Social media is full of speculation about when the offensive against the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa, Syria, will begin. I’m sure that it began at least a year ago, maybe longer. Middle Easterners have their own way of doing things, which works perfectly for them. They’ve decided to fight clandestinely; I think that’s far…
Prediction: Peace between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims
March 25, 2016
My gut told me that something extraordinary was happening in Syria. It took me weeks to find the evidence. I’m now convinced that I’m right, so my prediction is that Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims will make peace within the next five years. A prediction based on fact I found video of something that I won’t…
Cutting the Gordian knot of Syria is beyond OUR power
March 18, 2016
The Gordian knot is a legend from antiquity used to symbolize what seems like an insoluble program. Gordias the peasant was made king of the Phrygians; his son Midas dedicated Gordias’s ox-cart to the Phrygian god Sabazios and tied it to a post with an intricate knot of cornel bark. In 333 BCE, Alexander the…
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…
Syrian Democratic Forces: Possibly the people we’ve needed
December 13, 2015
On October 11, 2015, a new Syrian rebel alliance was announced: the Syrian Democratic Forces. A Kurdish militia in northern Syria has joined forces with Arab rebels, and their new alliance has been promised fresh weapon supplies by the United States for an assault on Islamic State forces in Raqqa, a spokesman said on Monday….
The Kurds get the help they need
February 23, 2015
Sit back, and I’ll show you something truly incredible. I never thought I’d see it in my lifetime, but it’s happening. The Kurds are getting the help they need on the ground—but not from the US. That’s a good thing in the long run. We’re seeing cultures give up ancient enmities and religious bigotry in…
Yes, they recruit by committing atrocities
February 8, 2015
I’m getting tons of messages about my exposure of the Islamic State video Healing the Believers’ Chests as a hoax. A lot of it is hate mail, written by people who can’t think, but more disconcerting are the messages from those who don’t accept that Muslim terrorists commit atrocities as a way to recruit new…