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You may notice the first article is an opinion piece by Hugh Hewitt at the Washington Examiner. I am lucky enough to have seen "The Stoning of Soraya M". It is a powerful story that will bring some type of emotion... For all who think talking will make change, please see this movie.

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Last week I inserted a several year old article I have done this before when the subject was relevant but will admit to blowing it this time. Probably had something to do with age but I am not admitting that piece.

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Soldiers seized the national palace and flew President Manuel Zelaya into exile Sunday, hours before a disputed constitutional referendum. Zelaya, a leftist ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, said he was victim of a coup.

Hours later, Congress voted to accept what it said was Zelaya's letter of resignation, but Zelaya said the letter wasn't his and vowed to remain in power.

When the US Fiscal Year 2009 budget request for military spending came out in early 2008, Travis Sharp and Christopher Hellman (mentioned earlier) projected the spending of other nations planned for 2008 thus allowing comparison between US military spending and the rest of the world:

The most surprising thing about the first half-year of Barack Obama's presidency, at least in the realm of foreign policy, has been its indifference to the issues of human rights and democracy. No administration has ever made these its primary, much less its exclusive, goals overseas. But ever since Jimmy Carter spoke about human rights in his 1977 inaugural address and created a new infrastructure to give bureaucratic meaning to his words, the advancement of human rights has been one of the consistent objectives of America's diplomats and an occasional one of its soldiers.

This tradition has been ruptured by the Obama administration. The new president signaled his intent on the eve of his inauguration, when he told editors of the Washington Post that democracy was less important than "freedom from want and freedom from fear. If people aren't secure, if people are starving, then elections may or may not address those issues, but they are not a perfect overlay."

Since the US-led intervention in Iraq, a lot has been written about American intentions to make use of its massive military superiority, resulting from the end of the Cold War, to somehow dominate the world. Anyone can see that American military spending exceeds that of other countries right now, in absolute dollar terms; the United States spends as much on military related expenditures as the rest of the top ten spenders combined. This is only one comparative measure of military power of course. But by any meaningful measure, American military power today stands as second to none.

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Tactical Equipment Evaluation

Every so often I get a sample of ammunition – usually less-lethal but sometimes just a specialty munition – that doesn't warrant a full review on its own. This week's review is going to cover two such samples that I received: first is the Lightfield Nova-DR 12g distraction round. Second is the Extreme Shock handgun cartridge that I received in loadings for .380ACP, 9mm and .45ACP. Let's start off with the 12g distraction rounds and then move into the handgun stuff.

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Recreational Equipment Review

Yes, yes... another book. Don't complain too loud because Brad Thor writes some of the best action-adventure counter-terrorism books on the market today. In "The Apostle" Brad's main character, Scot Harvath finds himself being asked for a favor by the President of the United States – a president who had most recently done away with Scot's job and left him unemployed. Now, with "special circumstances" putting pressure on the president, he asks Scot to act without official sanction (nothing new there) to rescue a doctor kidnapped by the Taliban. Such a challenge is right up Scot's alley and he dives in energetically.

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THE WAR

Sun tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State.

It is a matter of life and death, a road either
to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry
which can on no account be neglected.
Sun tzu ON THE ART OF WAR, Chapter 1, v. 1 & 2

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