Wars of Inconvenience by Leonard Benton 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 reach into the internet and grab someone so badly as I did today. I read an old article by Jay Parini and I damn near went into orbit over one particular line. “We have … [Read more...]
4 Things to Know About the Way of the World
4 Things to Know About the Way of the World by Boone Cutler People think that the world is a complicated place. It's not. What's happening on the world stage makes perfect sense. You just need to understand four things: 1) Killing is a natural occurrence. It's a natural way to establish dominance. Either kill or be killed; the winner lives and the loser has no say-so … [Read more...]
Weaponizing the Influencers: Strategy in a time of “COVID”
Weaponizing the Influencers by Ben Buehler-Garcia What if I told you I could hamstring the world’s top super power without firing a single shot in anger? We may be seeing the blueprint for just such an action playing out at this moment. I am neither a physician nor a military strategist, but over the years I have developed a hobby of connecting seemingly unrelated dots, … [Read more...]
Why the Islamic State Hates Shrines and Kills Those Who Worship There
Why the Islamic State Hates Shrines and Kills Those Who Worship There by Michael Kelvington On 16 February 2017, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device that killed at least 83 Pakistanis at the Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, a Sufi shrine in Sindh Province. It was a catastrophic attack which also wounded over 200 other innocent worshippers, and has already been claimed by … [Read more...]
“Never Forget”: Rising Up to Call Genocide ‘Genocide’
“Never Forget”: Rising Up to Call Genocide ‘Genocide’ by Scoti Domeij I’ll never forget standing outside the gates of the Mathhausen concentration camp to tour the prison camp at noontime. The tour guards said, “We’re closing for lunch. You can come back after lunch or if you want to tour Mathhausen right now, we’ll lock you in while we go eat lunch.” On a tight deadline … [Read more...]
The Coronavirus Is Now A “Pandemic.” Maybe We Ought To Take It More Seriously Now.
The Coronavirus Is Now A "Pandemic." Maybe We Ought To Take It More Seriously Now. by Scott Faith It's official: the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID19, is now a global pandemic. We might better stop being so cavalier about it and start taking the outbreak a bit more seriously. The World Health Organization (WHO) made the determination today, as reported cases … [Read more...]
The Battle of Air Base 594: What War with Iran Might Look Like… On The Ground
The Battle of Air Base 594: What War with Iran Might Look Like by MAJ J.A. Lyons He lay prone on his back looking skyward with collapsing tunnel vision; his pulse was weakening as multiple types of United States rotary wing aircraft were converging on the rising green smoke encircling him. In the orange and pink twilight of the morning sunrise he squinted his eyes trying to … [Read more...]
Assessing Trust in the Afghan Peace Deal
Assessing Trust in the Afghan Peace Deal by Kerry Patton Trust. It’s a mysterious term and rarely understood. Per its definition, key attributes exist such as reliability, truth, ability, and strength. Contrary to popular belief, trust is not earned but rather obtained through a leap of faith. It is natural and can easily be broken. When it comes to the Afghan Peace Deal, … [Read more...]
Iran Has Validated its Own “Competition Phase” Concept of War: Why It Matters
Iran Has Validated its Own "Competition Phase" Concept of War: Why It Matters by Major J.A. Lyons Picture an empty room with a parquet wooden floor. On the floor before you sits a domino, behind that one domino sit two, behind those two sit a row of four, beyond that eight, so on and so on. In various YouTube videos one can watch as someone trips the first domino of a … [Read more...]
Ikhwan: Harbingers of ISIS
Ikhwan: Harbingers of ISIS by Michael Kelvington This first appeared in The Havok Journal March 27, 2019. An adage often attributed to Mark Twain states, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” As the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham, also known as ISIS, swept into Iraq from Syria in 2014, they employed grisly tactics and conducted atrocities which … [Read more...]
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