Dispatches

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating Now that all the militias and terrorist groups are getting into the music video game, the parodies aren’t too far behind. One hilarious example shows the joys and pleasures of fighting alongside the Wagner Group. The vid is making the rounds privately, but Big Social won’t …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating On Easter weekend, I tend to think secular thoughts to go with the religious holiday. The purely secular portion is this: Jesus of Nazareth was arrested and executed for treason against Rome on this weekend, around 33 AD, according to the Gospel accounts.  Was this the …

One drone was “snuffed out” in a video from the field, but others kept flying. COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating Russian fighters claiming to serve with the remnants of Wagner Group say they are sending drones into the field against their enemies – and they want the world to see …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating Lloyd Austin’s Pentagon today cleared Austin of wrongdoing during the Defense Secretary’s five-day disappearance in early January, when he was hospitalized for complications following a medical procedure. A Pentagon statement to that effect was accompanied by a memo that contains only an illegible signature with no …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin flew in the cockpit of a Tu-160M bomber. And, Moscow adds, it has proof! A video that we captured from Russian state media seems to show Putin airborne and in the left seat of the plane’s cockpit. Is this …

by Susan Katz Keating We love being serious here at SOF, but we’ve been having great fun on a certain social media platform, joking around that kittens are more palatable than scary stuff. If you’ve come here from our [certain place] page, what do you think? Would this uncensored image …

“You’re the only one I can tell this to,” and other communiques. Mail drop! By popular demand, here’s a new feature at Soldier of Fortune: A peek into our inbox. Here’s what arrived recently. Send us a note, and you, too, might appear in a future edition of Mail Drop! …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating What should we make of Tucker Carlson’s sit-down with Vladimir Putin? Western reactions are all over the map, with some praising and others damning both Carlson and Putin. Pro-Russian writers in the overseas “samizdat” offered biting commentary. “This whole interview was just pure Putin — …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating Pro-Moscow channels on Telegram are circulating a video purporting to show Russian forces kicking battlefield butt in Ukraine. But is it truth, or disinformation? I saved the vid, and the YouTube gatekeepers allowed me to post it myself on our fledgling YouTube channel. I put …

American citizens deserve to know the full details when our armed forces are sent into action. It would be nice to get those details from our own Department of Defense. COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating Outdated, misleading photos and a low p.r. footprint: such is the Pentagon’s messaging about Thursday …