A siege is an “investment,” the military process of surrounding of a position. Bashar al-Assad’s forces and the Russians imposed a siege on the city of Aleppo during an offensive code-named Castello Operation, which cut off the city by July 7, 2016. On August 31, “rebels” launched a counteroffensive that broke the siege in less…
Turks heed the warning they received, as I knew they would
July 29, 2016
There’s no doubt that the July 15, 2016, “attempted coup” in Turkey was in fact a military operation. Somebody wanted the Turks to stop doing destructive things. Turkey is a former empire. All former empires—except Great Britain—want to relive their glory days. The easiest way to become “important” on the world stage is to cause…
Mediocre people usually hate the exceptional
June 14, 2016
I’ve never been competitive. Therefore I don’t understand the hostility that the mediocre feel for those who are far more skilled. I was a mediocre student who was accepted into college only because I sent in the strangest application that the school had ever seen. Since my grades were bad, and I didn’t belong to…