Willis Fumbleton
When an individual or group sets out to perform violent acts that have a high social impact, they do not necessarily characterize themselves as terrorists or what they intend to do as terrorism. In most instances people who consciously plan…
Miraculously the border between Mexico and Arizona has suddenly been declared substantially free of illegal crossers. Having announced last year that more illegal entrants had been caught and deported, the Department of Homeland Security recently has noted that the illegal…
While the Pentagon, State Department, and White House give backgrounder briefings on how it is expected that China shortly will rein in the DPRK’s belligerency, it is worthwhile to review at least one of the many non-nuclear scenarios that have…
There was a time not too many years ago when Boris Abramovich Berezovsky was written about as the don-of-dons of multi-millionaire manipulators that made up the Russian exile community living in the UK protected by former Soviet security officers. Boris…
There is a tendency in press circles to characterize the new young leader of North Korea (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea — DPRK), Kim Jong-un, of following in the irrational footsteps of his father and grandfather. The new Kim indeed…
In July 2011, then Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta was quoted in the New York Times as saying that the defeat of al Qaeda was “within reach.” The Obama Administration has used this line effectively to suggest terrorism and al…
There was a time when children played games with imaginary weapons that they used to win battles. In order to prolong the contests after an opponent had fallen to the ground vanquished, the fallen “soldier” after a brief interval would…
There is a tendency for high-ranking former government officials traveling around the world as honored and highly paid guests to give simple solutions to complex problems. Former President Bill Clinton recently stunned politicians and journalists in Nigeria by stating that…
There is no question that the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad has been strongly supported by its formal Russian alliance. Not only has the steadfastness of the entente been manifested by regular supplies of war materials, but perhaps as important…
