I’m not a fan of Paul Simon, but his song “The Boy in the Bubble” is perfect. It has one of my favorite lines: “These are the days of miracle and wonder.” Though it may be hard to believe, this is one of the most momentously positive periods in human history. We’re seeing lasting solutions…
Personal views on the Orlando mass shooting
June 12, 2016
I never tell people how and what to think. We now know that the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, was carried out by a Muslim American who had pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State. What follows are my personal views. For one, I’m not going to tell anyone to “stop blaming Islam.” Muslims will…
Ascension is more compelling to me than decline
February 12, 2016
The main reason I’m interested in the Middle East is that the region is in a period of the most dramatic change in its history—and those responsible for this metamorphosis have decided on improvement. There’s no question. The Middle East is in ascension. I’m an optimist, but I’m also a realist. Many Americans have decided…
Credibility squandered can never be regained
January 9, 2016
When I began defending Israel in June of 2014, I was shocked at the blatant lies told by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the United Nations. Well, the lies told about Saudi Arabia are worse. The difference is that the Saudis are willing to use ruthless judo…
Experts and their opinions are becoming more and more unreliable
January 4, 2016
If you feel lost when it comes to figuring out what’s happening in the Middle East, don’t feel bad. Although I don’t feel lost, it’s because I’m insane. Wait: Did I write that or just think that? At any rate, most of the experts are worthless. I’ll explain why in a moment. First, here’s an…
Deception: the smart kind and the really stupid kind
December 19, 2015
If the Arab League were enemies of the United States, we’d be sunk. There’s no question. I’m in the process of reverse engineering the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen, and I’m amazed at the brilliance of the military deception. It continues to this day. Fierce fighting and airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition pounded northern Yemen on…
Quiet professionals save us while we disgrace ourselves
December 14, 2015
The British have described the operation to kill Mohammed Emwazi, the Islamic State terrorist known as Jihadi John. This level of openness is unusual; special-operations units tend to be very quiet. The reason we’re hearing about this is twofold: psychological warfare, and also the Islamic State is under ferocious assault. It likely won’t be around…
Conspiracy, confusion, attention whoring, or politics?
December 12, 2015
People tell me that my posts are “conspiracy theories.” No. I write about military deception (MILDEC) and clandestine operations to IMPROVE the world. If I think that several nations are secretly cooperating to destroy the Islamic State, that isn’t a conspiracy theory, since a conspiracy is by definition two or more people agreeing to do…
No, that’s not my Bakr boys movie
September 20, 2015
There’s a movie about the Bakr boys online, called Operation Four Little Martyrs. Hamas murdered Ismail Bakr, Mohammed Bakr, Ahed Bakr, and Zakaria Bakr as military deception (MILDEC). On July 16, 2014, the world was told that the IDF had killed the boys, but that’s a lie. The movie is very poor. It has too…