Tag Archives: Al Nusra Front

hagai and the hagars the horrible

Reality television 24/7. Just watching what happens in the Middle East on a casual basis, where left and right become interchangeable. The “banality,” and general casual attitude that is embedded in the psyche of the culture with regard to violence, … Continue reading

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too many people

Yet their brows touched heaven. Islam brought them to their feet in this first of the Arab awakenings. Islam created Arabism, and from the start, the power of one was the power of the other. The strength of islam is … Continue reading

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mao: “revolution is not a dinner party”

Ignore von Clausewitz at your peril.He died in 1831, but his book, On War, is unfortunately something ignored more often than not stacking the odds in favor not winning a war…. If Clausewitz’s influence has been so often catastrophic, there … Continue reading

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guide to the perplexed: how to lose a war

Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan. What next? How much the academic think-merchants should share in the responsibility for these messy predicaments is not really quantifiable. But judging from what he read and see, the American government would have found a better guide … Continue reading

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