To put it mildly, Turkey has been substantially involved in Syria since the eruption of the Arab Spring in 2011. After Turkish F-16s recently downed a Su-24 Russian tactical bomber over the region where Turkmen anti-Assad groups are based, Turkish President Erdogan tacitly confirmed Turkey’s covert support for Syrian rebels fighting against Damascus, stating that “anyone…
Cartel Corner #42: The Search for “El Chapo” Intensifies… (Yeah Right)
Mexican security forces descended on a region in the country’s northwest in October as part of a new phase in the search for fugitive Sinaloa cartel chief Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. And now there are disturbing new details about that intensifying manhunt. Guzmán remains free, but a recent report from Vice News details allegations that,…
21st Century Seapower
When the Tamil Sea Tigers, the ferocious naval wing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), was destroyed in the Sri Lankan government’s full-throttled spring 2009 offensive that put an end to the country’s decades-long civil war, few were sorry to see its demise. For while the group was a capable adversary of Sri…
My “Proposed” Reading List for 2016
With the New Year upon us, I thought I might share what books I have on deck for 2016. Keep in mind I am a writer and amateur historian, so my “professional reading” tends to have a very heavy emphasis on military history, in particular WW2 and the Cold War. My leisure and fiction reading…
Dose of Truth
I like the Rabbit running for his life..hilarious. Happy New Year to all my Subscribers and Readers! Have a Safe New Years Eve and Be Safe!! Don’t Drink and Drive!! Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
How Many I-Phones to Stop an AK-74 5.45×39 Bullet?
OK, Make your bets, make your bets…How Many I-Phones would you need in your pocket to save your life from an AK-74 round? The Answer may surprise you.
WW1 History: 1916, A Most Terrible Year
This year I am going to start reading in earnest, a chronological history of The Great War: World War One.-SF BOOKS that focus on what happened in a particular year have become a publishing phenomenon. So Keith Jeffery, a British academic historian whose last work was a fascinating, if slightly plodding, official history of Britain’s…
Iran Fires Rockets Close to U.S. Aircraft Carrier
Iran fires rockets close to US aircraft carrier; Navy complains that it was “unsafe” and “unprofessional” “Unsafe” and “unprofessional.” Yes, so was the German invasion of Poland. “Firing weapons so close to passing coalition ships and commercial traffic within an internationally recognized maritime traffic lane is unsafe, unprofessional, and inconsistent with international maritime law,” Navy…
Patriot Convoy 2016?
All I am gonna say about this for now is Discretion is Always the Better Part of Valor. You gotta be Smart in this struggle or else you wind up being nothing but media fodder and sound bytes for the liberals. -SF BURNS – The strangers carrying the whisper of danger arrived in the vast…