As you know by now, Islamic terrorists carried out a series of attacks in Paris on Friday, November 13, 2015, killing at least 168 people. The murderers were armed with assault rifles, hand grenades, explosives, and suicide vests. As many as seven locations were targeted. I watched hours of coverage from Sky New, Fox News,…
The Israeli strategy of island hopping
November 12, 2023
For most of the history of warfare, the combatants lined up on opposite sides of a field or tract of water and advanced. When they met, they bashed each other as hard as they could until somebody gave up. This approach changed in World War I. Instead of marching on strong points, armies sent in…
How do we deter the murderously violent?
November 8, 2023
Every day brings new knife attacks by Palestinians. And if you search the Internet, you can find the most horrifying videos and photos that depict actual death in war, on roads, in stores, and in homes. The images have lost their power to shock. However, there’s a very efficient way to show the murderously violent…
Denial isn’t one of my problems
November 6, 2023
I hurt my back a few days ago. Actually, I ruined my back in 1992, when I was working as a field representative for a document-retrieval service. More on that later. Though I have more problems than you can imagine, denial isn’t one of them. That’s an emergency-room wrist band. At 8:00 a.m. I drove…
The beginning of the end for the mullahs?
November 5, 2023
The mullahs of Iran are in a lot of trouble. In fact, they’re facing their worst crisis since they officially took power on December 3, 1979. What many people don’t know is that Ayatollah Ruallah Khomeini’s policy was “export of Revolution.” In practice this meant that Iran became the center of “pan-Islamism.” The Iranian Revolution…
Big news from Syria, Sinai, and Iran
November 4, 2023
When there’s big news, back pain must be put aside. First, we have this. The British government has suspended all flights between the UK and the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh after US and UK officials said they believe the Russian plane that crashed over the Sinai peninsula may have been brought down by an…