#PrayForBarcelona. But only if you're done #PrayingForLondon. Which you might have been doing when you were interrupted to #PrayForManchester, because you weren't done #PrayingForLondon the first time. And of course London distracted you from #PrayingForParis(Twice),...
This article originally appeared on Active Response Training. It appears here in its entirety with permission. If you’re smart enough to read Breach-Bang-Clear on a regular basis, then you'll have heard of Gorillafritz (Greg Ellifritz), the guy who runs A.R.T. Good...
Motoring Jihad: Vehicle Ramming Attacks...it sounds almost flippant, but it's a serious concern. Last night we reported on a series of attacks in London. They were initiated by a van running down pedestrians near the London Bridge and followed by a series of stabbing...
We've been at war for over a decade and a half now. In various countries, on assorted continents, and while that war is not being waged on a religion, it is damn sure being waged against it — if you understand the difference. All the different AQ variants, ISIS, the...
You Can Be First, Or You Can Be Right|Dave MerrillInitial reports are always wrong. Always. News organizations trip over themselves to be the first to report new information, to "get the scoop". But an idiom applies: you can be first, or you can be right. Biasing on...
A lot of smug talking heads repeating this line across the media. "ISIS isn't really Muslim" (Or IS, ISIL, or Daesh, or whichever moniker is your preference). In today's op-ed, Hernandez tells you why it doesn't matter. Read Up. [content_block id=78319...
I’ve always been extremely proud of my military service, especially my combat service. I used to think serving in combat made me stronger. I thought facing death for my country earned me a...
Back in September Russia's parliament authorized the use of military force to support the Syrian government "...in their fight against the Islamic State." They did so at the behest of the Putin. Since then memes and social media mockery of POTUS have gone viral, many...
42 seconds in there is a pretty feel-good moment, though unfortunately it doesn't do anything for the hostages (and the policewoman) already killed.So, we haven't torn this down frame by frame yet, and we're certainly not second-guessing the guys on the ground....
Is ISIS just another brutal AK- and scimitar-waving extremist group with a penchant for cruelty, torture and a penchant for forcible caprine sodomy? A lot of people are talking about ISIS (or ISIL or IS) on the news and in social media. First when they were involved...