by Doug | Apr 10, 2022 | Afghanistan, Business, China, Conspiracies, Domestic Threats
WORDS: 1,696 — In part one of this two part series I talked about the book recounting the American Civil War battle of Gettysburg, “The Killer Angels”. On my first trip to that battlefield about 30 years ago I had a strong impulse to make that mile...
by Doug | Sep 12, 2021 | Afghanistan, Humanism/Philosophy, January 6th, The Middle East, The Military, The Pandemic
WORDS: 939 — Huh? There’s death with context? Does that context make any difference in the absolute-ness of death? It certainly matters not one bit to the person who died. People die because that’s life. What more context is required? Might we...
by Doug | Sep 4, 2021 | Afghanistan, Domestic Threats, The Middle East, The Military, Warnings/Cautions
WORDS: 2,345 — What qualifies me as an armchair strategist? I spent years in the military carrying a gun and defending my country as an NCO in charge of men and assets. If anyone understands military strategy it’s me. I waited at the phone for the call...
by Doug | Sep 2, 2021 | Afghanistan, Business, China, Conspiracies, Domestic Threats, Globalism, Humanism/Philosophy, Immigration, January 6th, NATA, Psycho-Babble, SCOTUS, Space, The Economy, The Environment, The Middle East, The Pandemic, The White House, Trumpian Politics, Warnings/Cautions
WORDS: 1,335 — To be, or not to be may be the question for that famous playwright back in the day but it seems these last few years in this country it’s been more like answering the question.. to have been, or not to have been. The nation seems to be...
by Doug | Aug 27, 2021 | Afghanistan
WORDS: 597 — I spent years in the military carrying a gun and defending my country as an NCO in charge of men and assets. If anyone understands military strategy it’s me. I waited at the phone for the call from any sitting President (or standing one...
by Doug | Aug 27, 2021 | Afghanistan, Domestic Threats, The Middle East, The Military, The White House
WORDS: 4,694 — In the end the finger-pointing for our current shock & awe with the Afghanistan exodus can very easily be traced back to those who continued to vote for those elected officials, for decades, to keep such policies alive… you and me. But...