The Great Turkish Purge continues. This is what I read during the middle of the “attempted coup.” Yet here’s what’s happening today. It appears that about 900 men in tanks and light armored vehicles actively participated. We know that somebody fooled an unknown percentage of them into thinking it was military exercises. Turkish officials are…
Antithesis: the exact opposite of something or someone
July 18, 2023
I love the word antithesis. Here’s a perfect example. This video is the antithesis of what you think. No, the fat man did not knock out the other guy. In fact the fat man is lucky that he landed his first punch. Only that blow connected. That’s a “sucker punch”: You catch the target completely…
Trickster in our house, stirring up our doubts
July 17, 2023
You trickster in my house Creeping in the side door Stirring up my doubts So sings my brother Pat Wictor in his original song “Mr. Blues.” Pat sings about the Trickster from the viewpoint of someone currently experiencing fear, sorrow, and confusion. Well, some of us DESERVE TO FEEL FEAR, SORROW, AND CONFUSION. I now…
Monsters are due on Maple Street. And in Tehran
July 16, 2023
Once again I find myself stunned. Yesterday we saw the most brilliant military operation of all time. The inspiration for this ingenious attack was Episode 22, Season One, of the TV series The Twilight Zone. “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” is the title of the episode. If you haven’t seen it, I won’t…
Understanding munitions allows you to know the truth
July 15, 2023
Journalists are utterly useless. Social media is full of lunatics with primitive tribal loyalties. “Experts” make fools of themselves in their rush to have an opinion. Everything all of them say is garbage. I’ll tell you the only thing that matters about the attempted Turkish coup. Understanding munitions will let you see it. Understanding Turkey…
Blueprint for defeating terrorism was created in 2004
July 14, 2023
By now you know that a terrorist killed at least 84 people in Nice, France. He injured more than 100. The reason he was able to do this is that the French aren’t serious about fighting terrorism. However, there is a deadly serious blueprint for completely defeating terrorism. Saudi Arabia created it in 2004. Blueprint…
Transparency is a vainglorious notion that loses wars
July 13, 2023
Last night I realized that the Arab League war-fighting doctrine is “counterinsurgent insurgency” (COIN-IN). In order for COIN-IN to succeed, it must be clandestine. That means that politicians and the military must junk the concept of transparency. President Obama’s words read like lines from a bad movie. This has no bearing on reality. The ugly…
Firepower now has multiple applications
July 12, 2023
For centuries, firepower meant only one thing. The “best” weapons killed the largest number of people in the the shortest amount of time. Probably in around 2005, the Gulf Cooperation Council made peace with Israel. Together they created weapons that increase firepower and narrow its scope. To me, the motivation doesn’t matter. I don’t care…
Useless “analysts” and “experts” should shut up
July 10, 2023
Every day, we see more useless blather from self-described experts on the Middle East. These people are all idiots. Their opinions are completely wrong. All they need to do is study munitions and military operations. Then they’ll know the truth. Let me show you how easy it is. One of these men fighting for the…
Fake video of Russian helicopter being shot down
July 9, 2023
The Kremlin says that the Islamic State shot down a helicopter gunship, killing two Russian crewmen. For its part, the Islamic State put out a video showing the helicopter crashing. Both Russia and the Islamic State are lying. The video is fake. Someone created it using computer-generated imagery (CGI). Fake Russian announcement Here’s what the…