Sunni Muslim military advisers are in Iraq, helping the majority Shia security forces defeat the Islamic State. An Iraqi judicial councilman confirmed this. In addition, the Saudis are training and equipping Shia fighters. Below are Yemenis who the Saudis trained and equipped. And these are men of Moqtada al-Sadr’s Peace Brigades. The old ways are…
Trickster in our house, stirring up our doubts
July 17, 2016
You trickster in my house Creeping in the side door Stirring up my doubts So sings my brother Pat Wictor in his original song “Mr. Blues.” Pat sings about the Trickster from the viewpoint of someone currently experiencing fear, sorrow, and confusion. Well, some of us DESERVE TO FEEL FEAR, SORROW, AND CONFUSION. I now…
Gradual unveiling of the new Middle East is taking place
May 14, 2016
Several months ago I began theorizing about what was happening in the Middle East. Now, the people changing the region have decided to reveal the new reality: Israel and the Arab League are allies, and Arab strategic special operators are possibly the best soldiers in human history. I came to my conclusions in a gradual…
Video: Do the Kurds have a new guided rocket-propelled grenade?
December 26, 2015
Watch this video of Kurdish Peshmerga destroying an Islamic State truck bomb. The Peshmerga are the official armed forces of autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan. They aren’t the YPG or YPJ militias. The video is important for several reasons. First, it shows that two MILAN antitank guided missiles were fired but missed the truck. Since sound travels…
Find me a matching photo of Gaza
January 1, 2015
Here’s your assignment, all you Jew-haters: Find me a photo taken in Gaza that matches this image of devastation in Deir Ezzour, Syria. This area was hit with just about every weapon in a modern army’s arsenal. First there was an artillery barrage and aerial bombing, and then infantrymen went in and finished the job….