This first appeared in The Havok Journal on April 19, 2017. Prior to reading portions of Nabil Mouline’s The Clerics of Islam I did not see the ulama, Continue Reading
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A Middle Eastern Veteran’s Welcome to “Mortar City” and the “Praetorians”
A C-130 Transport Plane lands in Camp Anaconda. The base is affectionately known as “mortar city” due to the constant Mortar attacks that occur on the Continue Reading
The Top Five Weird Books On Osama Bin Laden’s Bookshelf
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on May 24, 2015. “Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has Continue Reading
Joyriding in the Kingdom: Saudi Arabia’s Lower-Class Gateway Drug
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on April 11, 2017. image source: Pinterest In reading the chapter “Street Terrorism” out of Pascal Continue Reading
Hong Kong: Harbinger of Southeast Asia’s Future
by Anonymous This first appeared in The Havok Journal on April 3, 2016. Police forces march in on crowds during the First Day of the Chinese New Continue Reading
U.S. Policy in the Western Hemisphere: a “Hole of Government” Approach
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
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
“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
COVID-19: Take it Seriously or We Risk Our Freedom
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on March 19, 2020. How have things changed in a year? John drove across state lines. Immediately entering Continue Reading
The North Korean Problem: “Leadership” by Herd Mentality
It is ironic that political leaders in the United States imagine that negotiations will solve a problem when we have had 60 years of North Korean Continue Reading
Redemption: 20 years and 1 Suicide Attempt Later
From within a luxury seaside villa, I swallowed them all. I hit send on my phone and I closed my eyes. After that amount of VA candy, it’s a miracle I Continue Reading