Thomas Wictor

Posts Tagged ‘BGM-71 TOW’

Heterodox thinking made victory possible

I never fit in. It didn’t bother me very much, but my heterodox way of looking at things made life more difficult than it should’ve been. There were times when I wished I could be a magnificent blockhead, marching in lockstep with my peers. Well, I’ve been purged forever of even the slightest wistfulness over…

 

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Blather, symbolism, weakness, denial, and irresponsibility

What’s the main response to the Islamic State bombings in Brussels, Belgium, that killed 31? Blather. Some of it is astonishing. This neatly illustrates the collapse of western culture. A hashtag—#StopIslam—is worse than this. A steel bolt embedded in a person’s body. The terrorists at Zaventem International Airport put bolts in their suitcase bombs. Someone…

 

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Explosive force can be directed and used to defeat bombs

The videos coming out of Syria show new weapons. Through battle-damage assessment (BDA), I can determine what a munition is doing. Then I go looking for patents. First I found a patent for ordnance that combines fuel-air explosive (FAE) with a warhead that creates nonnuclear electromagnetic pulses (EMPs). Now I’ve located the patent for directing…

 

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Russia is learning that some people don’t scare easily

When Russia decided to intervene on behalf of Bashar al-Assad, those who don’t know anything about military matters thought that they were seeing a level of competence that nobody else had shown in the conflict. They were wrong. My experience with Russians had prepared me for what inevitably happened. One of the best films ever…

 

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Relax. We’ll all be quite safe here fairly soon

Relax. You’re quite safe here. You’re not dreaming. Peace is on its way. Don’t give in to paranoomerah, paranoomerah. Ignore 99 percent of what you’re being told. Trust me. Relax. We’re not arming the YPG The Kurdish Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG) and the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) in Syria together number about 15,000. The men…

 

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Chaos? I don’t think so. It’s three-dimensional chess

CBS News has published a story on what they say is the chaos in Syria, as two American-backed opposition groups fight each other. The 13th Division of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) is said to be firing BGM-71 TOW missiles at the Kurdish Peoples’ Defense Units or YPG. In April of last year the 13th…

 

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Supporting mass murder in the name of social justice

An especially foul depravity is supporting murderous governments or groups as an act of adolescent rebellion. I’ll admit this: When “social justice warriors” went to Iraq to help the insurgency and ended up getting decapitated, I thought it was funny. I have many flaws, the worst being that I never forgive. But I’m getting better….

 

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Tunnel warfare is far worse than you can imagine

You don’t ever want to get involved in tunnel warfare. It’s absolutely hideous. Tunnelers always lose, regardless of how sophisticated their underground passageways become. The reason is simple: A tunnel is a trap for those inside it. In the Gaza war of 2014, Hamas surprised the IDF with attack tunnels. Israeli troops were utterly untrained…

 

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Time to stop worrying about nonexistent “hurt feelings”

What a difference five days make. The fact that downtown Cologne, Germany, is now a “no-go area” for women made me decide that it’s time to explain what’s happening in Syria. My little blog won’t change a thing anyway, and we need to puncture this deranged balloon of protection we’ve put around Muslim criminals. I’m…

 

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Experts and their opinions are becoming more and more unreliable

If you feel lost when it comes to figuring out what’s happening in the Middle East, don’t feel bad. Although I don’t feel lost, it’s because I’m insane. Wait: Did I write that or just think that? At any rate, most of the experts are worthless. I’ll explain why in a moment. First, here’s an…

 

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