Iraq Update

Iraq Update

News out of Iraq has been sparse since ISIS seized Ramadi and Fallujah in January.  Even Middle Eastern news sources largely aren’t covering the renewed violence; Al Akhbar English has nothing on the continuing fighting in Iraq.  It hasn’t abated, however.  It is estimated that over 700 people were killed in fighting in Iraq in […]

Short-Sightedness and Proxy Wars

Short-Sightedness and Proxy Wars

The majority of the video below is a speech by a Kosovar who is now in Syria fighting for The Islamic State in Iraq and as-Sham. If you remember, we put a lot of effort into keeping the Serbs off the Albanian Kosovars back in the ’90s. A great deal has been said (most of […]

More Perspective & Analysis on Fallujah Iraq

More Perspective & Analysis on Fallujah Iraq

While most of the commentary on the recent ISIS push in Fallujah and Ramadi has focused on Obama’s culpability and how all the men who died there died for nothing, a lot has gotten lost in the noise.  Nothing in warfare, least of all 4GW, is that simple. ISIS has had a rocky year.  From […]

Saudi Arabia Threatens to Cut Diplomatic Ties With America

Saudi Arabia Threatens to Cut Diplomatic Ties With America

In recent discussions with European diplomats, Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, Saudi Arabia’s intelligence chief and ambassador to the US, said that the Kingdom was considering severing diplomatic ties with the United States over Syria, Palestine, and Iran. Bin Sultan claimed that the US has deliberately not pursued military action against Bashar al Assad, making this the […]

Putin: Champion of Right and Freedom, or KGB Thug?

Putin: Champion of Right and Freedom, or KGB Thug?

I’ve been seeing quite a bit of lionization of Vladimir Putin lately, by a lot of the same people who were up in arms last year about Obama’s hot mic comment to Dmitri Medvedev that he’d have “more flexibility” as regards to giving the Russians what they want (re: missile defense for our allies in […]

What The Syrian Civil War Is Really All About

What The Syrian Civil War Is Really All About

While the media (and a lot of politicians) are attempting to paint a picture of the Syrian civil war as being about rebels desiring freedom from the tyrant Assad, the actual picture is much different. Anyone who’s been paying attention should not be surprised by this—it’s been the case with most conflicts over the last […]