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December 2004

Rinky, Dinky, Parlay Coup
"Big names and big money run amok in equatorial Guinea. Put aside your Fredrick Forsythe classic, Dogs of War. This one's for real. "

October 2004

Pass, Foe!
"One would think -- would hope -- that those that we look to for protection are secure from illegal immigrant incursions."

September 2004

The Modern Scourge of Sex Slavery
Part II
"Western decadence fuels Eastern brutality, as the desperate fall victim to the despicable."

The Modern Scourge of Sex Slavery
"The children, the desperate, the helpless, the homeless fall victim to the heartless."

The Battle for Deh Chopan, Afghanistan, Part II
"All hell broke loose. Every man on the ridgeline opened fire in unbelievable volume. Thank God that they were over 600m away because it wasn't very accurate, but there was a hell of a lot of it!"

Medical Odyssey from Baghdad
"In his reign of terror that took 35 years, Saddam and his Baathist cohorts had punished its citizens by cutting hands, ears, tongues, feet or simply executing them."

August 2004

The Honorary Chinese Paratrooper
"While I was cranking out press releases, my buddies and classmates from SFOC were going to Vietnam and returning covered with glory. Me, I was covered with a pair of novice parachutist wings and shame."

Terror Heat from the Frozen North
"I realized the hopelessness of ever controlling the northern border after several visits to Montreal, Canada and Alaska over a three-year period. The overwhelming grief that Canadians showed after 9-11 has been replaced with a nagging, unsettling dread."

U.S. Bounty Hunter on Trial in Afghanistan
"After a Lifetime of Skating on the Edge, Has Keith "Jack" Idema Finally Slid Over?"

The Battle for Deh Chopan, Afghanistan, Part I
"For the first time a National Guard team was being given a good combat mission. It was an opportunity for us to finally get into action and prove ourselves."

The Killer Ride
"It certainly sounds like an improvement over the four-wheeled Humvee, so why is it mired in controversy, and why do the Stryker's opponents - who range from Vietnam vets to some members of Congress - champion the forty-something-year-old M113 'Gavin' APC instead?"

The Terrorist Highway
"When Is a Border Not a Border? When Terrorists Cross Anytime They Want To!"

"Kingbees" Honored in Las Vegas
"Today, there are former SOG Green Berets and indigenous team members who are alive only through the heroics and flying skills of Kingbee pilots. I'm one of those fortunate men."

The U.S./Mexican Border Has Become a Sieve of Death
"They swim through raw sewage, slaughterhouse remains, and pesticide runoff. They are stuffed in suitcases. Hundreds have died in the Rio Grande."

July 2004

Torture to Prevent Terrorism? Interview with a French Master Torturer
"Americans anxiously wait in trepidation, hoping for the best, but expecting the worst. That is terror."





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