Thomas Wictor

Posts Tagged ‘Bardo Museum’

Professional warriors are required to have certain skills

I was born in Venezuela, and my mother was a Mexican-American. The only reason I say that is to show you that I’m familiar with Latin American culture. With the exception of Colombia and El Salvador, Latin American countries don’t produce highly skilled professional warriors. Too many Latin Americans believe that snazzy uniforms and high-tech…

 

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The benefit of expecting the worst

In any given situation, I presume that catastrophe will befall me. It has, many times. But I’m still alive and still aspiring. One of the benefits of always expecting the worst is that you can never be destroyed by what happens to you. My imagination tops reality, time and again. I’ll give you an example…

 

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The shoddy reporting on the Bardo Museum attack

If you believe most of what’s been written about the terrorist attack at the Bardo Museum in Tunis, Tunisia, on March 18, 2015, you’ll think that the nation was caught completely off guard and left reeling helplessly. This is not true. Due to the knee-jerk reaction of western reporters to praise the capabilities of terrorists…

 

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