The writer Linda Robinson wrote an excellent book that I highly recommend. Masters of Chaos: The Secret History of the Special Forces specifically addresses the US Army Green Berets during Operation Iraqi Freedom, but it applies to all unconventional warriors. I can’t tell you when the Arab League and its allies began wide-scale operations in…
Russian war plan for Syria explained. It’s already a failure
March 5, 2016
This piece describes the Russian war plan for Syria, even though author Jamie Dettmer is wrong about fortunes being reversed. The overall strategy — to crush the more moderate armed factions in the opposition, leaving the extremists — is straight out of the Chechnya playbook, say military analysts. So too are the scorched-earth indiscriminate tactics…
Pentagon confirms Arab League invasion of Syria
March 4, 2016
I love improvement. I love audacious courage. I love selflessness. I love competence. All the signs pointed to it, and now I have the evidence, as provided by the Pentagon: The Arab League has invaded Syria and is in the process of smashing everyone deserving of smashage. First, however, I should mention that March 4,…
Ground invasion of Syria: Did it begin today?
March 3, 2016
Most people love bad news. They also love to be afraid. I spent most of my life being disappointed, angry, and fearful, so I’m grateful for every scrap of improvement that I see around me. I think the Muslim Anti-Terror Coalition ground invasion of Syria began today, which is very good news. It means the…
Apocalypse? Hardly. This is called “mopping up”
March 2, 2016
Nothing annoys me more than people who are seduced by fear. As an investor, I’m personally impacted when blubbering, weak-kneed, gutless poseurs run screeching for the doors every three days. They make me sick. So do those who warn that the Apocalypse is about to start in the Middle East. I’m fifty-three; every damn day…
Life can be made far more frightening than death
February 29, 2016
Today I suddenly understood another aspect of the military genius that Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman is showing. The Arab League and its allies are fighting in Syria, using new weapons that I call EMPFAE munitions. They produce shock waves and nonnuclear electromagnetic pulses that wreck the enemy’s electronics. They…
Russia is learning that some people don’t scare easily
February 26, 2016
When Russia decided to intervene on behalf of Bashar al-Assad, those who don’t know anything about military matters thought that they were seeing a level of competence that nobody else had shown in the conflict. They were wrong. My experience with Russians had prepared me for what inevitably happened. One of the best films ever…