Thomas Wictor

Posts Tagged ‘Russian air strikes Syria’

Clandestine military operations are smart military operations

My new obsession is clandestine military operations. For the life of me, I can’t understand telegraphing your intent this way. Crack SAS troops are in Libya preparing for the arrival of around 1,000 British infantrymen to be sent against ISIS there in early 2016. Special Forces including military close observation experts from the Special Reconnaissance…

 

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Russia throws Iran under the bus

The phrase “thrown under the bus” likely has its origins in minor-league baseball, according to William Safire. Players were bused to “away games.” In fact, its original meaning could be have been quite literal: be on time for the bus, or you will be thrown underneath it, into the storage bays. He says the metaphor…

 

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The bizarre Russian kabuki theater in Syria

We live in an era of dishonesty, willful blindness, and stupidity. This makes it hard to know what’s really happening. I can’t tell you with 100 percent certainty what the Russians are up to in Syria, but I know it’s kabuki. It’s a stylized performance for the masses, meant to save Russian face. Here’s what…

 

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The danger of calling everything a war crime

For years “human rights” groups, aid organizations, other NGOs, and the United Nations have dishonestly claimed that almost every Israeli military action is a war crime. Beginning March 26, 2015, the Saudi-led Coalition fighting to defeat Ansar Allah—the Houthis—in Yemen has also been accused of war crimes. There’s absolutely no evidence that the Coalition is…

 

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