Myths exposed. A long but interesting history.
Category Archives: War Commentary
How We Forgot Pol Pot
Revisiting the killing fields.
If Marxism means enforced equality, its ultimate endpoint is this. Individuals cannot be ‘allowed’ as they might be ‘different’, they might laugh or be happy, unlike others. Beauty – physical, artistic, sexual, spiritual, intellectual – must likewise be ruthlessly extinguished, because it too prevents a Marxist Utopia. Beauty is unfair. It must be eliminated.
Does this matter? Yes, because we live in a time when kids think Marxism is cool again. When self-confessed Marxist Jeremy Corbyn is seen as an amusing old uncle.
In the early 80s, I worked with a man from Cambodia at Rockwell who had managed to escape, just a few years earlier. He was a good guy, smart engineer, but understandably didn’t want to talk about that.
The Department Of Homeland Insecurity
It’s two decades old, and it’s past time to abolish it.
I thought it was a terrible idea at the time.
Why The Ukrainians Will Never Surrender
They know what will happen to them if they do.
Biden Sets Israel On Fire
For people who complain about foreign election interference, Democrats sure do a lot of it.
The Covid Lab Leak
Vietnam
The great strategic opportunity?
We could do worse, and probably will.
Russia’s Offensive
Several reasons why it will fail.
It really is astounding how poorly the Russian military has performed.
Thoughts On Russian Culture
Depressing thoughts, from Blake Powers.
[Afternoon update]
How the war in Ukraine ends. It’s a long interview, and I haven’t read the whole thing yet.
The Russian Space Program
As he notes, it’s very unlikely that both spacecraft suffered from MMOD. It looks like QC issue.