With all the hoopla lately between Russia and Turkey, this is an interesting article to consider. As I have been studying the history of the Middle East this year, I have added The Fall of the Ottomans to my 2016 reading list. -SF “Our national borders pass through Antioch and span east-ward, containing Mosul,…
Author: The Tactical Hermit
Armed Texan and Part-Time Bard.
Cartel Corner #41: Inside a Mexican Drug-Evidence Warehouse
In this excerpt from El Narco: Inside Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency, journalist Ioan Grillo describes what it is like to step inside a Mexican warehouse filled with confiscated drugs. To a hard-core drug aficionado, the evidence room on the Mexican army base in Culiacan, Sinaloa, would be a wet dream; it has enough crystal meth, cocaine, grass, pill, and…
3-D Printing Will Disrupt the World in Ways We Can Barely Imagine
In the last few years, additive manufacturing, also known as 3-D printing, has transformed from an interesting hobby to an industry producing a wide range of products. It is on the path to causing major disruptions in global trade — and changing the international security environment. The explosion of additive manufacturing means it is virtually…
The Lessons of Debaltseve: Armored Vehicles Still Matter
After nearly fifteen years of counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan, American advocates of heavy armored forces interpreted Ukrainian forces’ defeat at the battle of Debaltseve as an indication that “tanks still matter.” But the key lesson of the Debaltseve fight is a broader one: Combat vehicles of whatever kind must provide the mobility, protection,…
Cold War Files: CIA Fooled by Massive Double-Agent Failure
The CIA was fooled by scores of double agents pretending to be working for the agency but secretly loyal to communist spy agencies during the Cold War and beyond, according to a former CIA analyst, operations officer, and historian. The large-scale deception included nearly 100 fake CIA recruits in East Germany, Cuba, as well as the…
H-E-B Grocery Stores in Texas say NO to Open Carry
The same thing happened with a ton of Texas Retailers when Concealed Carry became law in the Nineties. But eventually After a while (and enough letters and emails) H-E-B (and Randalls) changed their position on Concealed Carry; that is what it is going to take here with Open Carry. Personally, as long as a business does…
A State of Disaster Declared in Texas by Gov Abbott
Update: We had a F3 and a F4 Tornado touch down near Rowlett and Garland Texas Sunday and Kill 14 People ..It was the second deadliest Tornado in Texas History, with the first occurring in 1953 in Ft. Worth, a F5 Tornado that Killed 114. I would appreciate your prayers and support in this desperate time….
Dallas “Swats” Deadly Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Advice on Open Carry
With Open Carry about to be the Law of the Land in Texas come January 1st, it would behoove ALL TEXANS, regardless if you carry a firearm or not, to brush up on the concealed/open carry laws; remember, IGNORANCE of the law is never an alibi. -SF The City of Dallas has released a video…
So-Called ‘Terror Watchlist’ Gun Ban Poses Greatest Danger of ANY Current Proposal
“Right now, people on the No-Fly list can walk into a store and buy a gun,” Barack Obama told the country as he attempted to find a scapegoat for his Homeland Security Department totally blowing letting the “better half” of the San Bernardino terror tag team into the country. “That is insane. “If you’re…
Trumbo: How Historical Revisionism in Film is attempting to Dupe a Generation
I just watched the movie Trumbo after a friend of mine who works in the movie biz asked me to see it and give him my ‘honest’ opinion. The bottom line is despite all the “rave” reviews the film got and even with the star power of Brian Cranston, Dianne Lane. Helen Mirren and John Goodman the…