Category: Editorial Cartoon

Happy New Year from SOFREP!  Hopefully, 2015 will be a whole lot friendlier than 2014 was!

On Christmas Eve, Santa prepares his manual, ballistic, and explosive breaching techniques for entry into millions of homes.  Maybe you should just leave the door open for him instead…

The United States and Cuba took definitive steps to end a half-century of animosity and icy relations this holiday season, after reportedly 18 months or so of back-channel discussions between high-level representatives of each country’s presidential administration, as well as the Vatican.  The two countries used the swap of intelligence assets and an American aid […]

Most of what was in this report had already been widely known and discussed. Also interesting to note that the Oversight Committee appears to not provide any oversight at all, just deal with the problem after it breaks in the media. The politicians also appear to be great at the political grandstanding that happens in […]

And to the Fat Cats in DC? Well…we’ll keep giving them hell while you’re all down range. Happy Thanksgiving from SOFREP.

The “Capital” in Washington and their tributes come in the form of Special Operations Forces and Intelligence operatives sent abroad to execute a short-sighted foreign policy plan. DC’s own death match, it’s time to put an end to Washington’s version of the Hunger Games. The reaping started under George W Bush and has continued, some […]

The ISIS Solution Excerpt “The Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham, known derogatorily as “Daash” among its adversaries in Iraq, did not form in a vacuum. It was founded in 2003 as Jama’at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (Group of Monotheism and Jihad), by Abu Musab al Zarqawi, a Jordanian, and in October 2004, Zarqawi pledged allegiance to […]

As the UBL shooter drama continues, personal motives take center stage, and the only clear loser is the SEAL community at large. The Naval Special Warfare reputation is being tarnished in real time by members of a command once admired. “You don’t see guys in the SDV Teams talking openly about classified operations.” said one active senior enlisted […]

The 2011 revolution in Libya, a revolution that was part of what is now known as the Arab Spring, succeeded in putting an end to the 42-year rule of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and brought about the election of a transitional council. The fall of Gaddafi did not, unfortunately, bring an end to Libya’s suffering. The General […]

From time immemorial we have blamed outbreaks of diseases on foreigners.  From “yellow” fever amongst Chinese immigrants to dangerous diseases carried by Mexican illegal immigrants crossing the border, this subject never seems to be far from the conversation about immigration.  But does containment even work?

Ebolamania is sweeping the United States but the real fight against this the ebola virus is being fought, and will have to be won, in West Africa.