Afghanistan: Price of Surrender
The Price of Surrender
In Afghanistan One Year Later – A world has changed and the United States is diminished as an international power.
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Communist Chinese Political War Campaigns Exploit Social Media
The CCP is adapting its political warfare methods to exploit social media
Thoughts From The Past, by Citizen Writer: Joe Heaton
When I was a Plebe (freshman), I was getting onto a Greyhound bus. Before I got to the top of the steps, someone identified me as in the military. “Thank you for you service.” Wait? What? I have given no service. They had simultaneously identified me as affiliated with the military, and over-judged my contribution. …
Gen. Mark Milley’s Wildly Arrogant Resignation Letter to Trump Is Revealed
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley was appointed by former President Donald Trump in 2019 and remains in office under President Joe Biden. In a recently published excerpt from her forthcoming book, “The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021,” New Yorker writer Susan Glasser recounts Milley’s service during the Trump …
Communist China’s 4-7 August 2022 Exercise Off Taiwan; Chinese Saber Rattling and Intimidation by Captain Carl O. Schuster, US Navy Retired
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) just conducted a multi-day coordinated “exercise” in six locations that effectively surrounded Taiwan, which Beijing claimed was in response to US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s brief visit to Taipei on 2 August.
Inflation Reduction Act, Manchin and Sinema. Hope I’m wrong. I’m not!
I keep hearing about a certain amount of funding in this “Inflation Fighting” bill, an amount that increases the IRS budget to the tune of 12 times its existing annual budget. What is very interesting about the bill is it funds what amounts to a military arm of the IRS. Thousands of IRS agents, if …
Thomas Paine
“THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, …
WARNING: China Poised to Invade Taiwan’s Offshore Islands
Quemoy and Matsu, officially known as the Kinmen and Lienchiang Counties respectively, are groups of islands located directly off the coast of mainland Communist China, but are under the administration of the Republic of China, Taiwan. In the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, also called the 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis, the People’s Republic of China shelled …
War Is Peace And Other Democrat Sayings
No matter how much they spun, Humpty Dumpty’s men couldn’t Build Back Brandon’s Broken economy again. We’re in a recession.
The Looming NCO Crisis, Part 4: Education
Education reflects and amplifies culture. If the military does not have a culture that supports the warrior ethos and excellence, it will not sustain a vital NCO corps. Education without this ethos might do more damage to the military than no education at all.
Secretary of Defense Austin Reinforces His Qualifications…to Resign
And His Woke Sidekick, too Part 2
The Military and Child Molestation: Holding Our Own Accountable in This 5 Gen War
Ever hear the saying that all executives or people in positions of leadership are psychopaths? I’ve known plenty of people in positions of authority who are not social deviants, not even close. Apparently, I don’t know any who are high enough up the ladder. What the majority of us know is that drive, creativity, business …
Woke Philosophy Foisted On The Military Destroys The Fabric Of Trust Needed By Combat Teams To Win Wars
The senior military leadership, both uniformed and civilian, are actively sowing seeds of mistrust that will take decades to root out.
Liberal Lies are Dangerous
“If there were more women in leadership positions around the world there would be less conflict and less war,” Peter Clavalle, board chair of the Vermont Council on World Affairs.
Healing from PTSD in a 5th Generation War
How the story of trauma-based mind control human slavery survivor and her intelligence-community-connected rescuer can help the veteran community heal from post-traumatic stress disorder more quickly.
Defeat the 2023 NDAA! by Republican South Dakota State Representative Taffy Howard
The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has passed out of both the US Senate Armed Services Committee as well as the US House Armed Services Committee, and unless major changes are made, every Republican needs to vote against this bill.
Death Of A Nation – Completing Barack Hussein’s Fundamental Transformation
“…we are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.”, Barack Hussein Obama, October 2008
Forming a State Guard, by Lawrence Sellin
One Solution Against Tyranny Is Creating State Guards to Defend the Constitution and Fight Back Against the Deep State
The Looming NCO Crisis, Part 3: Military Culture
The Looming NCO Crisis, Part 3: Military Culture Part 1 of this series framed the problem of the looming NCO crisis. Part 2 examined why the recruiting base is so low and ended on the cautionary note that even if the military solved the recruiting crisis, if the culture does not support excellence and …
Asymmetrical Warfare, Un-Restricted Warfare, Stealth War
China is is at war with the United States; there are just no bullets flying…yet