A military trial is planned – for 2028. Why so slow?: A military judge ruled Wednesday that the man accused of being the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks will stand trial starting in June 2028. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be … Continue reading →
It is commonly accepted that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were disasters, and that the “war on terror” (whatever that means) wasn’t won. But are these things true? Here’s a discussion that might be of interest. See what you … Continue reading →
The man who plowed his vehicle into a crowd at a gay pride festival in Berlin (and also went at the crowd with a machete) wasn’t just a known wolf – he was a very well-known wolf and there had … Continue reading →
From Trump: At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño Guerrero, the infamous leader of Tren De Aragua, one of the most bloodthirsty Terrorist Organizations on Planet Earth. Before … Continue reading →
[NOTE: See this earlier post of mine today for background on the attacks.] The Old Dominion shooter attacked an ROTC class, as I described in my previous post. Now the victim who died has been identified: Lt Colonel Brandon Shah … Continue reading →
There were two terrorist attacks today in the US. One was at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. The shooter killed one person and injured two, and is dead himself. I feel fairly confident in calling it a terrorist attack … Continue reading →
Well, they aren’t exactly kids. But they’re pretty young – eighteen and nineteen years old, children of naturalized citizens from Turkey and Afghanistan. In their copious free time they constructed – or purchased, or were furnished with – an IED, … Continue reading →
Many of those who criticize Trump for the attack on Iran – and there are plenty who do, of course – say some version of “of course the mullahs are evil and need to be destroyed, but what Trump did … Continue reading →
You may remember Hillary as saying, about the Benghazi killings of four Americans, “What difference, at this point, does it make?” It was infuriating. The context was that she was shrugging off (and misrepresenting) the details, including the motives of … Continue reading →
… but it’s hard to know what’s really happening and hard to predict what will happen. It’s potentially transformative, though. A whole lot of dominoes could fall if Iran fell; Iran has been an enormous driver of terrorism and turmoil. … Continue reading →
An excellent idea, if they can pull it off: “I approved, along with the defense minister and finance minister, a sum of NIS 350 billion [$108 billion] over the next decade to build an independent Israeli munitions industry,” Netanyahu said … Continue reading →
Trump put it this way, in characteristic fashion: “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, … Continue reading →