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8 Unbelievable Stories from the Second Battle of Fallujah

Posted on 2 December 2015 by The Tactical Hermit

Veterans from 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines share their incredible stories from the Second Battle of Fallujah. This time of year marks the anniversary of one of the most storied battles in recent Marine Corps history: the Second Battle of Fallujah. The city became the scene of brutal urban combat when American, Iraqi, and British forces…

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Islam, Europe and the Tet Offensive, Take Two

Posted on 30 November 2015 by The Tactical Hermit

Matthew Bracken is a former Navy SEAL with a BA in Russian Studies from the University of Virginia.  In 1983 he led a Naval Special Warfare detachment to Beirut, Lebanon.  Links to his short stories and essays can be found at EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com.   More than a decade ago I wrote my first novel, Enemies Foreign and…

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13 Syrians Caught at the Texas/Mexico Border So Far…

Posted on 23 November 2015 by The Tactical Hermit

I told a buddy the other day, I have stopped trying to keep up with every time they catch a Syrian or “other muslim” trying to cross the border illegally, it’s like playing a game of whack-a-mole. -SF Obama is avid to bring in Syrian refugees legally. So why sneak in, unless one has nefarious…

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ISIS and The “Law of Lawless Places”

Posted on 21 November 2015 by The Tactical Hermit

Read this article slowly and consider the ancient and modern historical background information. If you understand the fundamentals of Counter-Insurgency Warfare, this is basically a re-cap on the basics… it is too bad the U.S. Govt. has yet to grasp this simple fact. -SF The Latin phrase  hic sunt dracones  translates roughly to “here be dragons,”…

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More Proof the Refugee Program is a Bad Ideal

Posted on 20 November 2015 by The Tactical Hermit

Al Qaeda jihadists entered U.S. through refugee program But relax: Obama says the refugees are no more threatening than tourists. “Report: al Qaeda Terrorists Entered United States Through Refugee Program,” by Ali Meyer,Washington Free Beacon, November 18, 2015: Two al Qaeda terrorists who had killed American soldiers were able to enter the country as refugees,…

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Crusader Corner #6: U.S. Vets Return to Iraq to fight ISIS

Posted on 20 November 2015 by The Tactical Hermit

KIRKUK, Iraq — Some American veterans of Iraq can’t bear watching the country they fought to secure lost to the forces of ISIS. Incredibly, some are returning to Iraq as volunteer soldiers. For these former U.S. soldiers it’s a return to a deadly war zone, but this time they’re fighting alongside the Kurdish Peshmerga forces….

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The POVERTY of American Strategy

Posted on 18 November 2015 by The Tactical Hermit

By Kenneth Allard Are you serious, Mr. Obama? In spite of the latest wave of ISIS attacks that spilled innocent blood on the streets of Paris, our president still considers it a “mistake” to send ground troops to defeat them, possibly preferring similar battles on American soil. Even his most reliable media defenders, speaking from…

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Russian Airliner Bomb Revealed

Posted on 18 November 2015 by The Tactical Hermit

The soda can that Muslims used to kill 224 people on Russian airliner Islamic State (ISIS) releases photo of the soda can that was used to take down the Russian airliner over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Read the Original Article at Bare Naked Islam

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21st Century Crusaders: Americans who Volunteer to Fight ISIS with the Peshmerga

Posted on 12 November 2015 by The Tactical Hermit

“One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.” -Winston Churchill, 1940 When I first started reading about these brave men…

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Two American Dynacorp Contractors Killed in Jordan

Posted on 10 November 2015 by The Tactical Hermit

A Jordanian police officer shot and killed five people at a training center in the capital Amman on Monday, with two American instructors among the victims. The motive of the gunman, who was shot and killed, wasn’t immediately clear and no group claimed responsibility. The shootings coincided with the 10th anniversary of coordinated bombings on…

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