“Under the National Pact, the President and the Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces are always selected from the Maronite community.” Other than the analysis contained herein, here’s a little bit of background and personal experience that connects to Aoun: I find it interesting that Joseph Aoun served during the Elimination…
Never Bring a Knife to a Gunfight. Chad’s “disordered and incomprehensible” Coup Attempt
Foreign Minister Abderaman Koulamallah seen in a video apparently recorded at the presidential palace in N’Djamena. Photo from Facebook and BBC News. This is almost Monty Python-ish. Curious. It almost sounds like some cult group like attack with knives and no guns, like a suicide mission. Nineteen dead, less the…
My Uncle’s First Time in Combat in the Mozambique Colonial War, Soldier of Fortune Magazine
Below is a scanned copy of an old amusing article I wrote for Soldier of Fortune’s magazine’s ‘I Was There’ page called ‘First Chill’ about my uncle’s first experience in combat in Mozambique during the Colonial War. The story is written in the first person. When it was published, there…
Stuck In A Dirt Road, A Canadian, An Afrikaner Farmer and The Battle of Paardeberg
Story originally posted on LinkedIn on May 3, 2022: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/royce-de-melo-39172813_southafrica-canada-battleofpaardeberg-activity-6927366621711745026-7Ker?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop An out-of-the-way trip to visit an almost forgotten battle site where Canadians fought in South Africa and won, which was a key historical moment in Canadian history that helped forge a Canadian identity, revealed more than expected and also had…
If Trudeau Had Not Resigned, Might That Have Been Better?
At this point, with the present Canadian political and social environment, with the situation and context as it is, maybe this narcissistic ’14-year-old juvenile girl’– as Dr. Jordan Peterson has referred to him– Justin Trudeau should have stayed on and led the Liberals into the next election; that maybe would…
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The Importance of Iconography in Counterterrorism.
Are There Clever False Flags and a Grand Deception by the Taliban and AQ Pretending to be ISIS as LinkedIn post says? Today I saw a posting on LinkedIn that seemed topsy turvy in its conclusion. See LI posting and the video here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alimaisamnazary_for-over-three-and-a-half-years-the-national-activity-7281367007713808386-aF9k?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop In it, the poster wrote: “The…
Video – ‘Debunking the Gaza Death Toll’
For decades Hamas (and Hezbollah) have a common MO, i.e. they like to forge casualty numbers, to the point where they have staged dead people by using living people pretending to be dead. For many of those who know and are aware, if these lies, deceptions and disinformation serves the…
Video – A Ukrainian Soldier’s Last Stand in Hand-to-Hand Combat.
The horrors and brutality of war… As I’ve said for year, wars make nice people do bad things. This was a brave soldier who fought to the end. Also, why was this soldier alone? Where were his comrades? What was the situation that had him there? So many questions. —…
Video – LILLEY UNLEASHED: Elites’ heads explode after Poilievre interview with Jordan Peterson
Toronto Sun — Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre sits down for an interview with clinical psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson. Sun political columnist Brian Lilley reports on the incredulous reactions. Could you imagine Dr. Jordan Peterson interviewing Justin Trudeau?! Peterson has made no secret of his disdain for Trudeau. I’d pay to…
The Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir in Canada Plans a Conference in Mississauga, ON
Islamist is, Islamist does. In the West, they no longer are as careful to hide their true intentions and beliefs. “Hizb ut-Tahrir is an international Islamist movement seeking to unite Muslims under one Islamic caliphate. Hizb ut-Tahrir members have been linked to violent acts in multiple countries. The group itself has been…