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I survived attacks in Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. Here is the deadly mistake we keep making

I survived attacks in Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. Here is the deadly mistake we keep making

Six years after terrorists devastated my residential compound in Saudi Arabia, terrorism again came to my doorstep for a visit. This time I was in...

10.10.2026 3

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Bin Laden’s father built my compound. Bin Laden’s terrorists blew it up

Bin Laden’s father built my compound. Bin Laden’s terrorists blew it up

For most Americans, terrorism is something experienced at a distance — through television images, newspaper headlines, casualty reports, and...

05.10.2026 10

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Don’t send young Americans to die until you can answer these eight questions

Don’t send young Americans to die until you can answer these eight questions

I have spent much of my life around war. My first combat tour was in Vietnam in 1969-70, where I served as an infantry platoon commander and later a...

04.10.2026 10

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I survived a hijacking in 1972. The Flydubai crisis proves one brutal truth

The frightening events aboard a recent Flydubai flight in the Middle East brought back memories of an experience I had more than half a century ago...

01.10.2026 8

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I fought in Vietnam and Desert Storm. Winning in Iran requires boots on the ground

The war with Iran is teaching America an old lesson we should already know — air power can destroy, but it cannot occupy, control, or impose a...

28.09.2026 10

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I voted for Trump three times. Now he’s the Democrats’ best asset

President Donald Trump’s greatest enemy may not be the Democrats, the progressive Left, or the hostile media. It may be Trump. Shakespeare warned us...

26.09.2026 10

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Arm every Aussie: A US Marine’s survival strategy to stop China

For the past 25 years, it has been my distinct pleasure to live in Australia since retiring from the United States Marine Corps. It requires only a...

21.09.2026 10

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