Beginning in January of 2016, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) began achieving impressive victories on the battlefield. Analysts attribute this to Russian air power. They’re wrong. In reality the Arab League worked out an arrangement with Bashar al-Assad that would avoid the horrors that have plagued Iraq since March of 2003. However, Assad has reverted…
Polite reformer has already carried out his mission
April 28, 2024
Every day brings me new evidence that this is the best era in which to live. The polite Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman has already transformed Saudi Arabia. It happened almost instantaneously. Why do I call him polite? He clearly is polite, but I’m also quoting writer Robert A. Heinlein….
Incrementalism is how great change is made permanent
April 26, 2024
It’s official: The Saudis are remaking the Middle East. Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman gave his first press conference to foreign journalists, and he confirmed what retired Saudi General Anwar Eshki said at the Council on Foreign Relations on June 4, 2015. The key to successful change is incrementalism. You have…
Explanation is in order. Here you go
April 25, 2024
Tonight’s post is an explanation of what and why. I’ve been struggling with this decision for two years. It was eating me alive. I’ve been unable to answer e-mails or get my life back in order. It was a kind of agonizing paralysis. Explanation of what After my father Edward died on February 23, 2013,…
Consequences of refusing to face reality
April 23, 2024
It may not seem like it to you, but pretty much everyone who needs to be smashed is being smashed. For a variety of reasons, really bad people were allowed to forget that actions have consequences. Well, it’s now clear that those who thought they could do whatever they want are paying dearly. Believe me….