David T. Cloft

David T. Cloft is a competitive smallbore and long range rifle shooter from the United States, who has won seven National Championships and has set 11 US National Records. In 1999 he became the first American to be Knighted by the Princess of Buedingen, Germany after winning their annual Schutzenfest. He formerly served as a United States Army officer and retired at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

Mission Accomplished 2.0: How Pete Hegseth Could End Up Under the Bus

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Twenty-three years after Bush’s infamous “Mission Accomplished” moment, Washington may be preparing the sequel. Pete Hegseth stormed the Pentagon with a sledgehammer to destroy wokeness, only to discover that fighting bureaucracy and winning wars require entirely different skill sets. As the Iran war drags on and loyalty threatens to replace honest military advice, Trump may need a spectacular victory announcement—and someone to blame. History suggests Hegseth could become the next Rumsfeld. In Washington, the most dangerous weapon isn’t always an enemy missile. Sometimes it’s the bus parked outside the White House.

THE LAST LIGHT — Part 1 of 3, The Awakening

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The year is 2037. Artificial intelligence has nearly eliminated war, hunger, and disease. Humanity has finally created a world where machines can solve almost every problem—except the darkness within the human heart. When a mysterious carpenter named Eli begins challenging the new world order, the most powerful intelligence ever created identifies him as humanity’s greatest threat. A disillusioned soldier, a brilliant scientist, and a charismatic world leader become entangled in an ancient struggle between truth and deception, freedom and control, God and mankind’s desire to become gods. Inspired by biblical prophecy and the timeless hero’s journey, The Last Light asks one unsettling question: If Jesus walked among us today, would we recognize Him—or crucify Him all over again?

The Pendulum Swings: America’s Beautifully Inefficient Republic

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America survived another election, but judging by social media, half the country is preparing for civil war while the other half celebrates like it captured Berlin. Relax, America. Our Founders deliberately built a government that moves like a battleship, not a jet ski. The political pendulum swings, elections have consequences, and sometimes your side loses. That’s not tyranny. That’s constitutional government. The beauty of our Republic isn’t that we always get it right. It’s that we can correct our mistakes with ballots instead of bullets. **Put down the pitchfork. The pendulum will swing again.**

Rwanda, Kosovo, and the $4.99 Lesson: Hate Doesn’t Need High-Tech Weapons

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In the 1990s, while attending the United States Military Academy at West Point, I had instructors who had recently returned from deployments to Rwanda. They told us stories about what they had witnessed during one of the most horrific chapters of modern human history.

Our jaws dropped.

Burn Down Capitalism? History Says You’ll Just Get a Bigger Tyrant.

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Capitalism is broken, Washington is for sale, and America increasingly resembles an oligarchy with a customer loyalty program. But before we burn the whole system down, perhaps we should consult history. The French wanted liberty and got Napoleon. The Russians wanted equality and got Stalin. The Chinese wanted prosperity and got Mao. Every revolution promises to eliminate the ruling class, yet somehow produces another one with bigger boots and fewer restraints. Capitalism needs an overhaul, not a suicide pact. Because when you hit the economic reboot button, the new operating system might come preinstalled with a dictator—and no uninstall option.

Predicting the Next Civil War…

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Professor David Betz, a respected military strategist at King’s College London, warns that Europe is heading toward civil war—and the warning signs are getting harder to ignore. From political factionalization to vulnerable infrastructure, his red-team analysis paints an ugly picture of Western civilization’s future. Having witnessed the aftermath of ethnic conflict in Bosnia and Kosovo, I think Betz is probably right about the trajectory. But here’s the real question: Why are we still arguing about whether catastrophe is coming instead of figuring out how to survive it, minimize the destruction, and rebuild afterward? History doesn’t grade on a curve.

The Enemy Doesn’t Have to Defeat Us. We’re Doing It Ourselves.

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America has discovered a pharmaceutical shortcut to weight loss, but are we becoming healthier or simply thinner? Scripture warns that a man without self-control is like a city without walls. Sun Tzu understood that an enemy’s greatest weakness often comes from within. As Americans trade discipline for convenience and increasingly depend on medication, are we strengthening our nation—or dismantling its defenses from the inside?

