The Syrian Democratic Forces (QSD) have launched an offensive on Raqqa in Syria, the Islamic State capital. Here’s the least-accurate interpretation of what’s happening. Let’s count the ways in which this is wrong. 1. President Obama has checked out. He’s watching the clock, not taking huge gambles. 2. The US has no influence whatsoever when…
Middle Easterners can work it out by themselves
May 23, 2016
Social media is full of speculation about when the offensive against the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa, Syria, will begin. I’m sure that it began at least a year ago, maybe longer. Middle Easterners have their own way of doing things, which works perfectly for them. They’ve decided to fight clandestinely; I think that’s far…
Purpose of American troops in the Middle East
May 20, 2016
US troops in the Middle East are part of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve. Their purpose is to defeat the Islamic State. Nothing else. The reason I’m saying this is because of a tweet I saw. Azaz is where Syrian Kurds, Islamist rebels, the Islamic State, and Bashar al-Assad’s allies are all fighting…
PKK video of helicopter shot down is fake
May 19, 2016
I wasn’t going to write about this, but a western fanboy of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party or PKK made me decide to grind his face into his childish gullibility. I’m sick of smug imbeciles attacking me for no reason. Since they have no factual knowledge, they always resort to personal insults. They’re trying to drive…
Secular humanism and the wonderful job it does
May 17, 2016
Although I’m a theist, I’m not religious. Still, nothing irritates me more than secular humanists telling me that the religious are stupid. In reality, secular humanism robs everyone of common sense. It’s the religious who will save the world’s collective rear end. Secular dogma Anti-theists have created the stupidest religion in human history. It’s the…
Moral preening is terminal cultural decadence
May 16, 2016
First off: I don’t hate all Irish people. When I meet an Irish person, I don’t have any feelings one way or another. Irishness has no moral content for me. But for twenty-five years, I hated the Irish. It’s because the Provisional Irish Republican Army—not an army; a band of alcoholic terrorists—nearly killed my brother…
Preference cascade is underway in the Middle East
May 15, 2016
I never tell people how to think or feel. Everyone has to figure things out for themselves. However, I personally never believed that all Muslims are untrustworthy. I didn’t think that the Middle East would change as rapidly as it is, but I knew that someday things would be different. Now, we’re seeing a full-tilt…
Gradual unveiling of the new Middle East is taking place
May 14, 2016
Several months ago I began theorizing about what was happening in the Middle East. Now, the people changing the region have decided to reveal the new reality: Israel and the Arab League are allies, and Arab strategic special operators are possibly the best soldiers in human history. I came to my conclusions in a gradual…