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Trump prepares for a strong military response to jihadists. We’ll win anyway.

By Larry Kummer, Editor / 2 Comments / 4 December 2016 29 October 2019

Summary: Trump’s two key defense appointees, General Michael Flynn as National Security Advisor and General James Mattis, suggest Trump will intensify our war with jihadists. Obama did so, and only helped spread the jihadist struggle. Trump is unlikely to do better because this is primarily a cultural conflict — with America the overwhelming favorite to …

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The New World Disorder: better, or worse?

By Larry Kummer, Editor / 27 Comments / 30 May 2015 26 June 2015

Summary: In today’s post Martin van Creveld, among our time’s top historians and military theorists, looks at the geopolitical state of the world. Are the doomsters right, and it is falling down? Or have we begun a new era of peace with the triumph of western culture around the world? (1st of 2 posts today.} …

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Handicapping the clash of civilizations: bet on the West to win big

By Larry Kummer, Editor / 33 Comments / 7 May 2015 23 August 2017

Summary: Western history is one of clashing cultures, as we see today on a global scale today. Again we respond to jihad with crusade. Previous posts discussed the military dimension of this long war. This post looks at the big picture. Western culture will crush our foes, as it did in the Cold War. We …

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We are the attackers in the Clash of Civilizations. We’re winning.

By Larry Kummer, Editor / 29 Comments / 23 September 2013 28 June 2015

Summary: The world is wracked by a clash of civilizations. America is the aggressor. Those who oppose us are on the defensive. America is winning, with eventual victory almost certain. Second in a series, an updated version of posts from June 2008. Contents A spectre haunts the world. Islam vs. America. Long ago some saw …

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Advice about our long war – “It’s the tribes, stupid”

By Larry Kummer, Editor / 26 Comments / 10 June 2009 16 October 2010

Today’s post examines advice to us from historian Steven Pressfield: “The real enemy in Afghanistan isn’t Islamism or jihadism. It’s tribalism. … Can we Westerners impose ‘citizen values’ on a tribal society?” (from his website) Some people say our real enemy in Afghanistan is their religion. Pressfield says our enemy is their form of society. Both sides agree that they cannot …

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