I have been writing on the future of our world and the national security of the United States and her allies for over thirty years... but often for a very select audience: the Pentagon and professional defense and academic journals. 

Now I write for you.

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I have also voyaged the world and have been face-to-face with its reality in those places where people are unhappy, suffering or hateful.  In some places, I was welcomed with joy as protector, liberator, ally, friend.  In other places, some people would kill me if they had the means at hand.

 

I have tried to understand it.  The violence.  The changes from peace to war to back again. 

War is an aspect of human condition that neither you nor I nor anyone who is not God can solve.  But with persistent, open-minded and honest research we can see the dangers to come.  And we can protect ourselves, the ones that we love, our neighbors, our community, our Nation.

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That has been my job.  That is what I write about.  Join me in this effort to read, think, discuss and understand.  The future is just over the horizon; everyone must study it, understand it, guide it.  If we are to avoid 9/11s.  If we are to avoid Pearl Harbors.  If we are to avoid the poor choices that leave us vulnerable or do more harm than good to us and the world.

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America has been called the indespensable nation.  It must also be a wise one. 

If democracy is to continue it must be protected.  The first step is to understand. 

Join me in this voyage.