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Israel's Intelligence Challenge
It remains too early to determine how the recent Hamas attack against Israel will play out. The end result won't be understood for months...

Luis Rueda
Oct 13, 20234 min read
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Blind Loyalty and Obedience
This post is a reaction to something I read on LinkedIn. I am posting a response here, to be later posted to LinkedIn, because there...

Luis Rueda
Sep 30, 20233 min read
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The Coming War with Mexico
It's election season—a time for big promises, unending political ads, and saber-rattling. The target of this year’s saber-rattling is...

Luis Rueda
Sep 20, 20237 min read
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The Crisis in Journalism
Where to begin with this extremely complex and important issue? I admit that I am not a journalist, a student of journalism, or a media...

Luis Rueda
Sep 5, 20235 min read
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Apologies
I must apologize for not being on my blog for several months. I had a sudden illness and was out of action for a long time. It has taken...

Luis Rueda
Sep 5, 20231 min read
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TikTok and the Dilemma of Social Media
In its simplest form the current drama surrounding TikTok, the wildly popular social media platform, centers on concerns over China's...

Luis Rueda
Mar 31, 20237 min read
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Iraq 20 Years Later: Lessons Learned?
It is now twenty years since our ill-fated invasion of Iraq, a decent amount of time to begin seriously studying the events and outcomes....

Luis Rueda
Mar 23, 20236 min read
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The Realignment of the Middle East?
Last Friday, March 10, 2023, Iran and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement to restore diplomatic relations after several years of suspension....

Luis Rueda
Mar 17, 20235 min read
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Narco-Terrorism Rears Its Ugly Head
The recent kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico and the murder of two of those Americans has created a hue and cry in the United...

Luis Rueda
Mar 15, 20236 min read
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The Pitfalls of Covert Action
Coups, assassinations, clandestine radio stations, economic warfare, insurgency, and counterinsurgency are all the stuff of covert action....

Luis Rueda
Mar 10, 20238 min read
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Things That Go Bump in the Night and Bite Us in The Ass
Tenor As we enter 2023 we are focused and consumed by events in Ukraine, and rightly so. China and Taiwan also draw attention because of...

Luis Rueda
Feb 1, 20237 min read
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Reading History - War in the Pacific Part 2
In the US we mostly think of WWII starting on December 7, 1941, with the attack on Pearl Harbor. Sometimes we realize that it officially...

Luis Rueda
Jan 20, 20239 min read
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Reading History - WWII In the Pacific, Part 1
iStockphoto Background I grew up with certain impressions of World War II in the Pacific. Paramount was the image of the evil Japanese...

Luis Rueda
Jan 20, 20236 min read
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Reading History - Introduction
I love history. I read a lot of it, so I thought I would do some posts on things that strike me as interesting from my readings and make...

Luis Rueda
Jan 20, 20233 min read
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Change
Depending on your viewpoint, Taoism is a philosophy, religion, or both. A central tenet of Taoism is that Tao, the Way or the Path, is...

Luis Rueda
Jan 13, 20233 min read
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The Threat of Political Violence in America
Time In 2022 there was a sharp escalation of politically motivated violence in the United States. There were numerous threats against...

Luis Rueda
Jan 12, 20235 min read
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2022 - The Year of Instability
As 2022 draws to a close and I look back at the year, I notice the increased amount of instability in many of the major world powers. The...

Luis Rueda
Dec 13, 20225 min read
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Observations - 1. The Two-Party System
The United States has always had a two-party system, more or less. Although three have also been-and currently are-other political...

Luis Rueda
Dec 5, 20225 min read
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What Next for America?
I write this the day before the midterm elections. It is not really about the midterms, though these elections will be extremely...

Luis Rueda
Nov 10, 20225 min read
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The Coming Crisis
Our current political crisis continues to roll forward, picking up momentum like a snowball rolling downhill. The divisions in the nation...

Luis Rueda
Oct 21, 20224 min read
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