyer This first appeared in The Havok Journal in January 2017. Author's Note: When it comes to terrorism, U.S. foreign policy and military operations, the true nature of Islam and the extent of Islamic radicalization, there are no shortages of opinions. As a survivor of the 9/11 attacks and a … [Read more...]

Boycott Drugs, Stop Terror

Boycott Drugs, Stop Terror by Christopher Paul Meyer   Daesh is full of fame whores. They live (or, rather, die) for the social media-friendly coverage of their attacks. They elbow their way to the forefront of our fears. Which is understandable. But they still need money. We’ve heard how they use oil to finance themselves. We haven’t heard as much about how … [Read more...]

Unconventional Warfare, Venture Capital Style

Unconventional Warfare, Venture Capital Style by E.M. Burlingame The single greatest threat to American interests in all those places around the globe where we put ourselves in harm’s way is the extensive pool of recruits available to the enemy. And why are so many willing to give their loyalties and to sacrifice their lives on behalf of the enemy? Because these … [Read more...]

Why a New Organization is Needed within the Intelligence Community

Why a New Organization is Needed within the Intelligence Community by Kerry Patton “If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence.” —Paul Bremmer _____ After the heinous attacks against the United States on 9-11-2001, the U.S. … [Read more...]

Spouses in the Shadows: Life in the Clandestine Services

Spouses in the Shadows: Life in the Clandestine Services by Kerry Patton We often discuss our admiration for and give praise to military spouses. Rarely does anyone ever discuss the life of a spouse married into the secretive world of clandestine operations — spouses in the shadows. I learned of a spouse who passed away. How she died, I don’t necessarily know. What I … [Read more...]