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(Kh)Q(G)ad(d)af(f)i’s Revenge

The New York Times reports on the suspected leader of the Benghazi attack: Mr. Abu Khattala was a member of the Islamist opposition under Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and was imprisoned in his notorious Abu Salim prison. Unlike most of the other Islamist prisoners, however, Mr. Abu Khattala never renounced violence as a means for seeking political change.Continue reading “(Kh)Q(G)ad(d)af(f)i’s Revenge”

What’s in a Name

“Excuse me. Are you the Judean People’s Front?” “Fuck off! We’re the People’s Front of Judea!”—Life of Brian The potential sackers of any future US embassy in Syria* have made what they must see as a major concession to their Western benefactors: Powerful Syrian Islamist brigades, frustrated at the growing divisions among rebels…formed the “Front toContinue reading “What’s in a Name”

How Soon is Now?

When you say it’s gonna happen now Well when exactly do you mean? See I’ve already waited too long And all my hope is gone–The Smiths I don’t expect this to stop. But can we at least stop pretending? I accept that history and the apparently inexhaustible malice of black America means a debt incurred in perpetuity. We will pay (as long as thereContinue reading “How Soon is Now?”

Howdy Doody, Master of the Universe

Via Zero Hedge, here’s WINEP warrior Patrick Clawson  lamenting the prospects of a successful “crisis initiation”, read false flag operation (or suggesting one, I can’t really tell; he appears to be responding to a question from the audience here), to provoke a war over the resistance of President Obama, Congress and the Pentagon. By his lights this is the “traditional way America gets to war” (and hereContinue reading “Howdy Doody, Master of the Universe”

Diversity is…

…military failure: The Taliban’s ability to infiltrate throughout the Afghan National Police (ANP) and Army (ANA) may have been facilitated by efforts to “homogenize” those forces in 2007 and 2008. Initially, many units in both forces were organized along regional or ethnic lines. Existing regional and ethnic divides were thus institutionalized – hardly a wayContinue reading “Diversity is…”

Ch-ch-ch-changes; turn and face the strain…

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