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. 7) Blast from the Past (written in 2013)

If you believe that the Obama Administration has a coherent strategy to defeat Islamo-fascism then you should save your time and stop reading now. I am writing this only because I can’t find anyone putting forward a strategy to defeat the threat of Islamic supremacists. There are several brilliant authors writing about the reality of … Continue reading Winning the Peace (Ch. 7) Blast from the Past (written in 2013)

Plan Mexico: 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 Plan Mexico: Winning the Peace (Ch. 2)

Winning the Peace (Ch. 7) Blast from the Past (written in 2013)

If you believe that the Obama Administration has a coherent strategy to defeat Islamo-fascism then you should save your time and stop reading now. I am writing this only because I can’t find anyone putting forward a strategy to defeat the threat of Islamic supremacists. There are several brilliant authors writing about the reality of … Continue reading Winning the Peace (Ch. 7) Blast from the Past (written in 2013)

Plan Mexico: 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 Plan Mexico: Winning the Peace (Ch. 2)

By Request: “This Time, We’ll Win, Honest, We Will!”: Musings on _The Great Game_

Greetings, ST, 'Sieurs, 'Ettes, and All! A rather enthralling bit of reading suggested some time ago by our gracious host, facilitated then by another friend - who lent a copy of the out-of-print book - and sparked by several online conversations at the time originally led me to these ruminations. Peter Hopkirk's masterful survey of … Continue reading By Request: “This Time, We’ll Win, Honest, We Will!”: Musings on _The Great Game_

By Request: “This Time, We’ll Win, Honest, We Will!”: Musings on _The Great Game_

Greetings, ST, 'Sieurs, 'Ettes, and All! A rather enthralling bit of reading suggested some time ago by our gracious host, facilitated then by another friend - who lent a copy of the out-of-print book - and sparked by several online conversations at the time originally led me to these ruminations. Peter Hopkirk's masterful survey of … Continue reading By Request: “This Time, We’ll Win, Honest, We Will!”: Musings on _The Great Game_

By Request: “This Time, We’ll Win, Honest, We Will!”: Musings on _The Great Game_

Greetings, ST, 'Sieurs, 'Ettes, and All! A rather enthralling bit of reading suggested some time ago by our gracious host, facilitated then by another friend - who lent a copy of the out-of-print book - and sparked by several online conversations at the time originally led me to these ruminations. Peter Hopkirk's masterful survey of … Continue reading By Request: “This Time, We’ll Win, Honest, We Will!”: Musings on _The Great Game_