The Mongol army’s invasion of the Middle East saw an early clash when Chingiz Khan entered the lands in 1219CE. This was but a precursor and led to Hülegü Khans siege of Baghdad in 1258CE. As the mounted riders descended upon new areas, one thing was always paramount in their mind, the acquisition of new …
Category: Philosophy
Book Report: Lords of the Sea: the Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy. By John Hale.
Hale’s thesis in Lords of the Sea is a simple one. The Athenian lead naval conflict with the forces of Xerxes created an environment that broke down the social norms and threw the Athenian people into an interesting position. This position, seeing the break down from the usually restrict category of military service, created the …
Violence is not the answer. NPR article response.
"If a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents, then I will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them," [Trump] said. FALSE. The US Military does not "solve," anything, look at our track record of 30 years …
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Faded memories and bipolar ramblings part I
**Trigger warning** NSFW and shit like that. Time does funny things to memories. They slowly begin to fade and details, the tail end of the brains are very own Doppler effect. If one is to recount a memory with those who share the experience, the individual minds conspire to change the facts, details, and …
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Poem – In the war between Heaven and Hell
In the war between Heaven and Hell Angels and Demons alike perished We watched as their fiery bodies fell God was furious His mighty barks pierced the mind He kicked up a great deal of fire and brimstone The floods Noah spoke of had no parallels in time God was vengeful …
JOTL – Bradley and the Ants revisited
I wrote this up a while back but was never satisfied with the end result. So, I took it apart, reworked it, changed the solenoid, and this is worthy enough to go inside the story finally. My name is Staff Sergeant Andrew McCall, I am the senior scout for Bravo Troop 4th Cavalry 9th Regiment. …
Prediction on Tricare prime
I predict Tricare prime will be a thing of the past within the next 10 years. They will tout it as patriotic and being more fair in cost savings. In the end it will just fuck over veterans and their family members which is the only thing that the government knows how to do well. …
Twitter reverie
We live in a country where cops defend nazis and also murder black people for sneezing. Some of them fail to see a problem between the two spans of behavior. They also enjoy spraying down Native with water in winter to defend oil companies because they wanna be soldiers.
Chapter 8 of JOTL on Wattpad
Chapter 8 of the Journal of the lost has dropped. Check it out here. #scifi #fantasy #fiction #miltwitter #war
Twitter writing
“I found you daddy!” The little girl said. ‘You are so good at hide and seek, how do you always find me?’ “Because the monster that follows behind you never hides well, it just stands over you!”
