Most war films try to help us understand war. Warfare does something else. It dares to admit that it may make no sense at all. Directed by Alex Garland and co-written with former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza, whose memories form the bedrock…
“This time around Syria was liberated by its people for its people,” Mouaz Moustafa, a Syrian immigrant active in the fight against tyranny in his homeland, told Face the Nation on Sunday. “It’s truly inspiring.” When Moustafa spoke of “an…
On Sunday, the Iraqi Parliament held its first reading of a bill that allows girls as young as nine years old to be married. The bill would amend the Personal Status Law of 1959, which has been hailed as the…
ERBIL, KURDISTAN — Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish territory of Kurdistan may be the most pro-American area in the Middle East. The Biden administration recently extended aid to Kurdistan’s Peshmerga militia and its operations against the Islamic State. Although the military threat…
The Net shows a pic of a Putin spokesman next to the infamous Mossad agent, Eli Copter (variant spelling: Eli Kopter) who, according to the Russian info master, masterminded the death of the Butcher of Tehran (Iran president Ebrahim Raisi)…
We know war is filled with sorrow and loss. And yet, we turn to books, films, and relics of war to remind ourselves of the human potential for heroism. Homer’s Iliad, a myth, is among the most unforgettable tales of…
On Monday, Iran took responsibility for a series of missiles that exploded near the U.S. Consulate in Erbil, Iraq — missiles that had allegedly been intended to take out “headquarters of spies” and “anti-Iranian terrorist gatherings in parts of the region.” On…
A lot of men who have seen combat refuse to talk about it. Which is too bad for both them and for us. PTSD is a very real problem (I have been in combat with at least two people I…
“A Harmless Scarecrow,” editorial cartoon by Tom Stiglich for The American Spectator, Oct. 20, 2023.
