This article was originally published in the Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin, 1998. It was not Intelligence (evaluated information of the enemy) that failed. The failure was [that of] the commanders and certain G2s, who did not act on the intelligence they had. –Colonel Robert S. Allen, on The Battle of the Bulge1 Like the Battle…
Author: The Tactical Hermit
Armed Texan and Part-Time Bard.
Crusader Corner: Final Tally that Shows how much U.S. Govt. Values your Safety (and Christianity)
Numbers don’t lie, and often tell their own story…with all the CHRISTIAN persecution going on in the world, I think you can see where our Govt’s loyalties lie. No real surprise, just a reminder. -SF Syrian refugees admitted into US since Paris jihad murders in November: 525 Muslims, 1 Christian Relax, kaffir. What could possibly…
Military History: Marine Corp General James Mattis, “Nothing New Under the Sun…”
In 2013 General James N. Mattis retired after a 41-year Marine Corps career that included field commands in the Persian Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan. In the theater of combat the hard-charging general was known by the call sign “Chaos.” But it was his respect for history and studious commitment to training in strategy and…
Border Security Update: Mexican National Attacks Border Patrol Agent with Rock
A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been attacked with a football-sized rock by a Mexican national running narcotics in the Tucson Sector–an area controlled by Mexico’s Sinaloa Federation (cartel). The agent is recovering and was able to arrest the criminal despite being injured. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP): TUCSON, Ariz. –A suspected…
Christians who Demonize Israel: The Kairos Document
“Christian children are massacred, and everything is done in plain sight. Islamists proclaim on a daily basis that they will not stop until Christianity is wiped off the face of the earth. So are the world Christian bodies denouncing the Islamic forces for the ethnic cleansing, genocide and historic demographic-religious revolution their brethren are suffering?…
WW2 History: Eichmann Begged Israel for His Life in Letter
Nazi convicted of playing a key role in the Holocaust wrote to Israeli president after trial that he was only following orders President Reuven Rivlin was making public on Wednesday previously unreleased documents, including a handwritten request for clemency from Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann. Rivlin’s office said in a statement that the request…
Humor: 5 EPIC Military Leadership Fails of This Decade
I debated seriously about whether or not to put this under the “Humor” section, but I came to the conclusion if we don’t laugh about it we will cry. Prepare to Laugh really hard and then shake your head in unbelief. This is why or Military can’t have Nice Things! -SF The last six years…
Chinese Military Revamps Cyber and Intelligence Capabilities
This story reminds me of Paul Newman’s famous line in the scene from Cool Hand Luke where the “Road Boss” with the Mirror sun glasses Shoots a bird flying with a rifle with one shot: “That man don’t say much, but I think he just said something right there….” The Chinese are continuously making statements…
Iran’s President states “Insulting Peoples Faith Not Part of Freedom of Expression”
The OIC and CAIR are nothing but Political arms of the jihadist…they cozy up to socialist like our President and all the European leaders and whisper sweet nothings in their ears….And this is how the EU and the UN are going to PASS Laws that jail people who speak out against Islam folks. The Pope…
Humor: ISIS Blames Suicide Bomber Life Insurance for Financial Woes
I almost peed myself on this one. Hilarious. -SF AL-RAQQAH, Syria — The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) today announced serious financial difficulties for the so-called caliphate. A spokesman for the apocalyptic death worshippers cited crippling costs associated with the Suicide Bomber Group Life Insurance (SBGLI) program. “In retrospect, fifteen goats was probably too generous a…