Are we witnessing an Obama 'Wag the Dog' moment with Boko Haram in Nigeria? I say yes.

The future does not belong to those who attack our Embassies and Consulates and kill our Ambassadors. The Angel of Death in the form of an American Bald Eagle will visit you and wreak havoc and destruction upon your existence.

Leadership is about being a servant first.

A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education, to go and earn a commission in the United States Army, to serve for 22 years, to lead men and women in combat.

If it's about the lives of my soldiers at stake, I'd go through hell with a gasoline can.

As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth, war is hell.

The great thing that I appreciate - the fact that my godfather, William 'Sticky' Jackson, was a Tuskegee Airman because my father was first born in Ozark, Alabama. The sacrifices and the commitment of those men made it possible for myself and many others.