Thomas Wictor

Posts Tagged ‘Little Sparta’

Total defeat is a hard pill to swallow, but the alternative…?

I’ve been studying the Israel Defense Forces since I was about seven years old. The reason was their tanks, which I’ll get to in a moment. Seeing what Israel did with tanks made me certain that the IDF would figure out how to protect the Jewish state against Iran. And I knew that the answer…

 

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Why I admire the Emiratis

The plan to take back Yemen was brilliantly unorthodox. Instead of invading, the Coalition—Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Senegal, and Pakistan—would protect two pockets of resistance: Little Aden and Crater. In those cities, people held out against tens of thousands of besiegers: Houthis, soldiers loyal to former dictator…

 

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Some faith is based on knowledge

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…

 

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