Thomas Wictor

Posts Tagged ‘Aleppo offensive’

US presidential election doesn’t matter to the Middle East

A bipartisan ruling class governs the United States. There’s no difference between the leaders of the Democratic or Republican parties. What these people refuse to accept is that the US is no longer as influential as it was. Furthermore, the US will never again be as influential as it was. And that’s a good thing….

 

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Plan for the liberation of Syria takes giant step forward

A siege is an “investment,” the military process of surrounding of a position. Bashar al-Assad’s forces and the Russians imposed a siege on the city of Aleppo during an offensive code-named Castello Operation, which cut off the city by July 7, 2016. On August 31, “rebels” launched a counteroffensive that broke the siege in less…

 

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Hoplology prevents me from being fooled into panicking

Everyone should study hoplology, the science of combat. A good hoplologist can tell you about the video below. It’s said to show a Russian precision air strike on a tank of the Levant Conquest Front in Aleppo. The reporter is from al Jazeera. What actually happened is that the tank fired its main gun. That’s…

 

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Theater in the Middle East is impossible to decipher

As art forms, I prefer film to theater. I’ve attended only four plays in my life. However, the Arab League theater in the Middle East is incredibly entertaining. I’ve figured out some of it, but most will remain hidden forever. All I can say for sure is that this is not happening. I’ve traced direct…

 

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Treasure hunt is the best way to describe the Middle East

Edgar Wallace wrote a great short story titled “The Treasure Hunt,” about a British private detective named J. G. Reeder. It’s an allegory for what’s happening in the Middle East. Treasure and underestimation J. G. Reeder is past fifty. Small and slightly overweight, he’s put many men in prison during his career. In 1914, a…

 

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Aleppo becomes second showcase for new Arab League weapons

The Arab League is probably in the process of liberating Aleppo. I can think of no other reason why we would see another dramatic demonstration such as the one below. A high velocity penetrating weapon (HVPW) caused the explosion in Faj Attan, Yemen, on April 20, 2015. It’s a hypersonic missile that uses both kinetic…

 

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Terrorism always becomes an end in itself. Murder is the goal

“Experts” don’t know a thing about terrorism. The conventional wisdom is that poor, angry people take up arms in desperation. Nothing can be further from the truth. In reality, most terrorists simply enjoy exerting power over others. The longer a terrorist organization exists, the more savage it becomes. This proves that the members get jaded….

 

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Warfare that requires soldiers with unprecedented skills

Major warfare has yet to be eliminated. But from a practical standpoint, nobody has ever had the courage to seriously try. It’s clear to me that the Arab League is not only making the attempt to end war in the region, I think that this effort will be successful. The main factor in ending war…

 

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Performance art wins the war in Syria

Nobody will ever be able to write the history of the Syrian civil war. Too much of it is performance art that’s necessary to avoid the mistakes of every single western power that has fought in the Middle East. The performers putting on the show can’t take a bow, which is a shame. They’re absolutely…

 

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Desperate deception versus brilliant deception

It took me all day to figure out this one. I knew immediately that the Syrians and Russians were ladling cow manure over the heads of the press, but the fatal rot of journalism made it very hard for me to find the answer. This clumsy attempt at deception shows how desperate Assad and his…

 

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