Monthly Archives: December 2023

The New Totalitarians and Gaza Supporters

Islamism is a totalitarian ideology. It springs from a version of Islam that is not  particularly new, but has been given much more prominence by social  media and advances in speed and availability of these  sources  by almost anyone with … Continue reading

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Fear Precludes Victory

The Fear of revenge or retribution vitiates the path to victory., This was one of the many prescient axioms of Winston Churchill in writing his history of WWII. One of the best  example of this is the period of the … Continue reading

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The Israelis Learn Some Very Painful Lessons -Hopefully

The war in Gaza approaches four months and the “lessons learned” by proliferating Middle Eastern “experts “ has begun. In this short post I will simply point out two salient lessons Israeli leaders should have learned but I’m not sure … Continue reading

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