Bolivarian Baloney: Why Simón Bolívar is a Terrible Mascot for Venezuela’s Socialist Party
Venezuela’s famous (or, perhaps, infamous) “Bolivarian Revolution” has been in the spotlight lately as the country’s political crisis threatens to spiral into counterrevolution and civil war. Named for the great Liberator of northern South America, Simón Bolívar, the Bolivarian Revolution (or alternately Bolivarismo) is the name given to the the socialist reorganization of Venezuelan society […]
Missile Defense Review: Trump’s Six Points for a New Strategy
Thursday morning at 11 AM EST, an address at the Pentagon unveiling the US’s new missile defense strategy was given by President Trump, preceded by Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan and Vice President Pence. Overall, the Missile Defense Review (MDR) summarizes the goals in developing missile defense technology and the policy that rules the […]
Revisiting the 2013 East Ghouta Sarin Attack
The evening of 20 August 2013 was warm. As the night wore on into the early hours of the 21st the air was cooling. A lowering nighttime temperature provided the ideal atmospheric conditions for a chemical weapons attack, as the air was not being heated from the ground-up (and thus, rising), but rather was cooling […]
US to Withdraw from Syria, Afghanistan
Part 1: Syria On 20 December 2018, American president Donald Trump announced to the world that the American military would be withdrawing, in the immediate future, from both Syria and Afghanistan. The announcement has set off waves of panic and anxiety among American allies, along with bolstering the morale of America’s enemies. This article aims […]
Tensions Boil Over in the Sea of Azov
On 25 November 2018, tensions between Ukraine and Russia in the Sea of Azov came to blows, with Russian and Ukrainian forces fighting against one another, overtly, for the first time. The incident was in no way an isolated one, and comes after months of buildup in the region. What follows is a very rough, […]
Russian Coast Guard Vessel Rams Ukrainian Naval Vessel (LIVETHREAD)
Four Russian Border Guards Service (Coast Guard) vessels have engaged with several Ukrainian Navy vessels in the Sea of Azov, near the Kerch Strait. In the engagement, with vessels dodging and charging at one another, the 1,620 ton Russian Coast Guard vessel PSKR Don (053) rammed the 303 ton Ukrainian tugboat Kapu Yana (U947). The Ukrainian vessel is reportedly […]
Operation Faithful Patriot Order of Battle
Below are the units originally detailed for Operation Faithful Patriot, Donald Trump’s mission to patrol the US border with military forces. This list will be updated periodically. FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA Headquarters & Headquarters Command, 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command 2nd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 16th Military Police Brigade […]
Bulgaria in Operation Unified Protector
The first mention of possible operations in/against the Libyan regime in Bulgaria came in the form of a press release on 20 March 2011, in which Prime Minister Borisov stated “Bulgaria condemns the actions undertaken by the Gaddafi regime against civilians. He has lost legitimacy and must step down before more innocent human blood […]
Representative Tulsi Gabbard’s Disinformation Dance
Recently, Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) conducted an interview with The Nation, one in which heavily-loaded questions were softly tossed to Gabbard, who would then lead readers on a journey through a variety of conspiracy theories, none of which were backed up with any factual evidence. We have deconstructed her interview below. Who would suffer […]


