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

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.

Poland belongs to the Poles

A weekend battle against EU supporters for sovereignty

This weekend, everyone on Twitter became an expert of Polish politics following an attempted coup d’état by Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, who declared herself the chief of the Constitutional Tribunal of Poland and suspended the President of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal Bogdan Święczkowski and his deputy.

I am pretty sure Korwin-Piotrowska translates into English as Boasberg.

Predicting the Next Civil War…

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.

Old Men, Old Lies, and the Business of War

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.

How to Read Iran’s 26-Page Midterm Letter to American Voters in 10 Minutes

Iran picked a side in November. The same regime that named America the Great Satan spent 26 pages asking you to change who runs Congress, and it did not pick Republicans.

On Tuesday, September 29, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps published “An Open Letter to the Honorable People of the United States of America.” Twenty-five pages or twenty-six, depending on who did the counting. Either way, that is longer than most of my students’ research papers. And better formatted, frankly, which hurts.

Pontiac’s War: How the Sausage Was Made

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.

When Elon Musk saved Ukraine

After Putin invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Ukraine’s digital minister Mykhailo Fedorov used Twitter like it was R2D2 to send a message of desperation to Elon Musk, who was their only hope. They needed Starlink so they could communicate.

Musk got the message and took action without getting a contract or price. He saw a need. He saved a country.

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

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.

Is Zelensky finally surrendering?

Sure looks like Trump finally got the Ukrainian clown to end Putin’s War

Zelensky waves the sign of the surrender. Hands up. Brian Kilmeade of Fox News interviewed him on Wednesday.

KILMEADE: “Would you accept a peace deal that freezes everything the way it is right now?”

PRESIDENT ZELENSKY: “Yes. I think this is a real way to end this war.”

I totally support his call for an armistice and I will refrain myself from pointing out that he should have done this 3 years ago. Oops, I did.