Frederick Forsyth says U.S. Government sponsored “Kill Lists” are real. He’s right. Forsyth’s new thriller THE KILL LIST features an agency described this way in the book’s promotional materials: “In Virginia, there is an agency bearing the bland name of Technical Operations Support Activity, or TOSA. Its one mission is to track, find, and kill those so dangerous […]
Chemical Warfare: As Old As History
Chemical weapons have been used for millennia. They are among mankind’s most despicable weapons, and have never caused anything but heartbreak and devastation. In a bizarre twist of history, invading Iranians used clouds of sodium chloride gas in AD 256 to kill Roman soldiers in the ancient city of Dura-Europos in Syria. During the American […]
Syria: A Very Bad Bet
Weeks after the fact, I remain outraged that President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry so strongly advocated a US-led attack against targets in Syria. Someone in Syria, in all likelihood Assad, killed and maimed thousands of people with horrific chemical weapons. The is unforgivable. And yet—I am not willing to support an action that […]
Insanity = US Arming Syrian Rebels
Putting on my legal cap today (I am a licensed attorney in the Federal District of Columbia and Florida). Providing arms to terrorist groups is against US law section 40, 40(a) and 40(d) of the United States Arms Export Control Act. Last Sunday, President Obama issued an Executive Order to circumvent that law so that […]
Robert Smalls, Slave and Civil War Soldier: Real Hero Series
It always irritates me to hear people talk about sports figures as “heroes.” Such references cheapen the concept of heroism. Real heroes exhibit the qualities of exceptional bravery, selflessness, leadership and devotion to a cause. Most genuine heroes risk their lives to achieve worthy goals. They serve as examples in their own time and to […]
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