The Arab League won the Syria and Iraq wars in October of 2015. From that point on, both conflicts would end in only one way: defeat for the Islamic State, al-Qaeda, Bashar al-Assad, Iran, and Hezbollah. It’s very easy to see that this is the case. June 16, 2015 Kurdish militia called the Peoples’ Protection…
Sparing lives is the smart way to win wars
May 10, 2016
Until tonight, I believed that winning wars requires killing. I’d tempered my viewpoint somewhat, based on what I’ve seen in Yemen, Syria, and Iraq, but now I’m ready to say without any doubt that sparing lives—not taking them—is the only way to make war obsolete. I used to agree with the sentiment below. Yes, that’s…
Fascists always lose, so don’t be upset
March 11, 2016
In my entire life, I’ve taken part in exactly one protest march. It was actually a counter-protest; a handful of people went out in Los Angeles on March 19, 2004, to express our support for the troops fighting in Iraq. The ANSWER Coalition organized the antiwar march. They were fascists who tried to kill us…