After Virginia: How to change course by Derek Collins
Many of you are going to either ignore or argue [...]
In the midst of it all.
For any short while that I've been away or out of it, the world always continues it's march toward whatever oblivion awaits, whether it be war, economic disasters, societal collapse, etc. Donald Trump is being assaulted with whatever type of coup the democrats can cook up this month, white people are still the scapegoat for everything, "refugees" from North Africa, the Middle East and South America are flooding into white countries and raping and killing the people who helped get them there. I step aside for a bit, and the world that was aflame is still burning just the same when I come back.
On Giving Thanks.
The first Thanksgiving events took place between 1619 and 1621 in the area of Plymouth in present-day Massachusetts where the Puritans and Pilgrims had settled. It's documented that there was a feast that was preceded by a good harvest, but the holiday was marked not as one of, by feasting and for feasting, but as a Holy day of thanks given to Almighty God.
Thoughts on Veteran’s Day
Unpacking my equipment from last weekend's Urban Combat Course in [...]
Violence Versus Aggression
If you're familiar with some of the basic ideas of [...]
Rojava: Model of Liberation or Repudiation of Anarchism?
Much has been written on the contemporary plight of the [...]
Political Warfare: Where We Fall Short by Derek Collins
We are going to start with a thought experiment. This [...]
T.E. Lawrence, a master of guerrilla warfare.
Having read several substantial texts on Lawrence, one takes notice of a favorite tactic, that is the destruction of railroads used by the Ottomans to move troops from one stronghold to another. On at least several occasions, Lawrence himself used explosives to destroy rails and trains, allowing only a small band of Bedouin Arabs to outmatch larger numbers of soldiers who were simply trying to escape the destruction. This caused the Ottomans to commit larger amounts of resources to defending areas that otherwise had little strategic value. When the Ottomans moved soldiers to a location, Lawrence and his wild band of fighters would simply leave and attack the next vulnerable target.
Do we even have a nation anymore?
A quick Google search defines a nation as “a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.” Oxford defines a nation as “a country considered as a group of people with the same language, culture and history, who live in a particular area under one government.” Looking at these definitions, the relevant ones at least, you see a common theme related to culture, language and history. These aspects also lend themselves heavily to common descent (race and ethnicity), religious philosophy, a general socially accepted moral code, values, ethics and traditions. After all of that, we can focus lastly on matters of actual borders and whether our government systems serve us all equally, or rather, whether our government rules over us all in roughly the same manner and to roughly the same benefit or detriment.
Patriotman’s Cigar Talks – Avoiding Burnout When Preparing
I have toyed with the idea for a while now [...]