by Mariam Solaimankhil Pakistan's stance on refugees presents a startling dichotomy. On one side, it vocally supports the plight of Palestinians, Continue Reading
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A Fighter Pilot’s Perspective from the Skies of Iraq
by Robert G. Ray Jr., LTC (Retired) ALANG On March 21st, 2003 I was a flight leader of two ship F16C-Plus Block 30 aircraft OIF combat sortie Continue Reading
Standing Up to Chinese Aggression | Replace the BRP Sierra Madre
Editor's Note: BRP: "Barko ng Republika ng Pilipinas" (Ship of the Republic of the Philippines). 800 nautical miles to the southwest of Taiwan lies Continue Reading
War and Geopolitics Should not be Treated as a Sporting Event
Image: White House Photo I've been asked about my perspective on the current situation in the Middle East. I summarized most of what I Continue Reading
Thirst for Vengeance Can Never Be Quenched
The following is an excerpt from the dialogue of Steven Spielberg's movie "Munich." The film is a story, based on actual events, of Israeli assassins Continue Reading
How to Bring a Giant Down | Middle East Narco-Terrorism and U.S. National Security
The United States National Security has traditionally been preoccupied with conventional threats, including nation-states with belligerent foreign Continue Reading
Is October 7th Israel’s Sept. 11th? I Hope Not
I was 15 years old on September 11th 2001, walking from 2nd period art class to 3rd period English when I saw the news. At the time every classroom Continue Reading
Tragedy That Threatens to Embroil the World
by a US Army infantryman and veteran of Iraq & Afghanistan In 70 AD the Roman Empire, having endured 30 years of near constant agitation from Continue Reading
The Changing Role of the Qassam Rocket
Quick to deploy and easy to build, Hamas’s home-grown rockets can touch a few hundred thousand Israelis near Gaza, but the new danger may be how the Continue Reading
Peace Enforcement is Not the Same as Peacekeeping
by an anonymous former Special Forces officer Peace enforcement is a much more difficult kind of operation than peacekeeping.-Harri Continue Reading
My First Engagement with the Enemy
I don't always know what will trigger a flashback of my deployment to Afghanistan, but today, it happened to be the song at the end of the 2020 Mulan Continue Reading
Playing Hopscotch in a Minefield Along the Iran-Iraq Border
by Justin “Jud” Haywood This originally appeared in vocal media as "Mines Abound" and is republished here with the author's permission. Justin Continue Reading