[November 28, 2025] My wife asked me yesterday, shortly after enjoying our Thanksgiving Dinner, why I was writing about the Iraq War, and pointedly asked, “Why are you focusing on this Pre-Surge?” She noted that nearly everyone was focused on the “fight,” or just the “surge.” And that is a good question, and one I’ve asked myself for… Read More »
[November 27, 2025] The Coalition Engineers would become more involved in the Iraqi reconstruction effort than perhaps originally planned. Reconstruction was meant to be an international effort, but that too failed to materialize. There was plenty of talk among diplomats and large businesses that wanted to participate in rebuilding Iraq, yet most of their efforts never got off… Read More »
[November 26, 2025] In his most recent article titled “Insurrection Chic,” Dr. Victor Davis Hanson highlights what he sees as the Democrat Party embracing a neo-Confederate defiance of federal authority. Democrats have become the new Confederacy, much like the old Confederacy of the U.S. Civil War. “Those are fighting words, young man.” It’s no secret that I’m a… Read More »
[November 24, 2025] After ten months in the country, I had hit the pinnacle of my worth to the Coalition Engineer effort. I knew who was who, those who could do the job and those who could not, those Flag Officers that would help in country and out (as a resource), those who were my closest coworker comrades… Read More »
[November 22, 2025] In a recent PowerLineBlog post by John Hinderaker, I became aware of the preventable torture and murder of 10-year old Sara Sharif. In Britain, this case became public because of failures by government agency employees. These employees were stopped from doing their job by their own fear of being called a racist, ultimately leading to… Read More »
[November 21, 2025] In early June 1944, the Commander of the U.S. Third Army, General George S. Patton, delivered what is considered his most famous speech. The Allied invasion of France, code-named Overlord, was about to begin. For those who watched the motion picture “Patton,” you will never forget the opening scene, as actor George C. Scott portrayed… Read More »
[November 18, 2025] Gen Z protests in Mexico have broken out, presumably, in response to government corruption and the drug cartels. I think it’s fair to state that the Federal government of Mexico has always been corrupt to its core; the epitome of failed leadership. The rise of drug cartels have fueled this corruption to a point that… Read More »
[November 16, 2025] We have a moral obligation to study evil and learn how to avoid common mistakes that lead us down the wrong path in life. Watch the Devil. Know his malevolence so that if you are on the wrong path, you can stop, recognize it, turn around, figure out why you took the wrong road, make… Read More »
[November 14, 2025] Occasionally someone comes along at the highest political level that knows what he’s doing and uses those accumulated skills quite effectively. Scott Bessent is the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and probably one of the smartest economic advisors to a U.S. President that America has ever had. For that reason alone, I see him as… Read More »
[November 12, 2025] Being a leader means many things but one thing that is required for those who desire to be successful is to have a good set of social skills. It doesn’t mean that a successful leader is required to have table manners, a pretty smile, or fashionable clothes; although it certainly helps. That is why I… Read More »