Green Badgers and Blue Badgers: Inside the CIA’s Secret Warfighters

Green Badgers and Blue Badgers: Inside the CIA’s Secret Warfighters

In special operations, there's a hard line between clandestine and covert missions—one's a ghost story you tell after the blood dries, the other's a lie you take to your grave. #CIAOperators #ParamilitaryOps #ClandestineWarriors #SpecialActivitiesDivision #UnconventionalWarfare #BehindEnemyLines #SOGOperators #ShadowConflict

An ugly word: “warfighter”

I’ve been hearing this word “warfighter” a lot lately, often coming out of the mouths of macho assholes like Pete Hegseth. It implies that the role of the military is simply fighting, fighting, fighting — and I’d rather see the military as a stabilizing force, less about fighting and acting more as resilient response to threats, and also as a practical investment in a region that would be squandered if they were actually fighting. I’m not alone …