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…
Blowback
June 8, 2014
In the intelligence world, the term “blowback” has many meanings. For the purpose of this post, I’ll use the definition I learned when I was in high school: Training and equipping people who eventually turn on you. Today there was a hugely destructive attack on Karachi International Airport. Terrorists armed with automatic rifles, hand grenades,…
Not very smart, guys
June 1, 2014
The French have arrested the murderer responsible for the mass shooting in Belgium at the Jewish museum. He’s a twenty-nine-year-old Muslim career criminal who went to Syria for a year and acted in the named of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), formerly known as al-Qaeda in Iraq. It’s not very smart…
A monster turns on its creators
April 28, 2014
By now you’ve probably heard that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was allegedly taped telling his mistress to not bring black people to the games and to not post photos on Instagram of herself with black men. The woman goes by several aliases, including V. Stiviano. She’s said to be part black and part…
The Wahabbist bravely ran away
April 27, 2014
I’ve acquired a fan on YouTube. Well, not so much a fan as a foam-spewing Canadian cartoon made flesh. He’s now following me around and commenting when I comment. I challenged him to a debate, but the Wahabbist bravely ran away. It all started when I was looking for a specific video write a post…