Manuel Carreon

About the author

Manuel Carreon is a combat veteran of 1st Battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment. After multiple tours to both Afghanistan and Iraq, he has become a writer and has published his first novel SIMPLE MACHINES, his writing is heavily based on his time as an Army Ranger.

Smoke and Mirrors: Conspicuous Timing of GTMO Releases

On December 9, 2014, Senator Diane Feinstein released the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on the use of torture by the CIA following 9/11. Screams for prosecution were loud and directed toward the CIA’s apparent conflict with the Constitution and America’s values. But the timing of this release is suspect: While the predictable resulting media firestorm raged on, another very real […]

Drones and Beards: The Next Phase of the GWOT

To understand the current landscape of the Middle East, we must examine the series of events that have moved its countries to what seems to be the verge of chaos. The rise of ISIS in Iraq and a new president of Afghanistan who prefers the company of Pakistan’s leadership to our own seem to, on the surface, paint a saddening […]