Pick a side.Our President, who ran on an anti-war platform (twice) and who received the Nobel Peace Prize before doing... anything "peaceful," has Continue Reading
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Collision Course: A Veteran’s Voice on the Threat of ISIS
Do you ever feel guilty because you want something bad to happen? Let's say you have a bad intersection on a stretch of road that has several near Continue Reading
The President’s Speech: Is This War or Not?
I am glad the President is finally realizing that we need to take an active role in the extermination of the Islamic State. I wish I had more Continue Reading
Preparing for Disaster: What the TV Shows and “Experts” Get Wrong
Over the last few years there have been quite a few shows about preparing for disaster from every possible threat to specific natural Continue Reading
Reflections on Sept. 11th (part 1)
Editor's Note:Today we remember the terrorist attacks that took place on 11 September, 2001. In the first of a series of personal vignettes, Continue Reading
Tamerlane: A Lesson on ISIS from the First Man of Iron
Well-reasoned discourse only works on reasonable people. If you cannot honestly debate or communicate with integrity, you cannot have a Continue Reading
ISIS: The Enemy of my Enemy Is…?
Our President is dithering and has no plan except to now work with the Syrian government he was painting ‘red lines’ about just a little while Continue Reading
My Enemy, ISIS: A Trap for the West
War is on the horizon, but it may not be the war everyone is thinking about. Put yourself in the position of the Islamic State. You are gaining Continue Reading
Insh’Allah: Dealing With ISIS in Due Time
There is nothing less certain on this earth than Arabic time keeping. Forget your schedules, convoy movements, and delivery times – all of it. If you Continue Reading
The Lion and the Lamb
I sat in a group and listened to the people around me and I heard the same things they heard and I could not understand how they were not boiling mad Continue Reading
Terrorism and Desperate Ground
Ground on which we can only be saved from destruction by fighting without delay, is desperate ground. "to be on 'desperate ground' is like sitting in Continue Reading
WMD: Chemical Weapons and Iraq
What is a WMD and why are they more dangerous than bullets?First of all, most of the press and nearly all of America really had no clue what a Weapon Continue Reading
