A muse is what motivates you to create. In Greek mythology, the Muses were the goddesses of inspiration in literature, science, and the arts. They were the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Hesiod wrote that there were nine Muses. Calliope – epic poetry, symbolized by a writing tablet Clio – history, symbolized by a scroll…
Death sentence handed down to Bashar al-Assad
May 5, 2016
As I figured would happen, the death sentence has been imposed on Bashar al-Assad. The Arab League said it had decided to “work on bringing all those who participated in and contributed to the brutal attacks against innocent civilians in Aleppo and other Syrian cities to international justice”. The 22-member bloc denounced the “the Syrian…
Self-criticism is the eighth deadly sin
May 4, 2016
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israel Defense Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Yair Golan decided to compare Israel with 1930s Nazi Germany. This form of self-criticism is utterly phony. The fact that such a paragon of weakness made it to the IDF General Staff does not bode well for the future of Israel. But…
Hospital in Aleppo hit by Quds Force car bomb
May 3, 2016
Today the al-Dabeet Maternity Hospital in Aleppo, Syria, was heavily damaged. This is the official story from the Assad regime. A maternity hospital in a government-controlled area of Aleppo has been badly damaged by rocket fire, killing at least three people, according to the state news agency. It was the sixth attack affecting a medical…
Assad has learned too late that some people are serious
May 2, 2016
Beginning in January of 2016, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) began achieving impressive victories on the battlefield. Analysts attribute this to Russian air power. They’re wrong. In reality the Arab League worked out an arrangement with Bashar al-Assad that would avoid the horrors that have plagued Iraq since March of 2003. However, Assad has reverted…
Politicians and journalists are the root of all evil
May 1, 2016
I’ve written extensively about my disgust for journalists, but politicians are even worse. Watch this clip of Senator Lindsey Graham questioning US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter. This was theater for morons. Graham knows full well that the Turkish government and the Kurdish YPG work together time and again. Turkish President Erdoğan, who once said…
Lies, lust for power, Jew-hate, tribalism, and failure
April 30, 2016
From the great Dave Frishberg, a commentary on lies. I first heard that song twenty-five years ago and never forgot it. We are marooned in a blizzard of lies, but I can debunk a lot them. Lies about hospitals Because of Jew-hate, “human rights” groups such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, B’Tselem, and Doctors…
Unable to see one’s place in the larger scheme of things
April 29, 2016
I had a suspicion. Sadly, it was confirmed. I can’t say that I’m surprised. The evidence has indicated that too many American politicians and military leaders are unable to see the big picture and how they fit into it. Egos get in the way. Unable to be honest When I began defending Israel in 2014,…
Polite reformer has already carried out his mission
April 28, 2016
Every day brings me new evidence that this is the best era in which to live. The polite Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman has already transformed Saudi Arabia. It happened almost instantaneously. Why do I call him polite? He clearly is polite, but I’m also quoting writer Robert A. Heinlein….
Sorrow for what they do and what must be done to them
April 27, 2016
The last thing I ever expected was to feel sorrow for terrorists. It doesn’t change my opinion that they have to be killed, but now I find it harder to expose myself to the deaths of the incompetent ones. It doesn’t bother me in the slightest that Hamas “Nukhbah” infiltrators are being killed in their…
