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Seriously, I have questions...

Concrete Blonde - Jonestown: https://youtu.be/zv1PiUvOHhU Jonestown Massacre: Survivors Tell Their Stories: https://youtu.be/YW8MbTA2WpM Compiling Thoughts: https://milsurpwriter.wordpress.com/2022/02/05/compiling-thoughts/

My thoughts in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 26Jan2023...

No views Jul 11, 2022 My reflections inspired by the 2019 Miles Lagoze documentary "Combat Obscura." All photographs are from my own collection and were taken by me in Afghanistan, 24Sep2004.

Referenced article(s) and post(s): https://milsurpwriter.wordpress.com/2020/03/18/impulse-control-fear-and-hope/

Thoughts on ethical, societal, and moral erosion... the velocity of change... and the power of water. Referenced: "How do Deists normally act toward people of other beliefs?" (https://milsurpwriter.wordpress.com/2018/04/12/how-do-deists-normally-act-toward-people-of-other-beliefs/) "The Speed of the Pendulum" (https://milsurpwriter.wordpress.com/2021/05/22/the-speed-of-the-pendulum/)

Referenced article(s) and post(s): Datum Point https://milsurpwriter.wordpress.com/2020/08/04/datum-point/ Top Fertilizers Exports by Country https://www.worldstopexports.com/top-fertilizers-exports-by-country/ World War 01011001 https://milsurpwriter.wordpress.com/2020/05/21/world-war-01011001/ Ship vs Ship, 1 vs 1 - Why you don't see them here https://youtu.be/My8sByy5crk Summary of Terrorism Threat to the U.S. Homeland 7Feb2022 https://www.dhs.gov/ntas/advisory/national-terrorism-advisory-system-bulletin-february-07-2022 The Cost of a Tweet https://milsurpwriter.wordpress.com/2022/02/18/the-cost-of-a-tweet/ National Will to Fight Why Some States Keep Fighting and Others Don't https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2477.html Three Questions - No Answers Yet https://milsurpwriter.wordpress.com/2020/04/23/three-questions-no-answers-yet/ The Shift https://youtu.be/LJ_EgbIPRfo

Referenced articles: HITTING THE BEACH IN GLARE OF THE NIGHT 9Dec92 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/12/09/hitting-the-beach-in-glare-of-the-night/079bf1ee-d0ea-48da-8b8a-82e85300e127/ "The initial landings were made at 0540. The Marines and SEALs landed across the beaches of Mogadishu and came out of the dark surf where they were greeted by the bright lights of television cameras. Ignoring the disturbing presence of the media as best they could, the reconnaissance par-ties pushed inland to their objectives, located at the port and the airfield." Coming Ashore chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/viewer.html?pdfurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marines.mil%2FPortals%2F1%2FPublications%2FRestoring%2520Hope%2520In%2520Somalia%2520with%2520the%2520Unified%2520Task%2520Force%25201992-1993%2520PCN%252019000413500_3.pdf&clen=5228972&chunk=true Operation Restore Hope Beach Landing, Mogadishu Somalia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj9Fn3qG-Cw&ab_channel=SeattleThen

My thoughts on what might be to come during the next conflict... Referenced: "How did you manage to say goodbye to your children and partner, knowing you might not come back (soldiers deployment)?" https://milsurpwriter.wordpress.com/2018/04/15/how-did-you-manage-to-say-goodbye-to-your-children-and-partner-knowing-you-might-not-come-back-soldiers-deployment/

Sunrise. Beautiful sunrise. No coffee.

A long and unscripted discussion on the way back from Athens, TN on 31Jul21... History, ethics, and just a discussion between father and son - unedited and the first of hopefully many more... Referenced post: https://milsurpwriter.wordpress.com/2021/08/01/haze-on-the-horizon/

Thoughts on November 3rd...

My thoughts on current events from the perspective of a perpetual student of history. [Edit 3Sep20] The song I was referring to was "#1Crush."