Syria has gone back a hundred years, returning to trench warfare. For the sake of the people on our side, flamethrowers must be introduced. Here’s what Colonel Steve Warren—spokesman for Combined Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve—recently said. I’ll tell you, that’s a tough fight right now. From what I’ve seen, the imagery I’ve looked at,…
In praise of war (and flamethrowers)
August 17, 2015
Clutch your pearls, girls. Get ready to faceplant the fainting couch. This post is about the courageous, exceptionally moral decision that the Sunni Arabs and Israel have made to go to war with Iran. It’s now clear that the goal is regime change, not simply destroying the Iranian nuclear program. “Good hunting, men and women,”…
Achieving the impossible
July 20, 2015
“With willing hearts and skillful hands, the difficult we do at once; the impossible takes a bit longer.” —Inscription on the National Memorial to the “Seabees” The U.S. Naval Construction Battalions Today someone asked me to comment on the article “The Day Israel Died,” by Kurt Schlichter. An excerpt. With the Mossad’s assessment in hand…
Flamethrowers! For Ellie
March 22, 2015
A post about flamethrowers dedicated to Ellie Kesselman, who brought my attention to this. It uses gasoline (petrol), and has a range of 26 feet (8 meters.) The flamethrower was first used by the Greeks in AD 673 to burn Muslim warships besieging Constantinople. This weapon consisted of a metal tube that sprayed what was…