Strange Russian state secrets -How a recent mole-hunt gone mad may launch the next war
Nevertheless, everyone locally involved was destined to perform a series of events that may very well launch an extremely bloody war.
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America’s mercenaries – Foreign policy without ‘Boots on the ground’
Even more troubling: Most of those fighting for the United States abroad aren’t even Americans. Private military companies are multinational corporations that recruit globally.
Syria is a devastation and our lacking interest is shameful
However, what is known – is that Syria has become a kind of hell on earth and has created the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II. World War II is legendary is world lore – but likening the current catastrophe has little effect on the audience. Why is that? How is this not front and center in the presidential debate?
Translators are going to die (Part 1)
I had an Uber driver not long ago – he was a translator and worked with the Marines, as well as USSF. He spent nearly ten years working on a war footing.
Former Pentagon advisor: ‘We Have No Idea What War Is’
A barroom brawl is not war, because it’s not organized, and it has no political ends. Economic competition between states, however fierce, is not war, because it’s not bloody—it’s mass, it’s organized, and political—but it’s not violent.
New gas attacks in Syria: Why now?
To the average American this should be unconscionable. Many made their social profile pictures a French flag after one of the tragedies that occurred within that nation. Meanwhile, Syria remains a hell on earth where far more die, in far worse ways.
Vladimir Putin may believe time is ripe for another invasion
Seizing Crimea seemed a good idea in 2014, and it was achieved with remarkable ease. As the Russian writer Leonid Kaganov put it, however, it was a bit like stealing an expensive phone without its charger.
As an advisor in Iraq in 2012, I implemented fairy tale policy while Iraq was drifting toward civil war
Iraqis quietly expressed their concern to me that Iran was taking over Iraq, and no one was doing anything about it. The distrust of their comrades ran so deep that some would stop talking to me the second another soldier entered the room, regardless if the other one was a friend.
Not quite WWII, Russia positions tanks near Europe, as Iran prepares to invade Israel
The Russian occupying authorities suspended, for unknown reasons, the handling of citizens and vehicles crossing the administrative border with Crimea.
They hate Daesh, so let’s just agree to call them that
When I deployed to the Middle East in 2014, Daesh was just starting to really get America‘s full attention. I was fascinated with getting the opportunity to meet them in battle, and wanted to know everything I could about them. But first, I wanted to know what to call them. ISIS, IS, ISIL? So I […]
U.S. gives Lebanon $50 million of new military assistance
The United States has delivered $50 million worth of military assistance to Lebanon’s army to help it battle against Muslim extremists near the border with Syria. U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Elizabeth Richard told reporters at Beirut’s port that the latest assistance is in “an entire ship full of military equipment.” A U.S. Embassy statement said the […]
Families of Benghazi fallen sue Hillary Clinton
In a new twist stemming from the Benghazi attack, the families of Tyrone Woods and Sean Smith have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Hillary Clinton.
