For the past five years or so, a banner commemorating Team Gushue's 2006 Olympic Games gold medal win has been hanging in team lead Jamie Korab's shed. It's now finally on public display.
The word “if” is a conjunction and a noun. Its brevity belies its importance as a forecaster of important events. As a result of the Hamas invasion of Israel, several "ifs" must be weighing on the minds of US security professionals, including government officials and military leaders, particularly those in the special operations community.
Brigadier General (RET) Russ Howard is an American veteran Special Forces officer, academic, tutor, writer and counter-terrorism strategist. He is a former Special Forces Group Commander, the co-founder of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point and a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Joint Special Operations University. He is also the co-editor of seven counter terrorism related books published by McGraw Hill.