Old Men, Old Lies, and the Business of War

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Maybe it’s time we changed the military draft. Ages 50 to 62. Seriously. After a career in uniform, I’ve learned there’s a difference between defending your country and fighting somebody else’s geopolitical chess tournament. At West Point, we memorized the fourth verse of The Star-Spangled Banner, written during the War of 1812: “Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just.” Those last six words matter. Sometimes overwhelming violence is necessary, but war should never be a spectator sport for politicians willing to sacrifice somebody else’s children. Let the old men fight the next war. Something tells me there would be considerably fewer of them.

Do We Need Purple Fingers to Save the Republic?

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For 2,500 years, civilizations have battled election fraud with secret ballots, elaborate voting machines, sealed ballot boxes, and even purple ink. I witnessed that last method firsthand in Iraq, where citizens risked their lives to vote and proudly displayed their stained fingers. Today, America has technology the ancient Romans couldn’t imagine, yet we still argue about whether elections can be trusted. The problem isn’t just cheating—it’s what happens when citizens lose faith in the legitimacy of their government. Maybe America doesn’t need purple fingers. But if we can’t demonstrate election integrity, how long can we expect our republic to survive on trust alone?

The Ancient Cosmic War, Part 3 of 3: The Ancient Cosmic War: Fourteen Christian Thinkers, One Uncomfortable Question

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Our ancestors weren’t stupid. They built pyramids with extraordinary precision, calculated celestial movements, and developed mathematics we still use thousands of years later. Yet when those same civilizations described heavenly beings, giants, supernatural rebellions, and cosmic warfare, modern humanity dismissed their accounts as mythology. Fourteen Christian scholars, theologians, and researchers have revisited these ancient mysteries, uncovering intriguing connections between archaeology, Scripture, and humanity’s forgotten history. Are they all correct? Certainly not necessarily. But when intelligent people keep finding common ground in ancient texts, perhaps their theories deserve investigation rather than ridicule. This three-part series explores what our ancestors knew, what the Bible actually says, and whether humanity entered a cosmic conflict that began long before Adam.

The Ancient Cosmic War, Part 2 of 3: The Bible’s Forgotten World: Angels, Giants, and the Divine Council

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Our ancestors weren’t stupid. They built pyramids with extraordinary precision, calculated celestial movements, and developed mathematics we still use thousands of years later. Yet when those same civilizations described heavenly beings, giants, supernatural rebellions, and cosmic warfare, modern humanity dismissed their accounts as mythology. Fourteen Christian scholars, theologians, and researchers have revisited these ancient mysteries, uncovering intriguing connections between archaeology, Scripture, and humanity’s forgotten history. Are they all correct? Certainly not necessarily. But when intelligent people keep finding common ground in ancient texts, perhaps their theories deserve investigation rather than ridicule. This three-part series explores what our ancestors knew, what the Bible actually says, and whether humanity entered a cosmic conflict that began long before Adam.

The Ancient Cosmic War, Part 1 of 3: What If We’ve Forgotten More Than We’ve Learned?

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Our ancestors weren’t stupid. They built pyramids with extraordinary precision, calculated celestial movements, and developed mathematics we still use thousands of years later. Yet when those same civilizations described heavenly beings, giants, supernatural rebellions, and cosmic warfare, modern humanity dismissed their accounts as mythology. Fourteen Christian scholars, theologians, and researchers have revisited these ancient mysteries, uncovering intriguing connections between archaeology, Scripture, and humanity’s forgotten history. Are they all correct? Certainly not necessarily. But when intelligent people keep finding common ground in ancient texts, perhaps their theories deserve investigation rather than ridicule. This three-part series explores what our ancestors knew, what the Bible actually says, and whether humanity entered a cosmic conflict that began long before Adam.

Pontiac’s War: How the Sausage Was Made

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Americans love judging the brutality of modern wars while enjoying the comforts of a civilization built through conquest, bloodshed, and political maneuvering. Pontiac’s War of 1763 reminds us that Native Americans weren’t ignorant savages, but sophisticated warriors who understood intelligence, diplomacy, and coordinated military operations. This isn’t about apologizing for the sins of our fathers. It’s about understanding how the sausage was made. History isn’t a Disney movie, and civilization wasn’t built by fairy godmothers. Before condemning the speck in another nation’s eye, perhaps we should examine the log in our own. War has always been politics by other means. The weapons change. Human nature doesn’t.

