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DOGS VS. JACKALS
There’s a scene in the classic John Wayne Western, The Searchers, that counterterror experts should study closely. Wayne–in the role of Indian-hating Ethan Edwards–and a party of Texas Rangers discover...
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PATTON WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD – PART ONE (OF TWO)
Paratroopers for the 82nd Airborne Division arrived at a police station in Afghanistan’s Zabol province in February, 2010. Afghan police had recovered the mangled remains of a suicide bomber. The...
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BOMBING YOUR WAY INTO HEAVEN
On June 6, at least two dozen Afghan civilians died in a suicide-bomb attack in Kandahar City, making this the deadliest day for Afghan civilians so far this year. The target of that day’s attack was a...
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BOMBING YOUR WAY INTO HEAVEN
On June 6, 2012, at least two dozen Afghan civilians died in a suicide-bomb attack in Kandahar City, making this the deadliest day for Afghan civilians so far that year. The target of that day’s attack...
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SUICIDE BY COP: PART ONE (OF FOUR)
Niccolo Machiavelli offered some advice that might have saved the life of Sandra Bland. In 1513, Niccolo Machiavelli, the Florentine statesman who has been called the father of modern political...
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SUICIDE BY COP: PART TWO (OF FOUR)
There are some useful lessons to be learned from the arrest of Sandra Bland. Lessons about how a police officer should behave toward the public. And lessons about how the public can protect themselves...
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SUICIDE BY COP: PART THREE (OF FOUR)
The confrontation between black motorist Sandra Bland and Texas State Trooper Brian Encinia continued to worsen. Encinia: If you would’ve just listened. Bland: I was trying to sign the fucking ticket —...
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SUIICIDE BY COP: PART FOUR (END)
By now, a second–and female–officer has arrived on the scene of the arrest of motorist Sandra Bland. Bland: Make you feel real good for a female. Y’all strong, y’all real strong. Encinia: I want you to...
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DOGS NOT BOMBS
There’s a scene in the classic 1956 Western, The Searchers, that counterterrorism experts should study closely. John Wayne–in the role of Indian-hating Ethan Edwards–and a party of Texas Rangers...
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