Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in custody - courtesy EPA
On Christmas Day, Nigerian citizen Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab got on board a flight bound for America. He had a bomb in his shorts. The bomb consisted of an unkown amount of PETN, or pentrite (pentaerythritol tetranitrate for all you sticklers), and some sort of firing device, like a blasting cap. He exposed a fatal flaw in the American Airline security system. Let’s discuss. continue reading…
Female Marines in the Lioness program, Al Asad, Iraq
The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Major General Anthony Cucolo passed a new policy which may mean time in the brig for soldiers, airmen, and Marines who become pregnant while on active duty in a combat zone. This issue presents so many moral, tactical, and ethical problems I can’t possibly cover them all.
There is the issue of personal freedom, the issue of husband and wife deployed together, the issue of rape, the issue of accidental pregnancy…
Where do we draw the line? Let’s talk about the nature of military service.
Thanks to everyone for being patient with the old format. To go along with the new format, I’ve decided to add this blog to keep everyone up to date on what is happening with the book. So:
I do not have an agent yet, though I am actively looking. continue reading…
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