Oh boy here I go ranting again. Fair warning, this is a dense one. For real. But that’s because this is one I’ve wanted to cover for a long time and have a lot of thoughts about. A lot. Yes my guys, gals, and non-binary pals, we’re finally talking about the United States’ Special OperationsContinue reading ““What Should It Look Like?” Part VI: Special Operations Forces”
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Geopolitics: The Reason Why Your Tummy Hurts
I feel like every time I rejoin you all with one of these essays I have to go “boy, a lot of history sure happened in the last month” and this time it’s no exception. I’m going to spare you the line-item state of the world summary, however, and I’m gonna try and get straightContinue reading “Geopolitics: The Reason Why Your Tummy Hurts”
Three Conflicts to Keep an Eye On
You don’t have to look far today to see either an ongoing violent conflict with significant impact, or a tense situation that could very quickly turn into such a conflict. War continues to rage in Yemen, Ukraine, Syria, and Afghanistan (though at the rate the Taliban is advancing at the writing of this piece, itContinue reading “Three Conflicts to Keep an Eye On”
This isn’t War.
Well. It’s time to talk about Gaza. I want to emphasize before I get deeper into this, that I am not a Middle East expert, nor am I an expert on Israel and Palestine. I know just enough about all these things to be dangerous, but my knowledge is a mile wide and an inchContinue reading “This isn’t War.”
Counterinsurgency: The Impossible War?
The time has finally come, apparently. After almost twenty years of turning many purported corners towards victory, the United States and its allies have decided to withdraw their combined military forces from Afghanistan. President Joe Biden announced this move on April 14th, 2021, with the intent of completing the withdrawal by September 11th, 2021 (aContinue reading “Counterinsurgency: The Impossible War?”
KD’s First Annual “Top 4 Nat Sec Things I’d Burn to the Ground if I Could”
I meant to do this piece to start off the new year, before certain events distracted me – and a lot of the country and the world, apparently. But the year is still only one month old, so I think we can comfortably call it pretty new. And as is customary in a new year,Continue reading “KD’s First Annual “Top 4 Nat Sec Things I’d Burn to the Ground if I Could””
Make War Criminals Afraid Again
CW: I know I tend to sprinkle swearing and colorful language in these regardless, but I really go off on this one language wise. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. This wasn’t what I wanted to start off this year writing about. Believe it or not, I had some more tongue and cheek stuff IContinue reading “Make War Criminals Afraid Again”
War Takes 