Posts Tagged ‘veteran authors’
This essay was cowritten with fellow Iraq veteran author Steven Hildreth Jr. We aren’t blind to the past. Yes, many Americans have suffered horrible, unforgivable racism. Some Americans continue to suffer today. Yet we two soldiers, one black and one Hispanic, chose to risk our lives for this country. We served in combat, alongside soldiers […]
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Tags: racism, veteran authors
This was published yesterday on Breach Bang Clear. I don’t know that I’ve ever enjoyed a training class as much as this one. ————————————- So there I was, finger on the trigger, stock in my shoulder, left hand on the monopod adjustment, staring through a scope at a thousand yard target. And our instructor, that […]
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Let’s imagine a hypothetical situation: People of several different races are having a public event. Two people of one specific race show up to cover the event. Someone at the event says, “We don’t want that race here.” The two race-offenders are escorted out of the event, despite the fact that they had personally done […]
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Tags: aeman ansari, racism, ryerson university, safe spaces, veteran authors
This was published last week on BreachBangClear.com —————————————————- We’re losing the fight against Stolen Valor. It seems like every week we hear a new military poser story, involving a range of people from homeless bums to senior politicians. Many veterans, myself included, have personal stories of poser encounters. Web sites like Guardian of Valor and […]
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Tags: military posers, stolen valor, veteran authors
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
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