Watch this video of Kurdish Peshmerga destroying an Islamic State truck bomb. The Peshmerga are the official armed forces of autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan. They aren’t the YPG or YPJ militias. The video is important for several reasons. First, it shows that two MILAN antitank guided missiles were fired but missed the truck. Since sound travels…
Islamic anti-terrorism coalition deeply confuses the “experts”
December 16, 2015
What’s the best way to win a war? The answer: Make it impossible for your enemies to know what’s really happening. Yesterday Saudi Arabia announced the formation of an Islamic coalition to fight terrorism. Today some people are gloating that it’s “already collapsed.” Saudi Arabia’s coalition of Islamic countries against terrorism is starting to look like…
Fighting to the death means you lose
July 8, 2015
A breathless piece by the Associated Press would have you believe that the Islamic State is winning by fighting to the death. I was very glad to see this, because it means that the Islamic State is militarily stupid and will lose much faster than I had anticipated. History proves that throwing away your life…