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When Russian armor crossed the border and the drones began their ragged buzz over Kyiv, I learned that heartbreak and geopolitics break you in the same place, and the only answer was to hold the line long enough for principle to matter.
Two and a half centuries on, the few and the proud still storm the breach with grit, gallows humor, and zero hesitation to kick in the next door, whatever waits on the other side.
Trump’s cease-fire, built on wishful thinking that Hamas would police itself, stripped away Israel’s deterrent, let a hostile force regroup, and proved that without regional ownership of security and accountability, “peace” is a photo op and a pause before the next round.
From Waikiki surf to Red Beach fire, Francis Brown Wai fused Chinese Hawaiian roots, Punahou grit, and UCLA discipline into a calm, relentless charge that broke the deadlock on Leyte.
Trump targets Colombia, Gaza ceasefire falters, Xi unveils China’s new plan. Here’s your Monday morning rundown, October 20, 2025.
On a day when the Secret Service discovered a suspicious hunting stand with a line of sight to Air Force One in West Palm Beach, Israel struck Gaza amid a fragile truce after fire near Rafah, a North Korean soldier crossed the DMZ to defect, and Tehran declared JCPOA restraints over. It’s Sunday, October 19th, 2025. This is your SOFREP Evening Brief.
Trump rattled the saber then slid it back in the scabbard, as a disputed breach strains Gaza’s shaky ceasefire and one careless trigger pull could light the whole map.
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Batman made it look cool, but the real Skyhook riders were the kind of men who trusted a steel wire, a balloon, and a pilot’s nerve more than luck or legend.
Peace through strength works only when strength shakes hands with diplomacy, because ruling by unilateral muscle is a bandage on a battlefield wound that bleeds away the trust needed to win tomorrow.
From Red Beach where Marine Vice President JD Vance saluted a roaring 250th birthday, to Caribbean waters where a Navy strike sank a narco sub and sent its survivors home into a legal gray sea, to the Durand Line where guns fell quiet under Qatari and Turkish mediation, the week showed American power flexing while policy and peace try to keep pace. Welcome to Sunday, October 19, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.
In a week when a rare frontline truce let crews re-string Zaporizhzhia’s lifeline and Gaza’s fragile ceasefire yielded a tenth fallen hostage, Madagascar’s colonel-turned-president took the oath while the crowds that toppled Rajoelina wait to see if power, water, and promises finally show up. It’s Saturday, October 18th, 2025. This is your evening brief.
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