Category Archives: Current Operations

Ineptitude or desensitization?

Posted on 21 December 2010 by dlhitzeman

Recent failed terrorist attacks (the latest apparently in Rome) seem to indicate a terrorist enemy in shambles, pressed hard on every side and scraping the bottom of the barrel when it comes to operatives capable of carrying out meaningful attacks, … Continue reading →

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Venezuela, missiles, and you

Posted on 9 December 2010 by dlhitzeman

A couple of years ago, I wrote a quick vignette titled “A Short History of the Venezuelan Missile Crisis” after rumors began to circulate that Ahmadinejad of Iran and Chavez of Venezuela were working toward military cooperation that could include transfer of … Continue reading →

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Defending a defender

Posted on 29 November 2010 by dlhitzeman

If you are in the Fairborn, Ohio area and are free from 0900-1100 tomorrow, Tuesday, 30 November, you can help defend one of our fallen defenders by helping to screen his family from the evil human beings who plan to … Continue reading →

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The “Endless” war ends

Posted on 19 August 2010 by dlhitzeman

In case you missed it, on 18 August 2010, the last American combat brigade left Iraq, signaling the end to the endless war in Iraq, or at least the official end to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Granted, this withdrawal represents a … Continue reading →

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Non-state actors

Posted on 25 July 2010 by dlhitzeman

The recent release of over 80,000* classified documents by the website WikiLeaks represents what is very likely the largest and most damaging public disclosure of protected information to the public in the history of espionage. The potential damage caused by … Continue reading →

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