Recalling Flanders Fields
At the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the guns fell silent. For four long years, the war that was ignited with a pistol shot in Serbia, raged around the globe. Millions perished…. The fighting was brutal, the conditions horrifying, and the gains marginal. Yet no one dared to quit, to look for a path to peace.
The China Problem
Throughout the Cold War, both the US and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) competed for global influence. Most of the competition was through diplomatic, economic and other indirect methods. Espionage was rampant on both sides, as each sought to find and gain advantage.
Russian Threats and Warnings
From the 1950’s through the end of the Cold War in 1989, both the US and USSR regularly crossed airspace boundaries. Sometimes there were inadvertent crossings, while at other times the action was deliberate. Both adversaries used these incursions to test air defenses, evaluate electronic countermeasures, or conduct reconnaissance missions.
Mind Control and the CIA
Brainwashing has long been a subject of science fiction novels, spy stories and Hollywood features. However, the records from MK Ultra that survived show that CIA researchers were successful in many cases. CIA doctors successfully implanted false memories and convinced subjects that events in their lives had never occurred.
September Newsletter – Rethinking GWOT
America was roused to action on the morning of September 11, 2001. A group of nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners, flying two of them into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, and one into the Pentagon. The fourth crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, because a heroic group of passengers fought back
Stalemate and Slaughter
On July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war against Serbia after a Serbian nationalist assassinated Archduke Ferdinand….
The Atomic Age and Nuclear Nightmares
Eighty years ago, the world changed in a flash. A new and terrible weapon of unimaginable power, developed in secret, was proven to be more than a theoretical concept. On July 16, 1945, at Trinity Site near Alamogordo, New Mexico, the first atomic bomb was detonated.
A Dangerous World
Most of America is asleep or not paying attention to the dangerous situations occurring around the globe. During the month of July, several conflicts started, resumed, or intensified. The typical hot zones of Ukraine, Gaza and the Middle East were engaged in active conflict.