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 →

I Spy With My Little Eye

Elegy

“Neither with praise not with blame shall ye judge the poor farmer”…begins Christopher LaFarge’s novel in verse, Hoxsie Sells His Acres (1934), and continues “Praise not nor blame not,—but try to recapture the essence, Tell your children the story, explain the elusive Troublesome thing that gives to each word that they utter Something of quality, … Continue reading Elegy →

The Doctors’ Plot and “Kill all the lawyers!”

Being a professional in America used to be a very cool thing. It was never that way in the Olde Countrie: doctors were just tradesmen who had to enter the great houses through the servants’ entrance, and lawyers, divided into barristers and solicitors, didn’t enjoy high status either. Look at Sydney Carton in the first … Continue reading The Doctors’ Plot and “Kill all the lawyers!” →

Because Science and Shit Like That

https://open.substack.com/pub/igorchudov/p/is-geerts-prediction-of-a-deadlier?r=1ojp9b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Not Greed But Jealousy Runs the World

Assuming obvs that envy is the same as jealousy.

Discover My Adopted Home Town, Chiang Rai, Thailand Redux

In other words, some of you will have seen this OP before. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Not the larger and better known city of Chiang Mai, but Chiang Rai, in Northern Thailand deserves your attention. I am a retired USMC infantry officer and have seen more than a few interesting places, some of which I even liked. One … Continue reading Discover My Adopted Home Town, Chiang Rai, Thailand Redux →