Luis Rueda
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...
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Luis Rueda
- Mar 23
- 6 min
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....
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Luis Rueda
- Mar 15
- 6 min
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...
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Luis Rueda
- Feb 1
- 7 min
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...
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Luis Rueda
- Jan 12
- 5 min
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...
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Luis Rueda
- Dec 13, 2022
- 5 min
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...
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Luis Rueda
- Sep 20, 2022
- 4 min
Ukraine
There has been considerable celebration over Ukraine's offensive against Russia. The Ukrainians have liberated large parts of their...
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Luis Rueda
- Aug 30, 2022
- 4 min
Trump and Classified Material at Mar-a-Lago
I normally try to avoid much of the political warfare going on in the US nowadays in this blog, but the recent FBI seizure of classified...
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Luis Rueda
- Aug 27, 2022
- 7 min
Morality and Intelligence...And Beyond
I was watching a portion of a podcast on TikTok, hence the watching rather than listening, where the concept of enhanced interrogation,...
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Luis Rueda
- Mar 20, 2022
- 4 min
The Woke Military?
Woke: aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice) - Merriam-Webster I...
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Luis Rueda
- Mar 20, 2022
- 5 min
The Intelligence Assault on the West
Agent of Influence: An agent of some stature who uses his or her position to influence public opinion or decision-making to produce...
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Luis Rueda
- Jan 24, 2022
- 5 min
We Are Destroying This Nation
I spent 28 years of my adult life defending this country. I don't say that to obtain admiration, to pat myself on the back, or to gain...
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Luis Rueda
- Oct 9, 2021
- 5 min
Can We Win A New Cold War?
I was re-reading NSC-68 the other day (NSC-68 United States Objectives and Programs for National Security (fas.org), the height of...
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Luis Rueda
- Aug 20, 2021
- 4 min
Afghanistan - This is on All of US
I have been hesitant to write about the current situation in Afghanistan. There are thousands of articles on the topic, not to mention...
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Luis Rueda
- Aug 13, 2021
- 8 min
The China Threat
By now, everyone should be painfully aware of the “China threat.” It is all over the place: television, newspapers, periodicals, you name...
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Luis Rueda
- Jul 29, 2021
- 8 min
Counternarcotics and the War on Drugs
You don't hear much about the war on drugs anymore. Partly because it has been displaced on the news by the War on Terror, War in Iraq...
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Luis Rueda
- Apr 28, 2021
- 7 min
National Security Background - Iran
As I noted in my previous post on national security background, we need to understand the other side, we need to view the situation from...
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