Let’s cheer another successful assassination!
But even after 19 years, we prefer not to see it. Victory remains impossible until we overcome our inability to learn this and other basics of modern warfare.
moral high ground
Feminists abandon their winning strategy
Feminists have won many victories in the past century by holding the moral high ground. Now they have abandoned it, beginning a new phase in the gender wars.
Consequences of US torture. A snapshot of a tottering Republic going through the motions of “debate”.
Summary: What are the consequences for the US from its use of torture on a scale with few precedents among developed nations in the modern era (and those examples considered shameful)? We can only guess, but there are some obvious ones — although seldom mentioned. Also, here are a few interesting notes from the “debate”. …
The protesters at Ferguson might have won, but choose to lose
Summary: 4GW is the dominant form of warfare in our time, allowing materially weaker peoples to defeat stronger opponents. Such victories are not free; they require a group to become morally strong: cohesive, disciplined, behaving so as to gather support from others. Mere violence accomplishes nothing, as African-Americans will learn again in Ferguson MO. . …
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The Fate of Israel
Summary: As Israel has another round of conflict with one of its neighbors, we should neither overlook the toll of causalities nor focus excessively on these details. More important is the long trend. History shows the difficulty of distinguishing strong from weak players in 4GW, and that choosing the wrong grand strategy can be terminal …