Thomas Wictor

Posts Tagged ‘Battle of Kobani’

Why the Islamic State wins battles in Iraq and Syria

There are specific reasons why the Islamic States performs well militarily in Iraq and Syria. What’s happening in those two countries is that the armed forces are losing. The Islamic State is winning nothing. Its victories are being handed to it, over and over. Like The Andromeda Strain, the Islamic State can exist only under…

 

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The sicker they are, the more predictable

The late psychiatrist David Viscott said that the sicker people get, the more generic they become. Their actions become entirely predictable. Before I give you the latest example, I want to clarify: By sick, I mean pathological, not ill. People make themselves pathological. It’s a choice. They engage in behavior that they know is wrong….

 

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Fantasizing to death

Somebody sent me two photos, asking if they’re real. They aren’t. These transparently fake images are all over the Internet, passed around from cultist to cultist as medication to keep the mind from functioning. What so many people refuse to accept is that pathological fantasizing leads to death. By denying reality, you suffer at the…

 

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Exposing composite photos

I was absolutely sure that the world press published massive numbers of composite photos during Operation Protective Edge. Though I couldn’t prove it technically, I relied on my knowledge of munitions. Yesterday a professional photographer from the Czech Republic sent me a message explaining how I can determine whether or not a photo is real….

 

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No, I don’t contact the media

Not a day goes by without someone asking me if I contact the media about my Pallywood posts or the posts on Operation Four Little Martyrs, my name for the Hamas deception on the beach in Gaza, July 16, 2014. There are lots of reasons why I don’t reach out to the press. However, that…

 

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