Thomas Wictor

Posts Tagged ‘all war is deception’

OPSEC is what keeps soldiers alive on the battlefield

On May 3, 2016, US Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Keating IV was fatally wounded in Tal Askuf, Iraq, during a firefight with the Islamic State. Keating was a SEAL assigned to a quick-reaction force (QRF) sent in to rescue eleven Americans who were advising the Kurdish Peshmerga. It appears that the OPSEC or…

 

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Heterodox thinking made victory possible

I never fit in. It didn’t bother me very much, but my heterodox way of looking at things made life more difficult than it should’ve been. There were times when I wished I could be a magnificent blockhead, marching in lockstep with my peers. Well, I’ve been purged forever of even the slightest wistfulness over…

 

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The Saudis have studied the master

Sun Tzu (544 BC – 496 BC) was a Chinese general and author of The Art of War. It’s absolutely clear that the Saudis have studied him. All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are…

 

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