Thomas Wictor

Posts Tagged ‘Aleppo’

Smokescreens allow very good things to happen

American Jew-haters always ask me, “What do we get for our support of Israel?” I used to give them examples of weapons, and they’d sneer and say, “We can build all of that ourselves.” Well, we were certainly unable to build what Israel has apparently given us. Multiple smokescreens were used to finance and distribute…

 

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Analyses by idiots make everything worse

Every day I read analyses that are so off base that they make me want to dive through my computer and choke somebody’s turkey neck until he gobbles, to quote novelist Joseph Wambaugh. Almost everything being published is wrong. The problem is caused by the notion that there’s no such thing as objective truth. Social…

 

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Jihadists in Syria fall into the Saudi trap

In August of 2015, General Anwar Eshki gave an amazing interview to the Wall Street Journal. A former Saudi National Security Adviser, Eshki laid out in plain language what would happen in the Middle East. The Saudis had prepared a trap for the Islamic State; what nobody knew at the time was that this strategy…

 

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Master plans only work when they can’t be figured out

We all agree that I’m just theorizing, right? Therefore I can spin whatever yarn I want without worrying about my reputation. Let’s talk about Turkey tonight. I believe that Turkey is part of a master plan to stabilize the Middle East. This post is not calling anyone a liar. Everything being said is—I think—deliberate deception…

 

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Believe nothing you’re hearing about Syria

Let me reiterate: Everything I say in my posts is speculation based almost entirely on knowledge of munitions, weapons, military training, and the ways in which armed forces fight. You don’t have to believe a word I write. On the other hand, I recommend that you also not believe a word that you’re hearing from…

 

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Sanctimony is very attractive

I’ve developed a theory: The level of actual concern a person has is inversely proportional to the sanctimony they show. Therefore the louder people bleat about an issue, the less they actually care. The inventor of the AK-47 assault rifle, Mikhail Kalashnikov, just died at the age of ninety-four. The AK-47 is the most-manufactured weapon…

 

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