Posts Tagged ‘ISIS’
Slaying Daesh: An Interview with an American Advisor in Iraq Chris Hernandez I once read a novel about a Vietnam veteran’s life after homecoming. In one scene he’s alone in a bar in April 1975, transfixed to a TV, drinking away anger as he watches the last helicopter lift off the roof of the American […]
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Tags: iraq, iraq war, ISIS, veteran writers
I’m not a Trump supporter. I’d rather immolate myself than vote for him. The man is half lunatic, half moron, and half douchebag. He’s a rich, arrogant tool. But he’s not an ISIS recruiting tool. Muslim terrorists don’t hate us because Trump says offensive things about them. They hate us because of who they are, […]
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Tags: hillary, ISIS, trump
“ISIS is no worse than the KKK”
A certain strain exists within American society, a portion of our population who believes evil’s root causes are all white, male and Christian. This culminates in the amazing belief that Muslim terrorist organizations like ISIS, responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of innocent people over just the last several years, warrant no special […]
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Tags: Huffington Post, ISIS, veteran writers
Stop alienating Muslim good guys
Last week I attended an “ISIS in America” presentation. It was hosted by a local university for a law enforcement audience, but was open to the public. Making the event a free-for-all was a bad idea; a few people on personal crusades showed up just to pitch their causes. For example, at one point a […]
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Tags: ISIS, Islam, veteran authors
A Few Thoughts on ISIS
Like many Americans, I have strong thoughts about ISIS and Islamic terrorism. Unlike most Americans, I have extensive experience living and working with Muslims. As a United Nations police officer in Kosovo I lived on the civilian economy, worked with local Albanian Muslim police and spent most of my off-duty time socializing with locals instead […]
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Tags: David Haines, ISIS, James Foley, Muslim Terrorism, Steven Sotloff, veteran writers
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