Yesterday Al Jazeera published a piece by Mark Perry titled “Why Israel’s Bombardment of Gaza Neighborhood Left US Officers ‘Stunned.’” It’s a dishonest hit piece that can be debunked with one sentence, but I’ll write a lot more. The lie that Israel used too much artillery in Gaza has been around for a while, so…
They still want to kill you
July 2, 2014
I wrote a post about Caliph Ibrahim, the leader of the new Islamic State. He issued his first official statement as the new caliph; in it, he says that the mujahedin will take over the world. I got a little pushback over that post. It’s a criticism I hear often, so I thought I’d address…
Are you willing to kill to get the girls back?
May 8, 2014
On April 14, 2014, the terrorist group Boko Haram kidnapped 276 schoolgirls from the Chibok Government Girls Secondary School. When Nigerian soldiers left the village of Gamboru Ngala to search for the girls, Boko Haram attacked and murdered more than 300. They had armored personnel carriers, rocket-propelled grenades, and explosives. It was an orgy of…
Caring is never wasted
January 3, 2014
Today I read “Al-Qaeda-linked force captures Fallujah amid rise in violence in Iraq.” The writers get a few facts wrong. For one thing they claim that only the US Marines fought in the Second Battle of Fallujah (November 7 to December 23, 2004). In reality army, navy, and air force units were present. The statement…
How about movies that are not stupid?
September 23, 2013
I don’t like it when movies present the armed forces of western democracies as evil. That’s like saying, “I don’t like it when movies present young women as sexy,” I know. It goes with the territory. But I still find it irritating. I prefer movies that are not stupid. The misrepresentation doesn’t keep me from…