Winning the Peace (Ch. 4)

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) →

Winning the Peace (Ch. 3)

Past being prologue, it is not likely that either the Department of State or CIA is going to beat back the onslaught of Salafism. The intent here is to provide leadership with a notion of the type of Foreign Area Officer (FAO) required to develop and implement strategy. The current “strategy,” whatever it may be, … Continue reading Winning the Peace (Ch. 3) →

Winning the Peace (Ch. 2)

Anyone who believes that we are winning the so called “Global War on Terrorism” has not endured an airport screening lately. Winning the peace would mean that you could board a plane as stress free as you did before 9-11. No, what we see and feel in today’s America is not what peace looks like. … Continue reading Winning the Peace (Ch. 2) →

In Response to ET’s Question

First of all I need to tell you that although friendly intelligence agents* cannot seem to find me, there are indicators that unfriendly intel organizations are interested in reading and/ or manipulating my thinking on a range of topics. To that end I will be brief. What President Donaldus Trumpmaximus should do is send both … Continue reading In Response to ET’s Question →

Winning the Peace Ch. 1 (AKA: Not Nation-Building Ch. 96)

I’ve had opportunity to work overseas with many of Uncle Sam’s alphabet soup agencies (DEA, CIA, DOS, USAID, etc.) and have generally been underwhelmed by their lack of foreign language skills and understanding of the local culture. On the other hand they are filled with lot of really intelligent people with advanced degrees who speak … Continue reading Winning the Peace Ch. 1 (AKA: Not Nation-Building Ch. 96) →

All US Military War Veterans Are Not Same-Same

It seems that some veterans want to create an impression that a veteran is a veteran is a veteran. Then there are guys like me who think combat arms veterans, in particular, have paid one hell of a lot more dues than the majority of vets, especially those we call rear echelon mother fuckers (REMF). … Continue reading All US Military War Veterans Are Not Same-Same →

Blackwater…

...to or not to put it on one's resume, that is the question.

Winning the Peace

Operation SEARCHLIGHT

https://dailyhistory.org/images/7/70/East_bengali_trying_to_rescue_woman.jpg Bengali rape victim The Pakistani soldiers sent to 'liberate' Bangladesh were under orders to purify the country by impregnating the Bengali women with "muslim fetuses." The woman in the photo may have been fortunate in that someone for some reason appears to be trying to save her. The Pakistan military set up 'rape camps' … Continue reading Operation SEARCHLIGHT →

Only a guy like me can be villain in today’s Hollywood

That must be why they are going all super hero/ super villain. They have intersectionalized themselves into a box. Look for a redneck, vet, Christian to be the villain in a movie soon to be released. Oh snap!