Sanctuary! Laws and Lore

I’ll bet when you glanced at my title, you thought of Victor Hugo’s hunchback, Quasimodo, standing in a portico of Notre dame de Paris, holding aloft the unconscious maiden he has just rescued from the gallows and bellowing, “SANCTUAREEEEE!”  It’s a thrilling cry that reverberates down the ages.  But it’s much older than Hugo’s 19th … Continue reading Sanctuary! Laws and Lore

Friday Night Movie Recommendation: The Thin Red Line

The title is from my favorite poem by some strange coincidence. It starts a bit slowly but will take you on the emotional roller coaster that I have been on both literally and figuratively at least a few times too many. I just watched it for the first time a few days ago because someone … Continue reading Friday Night Movie Recommendation: The Thin Red Line

To Whom It May Concern:

I was AfriCom's (J33) Current Ops desk officer for all of North Africa when Benghazi went down and my perspective of those first '13 hours' has never been told. Maddeningly Congress never asked me to testify. It seems as if the DeepState's coverup is achieved by making sure the truth never sees the light of … Continue reading To Whom It May Concern:

The Harrowing of Hell

In the non-canonical Gospel of Nicodemus, during the 3 days between the Crucifuxion and the Resurrection, Jesus and John the Baptist go to Hell to release the souls of the blessĂšd, good people who couldn’t go to Heaven cuz they lived before Jesus’ birth. “ Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates! Behold, the King … Continue reading The Harrowing of Hell

Plan Mexico: Winning the Peace (Ch. 5) Redux

A feel good but secondary mission is to promote life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for the citizens of the various Partner Nations. Winning the Peace (WtP) Foreign Area Officers (FAOs) may support when feasible, freedom of religion with the end-state being that a Muslim could convert to Christianity and not face death for … Continue reading Plan Mexico: Winning the Peace (Ch. 5) Redux

Plan Mexico: In Honor of the Fallen AKA Winning the Peace

In case you have forgotten, I have written 9 or 10 OPs entitled “Winning the Peace.”  D'Nanda, God bless her, has boiled all of them down to the following: As I may have said in this space once or twice, since the end of World War II, our nation’s military has won almost all the … Continue reading Plan Mexico: In Honor of the Fallen AKA Winning the Peace

Winning the Peace: Final Chapter

The title is supposed to make you think about the goal of war not being the enemy laying down arms but in the end-state that we desire. In other words, what should peace look and feel like to you? I have posted, some have said ad nauseam, Winning the Peace OPs before but my previous … Continue reading Winning the Peace: Final Chapter

Apple TV Question

In T1, E7 (Amistades) of 'Sugar' what is the meaning of the lady's facial expression from 4:21 - 4:23? You'll need to watch the scene from 4:04 - 4:24 to cop the vibe she is going after. Thnx 4 playing I was a passport bro when being a passport bro wasn't kool krap This second … Continue reading Apple TV Question

Plan Mexico: Winning the Peace (Ch. 8)

The Pentagon is forever planning and procuring for the war that the military industrial complex wants to fight instead of the war that we’re actually fighting. The Pentagon dreams of fighting China and/or Russia with really dreamy dog fights and dom-submarine versus sub-submarine stalk and kills, but gets no joy from fighting the kinds of … Continue reading Plan Mexico: Winning the Peace (Ch. 8)

Winning the Peace (Ch. 4) Redux

Winning the Peace (WTP and/or WP – Willy Pete?), and the FAOs in the program are organized within each partner nation similarly to an infantry platoon reinforced. Platoon commander (O-5), platoon sergeant (E-8), corpsman, radio telephone operator (RTOs), squad leaders (O-4), fire team leaders (O-3), and grunts (enlisted advisors). The total number of individuals deployed … Continue reading Winning the Peace (Ch. 4) Redux