Past the Point of “NO RETURN,” Civil War 2.0
The Balkan Civil wars of the mid-1990s were not just distant conflicts in a faraway land; they were harbingers of profound lessons that we, as a nation and a military, have regrettably begun to forget
The Balkan Civil wars of the mid-1990s were not just distant conflicts in a faraway land; they were harbingers of profound lessons that we, as a nation and a military, have regrettably begun to forget. As someone who led 30 Cavalrymen into the Bosnia to “clean up a mess” in 1998, I can attest firsthand that the romanticized notion of civil war is a dangerous fallacy.
Bosnia shattered my youthful idealism and revealed the grim reality of human cruelty and suffering. Today, as we witness the ominous signs of balkanization within our own borders, particularly exemplified by movements like those in Texas, we must heed the warnings from history and reject any glorification of civil conflict. Civil War 2.0 would not resemble historic battles with armies clashing on vast fields; instead, …READ MORE…
You In a Heap o' Trouble, Boy!
Can someone tell me why I am paying $285.48 per year for a newspaper which censors the news? When I first saw this photo in The Philadelphia Inquirer on Thursday, I immediately asked myself, "Self, is that really a girl?" So, I read a story I might normally have skipped.
Ash Cooper admitted her guilt Thursday and was sentenced to prison.
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Ending Qualified Immunity: Part 1
U.S. Code allows for civil redress against any person acting on behalf of a government entity who deprives another person of their constitutional rights.
Back in 1871, when the Ku Klux Klan was the terrorist wing of the democrat party in states that joined the former confederacy, Congress passed a statute currently codified as 42 U.S.C. 1983 which states today:
“Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress…”
This statute by its plain language seems to allow for civil redress against any person acting on behalf of a government entity who deprives another person of their constitutional rights. In reality, though, there are significant limitations to the size of this door to the federal court house.…READ MORE…
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