Denial and self-delusion fascinate me. I just read an article I can’t recommend enough: “Captured ISIS Fighter: Joining Extremists in Syria Ruined My Life.” It confirms everything I thought about the caliber of people who join the Islamic State. This idiotic twenty-four-year-old Turk believed all the propaganda he saw, so he didn’t know that being…
The greatest deception operation in human history?
July 26, 2015
Is the nuclear deal with Iran actually the greatest deception operation ever executed? I’m not saying I believe that, but I read something today that made me wonder. First, under any rubric, the nuclear deal is impossible to defend. 1. All limitations on the amount of uranium Iran can enrich will expire in the future….
Be like my mother
July 25, 2015
My mother and I didn’t get along. It wasn’t her fault; I can’t explain our problem because that would violate her privacy. She was stuck with me. Staunchly pro-life, she couldn’t have had me aborted, and everyone knew she was pregnant with me, so she couldn’t have given me up for adoption. In the last…
The worthless Palestinian casualty lists
July 24, 2015
I’m not here to tell anyone how they should or shouldn’t use the Palestinian casualty lists. My own opinion is that they’re worthless and should be completely ignored. I know that people are impressed that Israel “killed less than one civilian per combatant,” but I believe that Israel killed almost no civilians. This is what…
Jihadist terrorism will always fail
July 23, 2015
It amazes me that people still believe the press about anything, but on the other hand, that works to the advantage of civilization. Jihadist terrorism is in the process of failing spectacularly—yet again—and the reason is that the terrorists believe both their own press and the swooning prattle of the western media. Prior to July…
Even the mentally ill must show character
July 22, 2015
I’ve just read a piece about the Chattanooga jihadist (I won’t mention his name) who murdered four US Marines and a sailor at a naval training station on July 16, 2015. Four New York Times reporters wrote “In Chattanooga, a Young Man in a Downward Spiral.” It’s a very sympathetic piece that doesn’t even mention…
Achieving the impossible
July 20, 2015
“With willing hearts and skillful hands, the difficult we do at once; the impossible takes a bit longer.” —Inscription on the National Memorial to the “Seabees” The U.S. Naval Construction Battalions Today someone asked me to comment on the article “The Day Israel Died,” by Kurt Schlichter. An excerpt. With the Mossad’s assessment in hand…
The suicidal innocence of abusers
July 19, 2015
Iran expects that Israel will do nothing to defend itself. This is because abusers are as innocent as toddlers. Those who commit great acts of evil are never prepared for the inevitable day when their victims turn the tables on them. By being abusive, what you do is train the abused to respond with even…
What else don’t we know about?
July 17, 2015
Yesterday I learned about an Israeli weapon that has been used in battle for thirty years. The IDF concealed its existence so well that I had no clue that this thing was around. On July 14, 2015, the Israeli Defense Forces revealed that they had this weapon. Why now? Well, it’s because they want the…