Imagine that a relatively small group of people plunged your entire life into war. Everyday you would be forced to wonder where the missiles launchers were hiding. They could be close enough to put your entire family in the crosshairs of an adversary that had
Lots of people are influenced by the news they get flooded with in the media. This is even more true these days since social media gets to feed sound bites and images straight into your melon. The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is a
This is the kind of stuff that happens in asymmetrical warfare when an organized force is facing not only an opposing organization, but a hostile populace as well. In Afghanistan, we were on our toes all the time, but you can’t possibly tell where all
The current conflict between Israel and Palestine has brought all of our betters off of their couches to tweet about the injustice. Many of those in the twittersphere tend to align with the Palestinians, who they see as the oppressed underdog. They are forced to
This is really impressive. Without this system in place thousands of people would be in serious trouble. A few rockets still manage to get through and usually land in unpopulated areas, but I think that may be by design. Malfunctions do happen, like yesterday when
Israel has been on defense for the last few days at least. Rockets from Gaza have been launched into Israel causing damage and killing at least two people earlier today. It looks like Israel might have had enough. Reports are that the IDF has called
From all outward appearances, it looks like President Biden/Obama is going to treat the tiny nation of Israel like a white kid in a public school. It took Biden over a month to contact Benjamin Netanyahu once he got into office, and has already leaked
Iran has apparently been operating a floating base for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in the Red Sea. It has been operating there for at least a few years. The Saviz, owned by the state-linked Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, came to the Red Sea
If the plan is to sow confusion, it looks like they are doing a pretty good job. The signals coming out of the White House are anything but stable. Just a couple of weeks ago the administration removed the Houthis in Yemen from the terrorist
Last week in the Gulf of Oman an Israeli owned transport ship was attacked. The ship was said to be struck from something “above the water” implying that it wasn’t a mine. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Saturday that his “initial assessment is