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…
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…
Sparing lives is the smart way to win wars
May 10, 2016
Until tonight, I believed that winning wars requires killing. I’d tempered my viewpoint somewhat, based on what I’ve seen in Yemen, Syria, and Iraq, but now I’m ready to say without any doubt that sparing lives—not taking them—is the only way to make war obsolete. I used to agree with the sentiment below. Yes, that’s…