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…
Unable to see one’s place in the larger scheme of things
April 29, 2016
I had a suspicion. Sadly, it was confirmed. I can’t say that I’m surprised. The evidence has indicated that too many American politicians and military leaders are unable to see the big picture and how they fit into it. Egos get in the way. Unable to be honest When I began defending Israel in 2014,…
Negativity guarantees that you will lose
March 19, 2016
If you want to win a war, you can’t depend only on weapons, technology, training, skill, tactics, and strategies. You also have to be optimistic. Nothing will defeat you more quickly than your own negativity. This applies to life in general, of course. Not just the battlefield. Negativity is suicidal The unavoidable fate of military…
Tunnel warfare is far worse than you can imagine
February 10, 2016
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…
The death of Palestinian perversity
August 28, 2015
Here’s my prediction: Palestinian perversity will soon be a thing of the past. We won’t be subjected to repulsive, dehumanizing spectacles like this anymore. It’s totally clear what happened: The Palestinians sent out their children and their fat, frog-faced women to create anti-Israel propaganda. They threw rocks at an Israeli soldier, tore off his gas…
Some faith is based on knowledge
August 12, 2015
One of the more tedious aspects of social media is the pathological need that people have to “debate.” What they’re actually trying to do is force their own beliefs on others. The ethos of “Live and let live” doesn’t exist in social media. Social-media absolutists go crazy over faith. To them, faith is a childlike…
Fatah confirms Gaza beach deception operation
July 12, 2015
Completely by accident, I discovered today that the Palestinian political party Fatah has confirmed that Ismail Bakr, Mohammed Bakr, Ahed Bakr, and Zakaria Bakr were killed as part of a military deception operation that Hamas carried out on the beach at Gaza, July 16, 2014. There’s no longer any doubt, as I’ll show you in…
Amnesty International’s lying Gaza Platform
July 11, 2015
Amnesty International has invested untold millions of its donations in an interactive application called the Gaza Platform. The thing is extremely hard to use. More importantly, it’s totally dishonest. Amnesty International is now an official propaganda arm of the Hamas Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad al-Quds Brigades, the Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades,…
Military deception (MILDEC)
July 6, 2015
Military deception (MILDEC) is actions executed to deliberately mislead adversary military, paramilitary, or violent extremist organization decision makers, thereby causing the adversary to take specific actions (or inactions) that will contribute to the accomplishment of the friendly mission. —Joint Chiefs of Staff United States Department of Defense Daily I get messages from angry people telling…
There was no Hannibal Directive massacre in Rafah
June 13, 2015
Studying Operation Protective Edge has confirmed my greatest fear about my fellow humans: To make people believe something, all you need to do is tell them about it. They require no evidence. One of the many lies spread about Israel is that on August 1, 2014, the IDF massacred up to 190 Palestinian civilians in…