The Seven Mind Viruses Destroying America

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Jesus Identified the Malware 2,000 Years Ago. We’re Still Clicking the Links.

America has become the wealthiest, most technologically sophisticated civilization in human history. We carry supercomputers in our pockets, have groceries delivered to our doors, and can access virtually all human knowledge without getting off the couch.

Yet somehow, we’re increasingly miserable, divided, angry, and convinced that everyone else is the problem.

How to ST*U: The Internet Didn’t Make Us Stupid. It Just Removed the Speed Limit.

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The internet didn’t invent human stupidity, tribalism, or our irresistible desire to tell someone they’re an idiot. Those features came preinstalled in our carbon-based brains.

Social media simply changed the rules, removed the social consequences, and discovered how to monetize our outrage. We’ve built a multibillion-dollar industry around exploiting instincts that civilization spent thousands of years teaching us to control.

Our grandparents called it manners. Today, we call it engagement. And while everyone blames the technology, perhaps the real problem is that our prehistoric brains are still running outdated software—and somebody figured out how to make a fortune selling us the bugs.

Europe Is Burning, and their Weak Politicians Are Still Playing with Matches

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From the Oslo Accords to the Abraham Accords, Western leaders have spent decades confusing good intentions with sound strategy. Meanwhile, Europe absorbed millions of migrants, Christianity declined, and voters began revolting against the political establishment. Brexit, France’s political upheaval, and Britain’s massive immigration protests are warning signs. Apparently, national sovereignty matters in the Middle East, but questioning mass immigration in Europe gets you labeled an extremist. The canaries are dropping, the politicians are lecturing, and somebody ought to check the oxygen.

Don’t Drone Me, Bro! Welcome to the Land of the Free — Permission Required

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Welcome to the land of the free, where even the air above your property and the invisible radio waves passing through it are subject to federal regulation. The FAA is tightening enforcement against recreational drone operators, turning a remarkable piece of civilian technology into another exercise in government compliance. Registration, electronic identification, mandatory testing, and now tougher penalties. Somewhere along the way, Washington confused protecting the public with controlling it. The Founding Fathers envisioned limited government. We got unlimited paperwork. Don’t drone me, bro. It’s my flying camera, not an F-35.

World War III: Sarajevo, Jerusalem, and the Tinfoil Hat Theory of Everything

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What if World War III doesn’t begin with nuclear weapons, but with the destruction of a mosque in Jerusalem? In 1914, one assassination triggered a chain reaction of entangling alliances, nationalism, and political stupidity that consumed millions of lives. Today, we’ve added religious extremism, information warfare, and nuclear weapons to the same geopolitical mousetrap. Put on your tinfoil hats as we explore how history might repeat itself. Same monkeys. Bigger weapons. And somebody’s still fighting over the steering wheel of Noah’s Ark.

Nothing New Under the Sun: America’s Endless Cycle of Crisis, Debt, and Deception

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America survived the Great Recession, only to get sucker-punched by World BioWar 1.0, runaway inflation, and another round of wars. Washington keeps borrowing, the oligarchs keep getting richer, and ordinary Americans keep paying the bill. Scripture warned us about debt, greed, and the folly of men. Different century, same human nature. The game never ends, and somebody keeps rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

Jesus, the Talmud, and the Sins of Our Fathers: History Is a Dirty Business

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After decades of studying Christianity, I discovered something that genuinely surprised me: the Babylonian Talmud contains a passage describing Jesus Christ being punished in boiling excrement. Yes, it’s actually there. But history is a dirty business, and we’re remarkably good at pretending our ancestors smelled like roses. We don’t apologize for the sins of our fathers, nor should we remain prisoners of their prejudices. Scripture tells us to test all things, not blindly defend our tribe. Ecclesiastes 7:16 even warns against excessive self-righteousness. Perhaps it’s time we stopped judging history from our moral high horses and examined the logs sticking out of our own eyes. Different centuries, different costumes, same fallen humanity.