Blood Year: Islamic State and the Failures of the War on Terror by David Kilcullen

Lobster Issue 71 (Summer 2016)

[PDF file]: […] Iran notes that ‘those of us who served in Iraq always saw Iranian actions as aggressive – understandably, I guess, since they were doing their best to kill us’; but then he goes on to acknowledge ‘….that Tehran’s motivation to acquire nuclear weapons, sponsor terrorists, launch covert operations and expand its influence across the […]

Suddenly in September?

Lobster Issue 82 (Winter 2021)

[PDF file]: […] our intelligence and security systems that a band of religious fanatics was able to turn four US passenger jets into an enemy force, attack our cities and kill 3,000 civilians with terrifying ease. I want to know why two 110-storey skyscrapers collapsed in less than two hours and why escape and rescue options were […]

The View from the Bridge

Lobster Issue 87 (2023)

[PDF file]: […] avoid or 24 See also Cara MariAnna, ‘Israel Lobby’s Disastrous Domination’ at . 25 26 27 9 uncomfortable information. If the idea that Hamas are willing to kill Israeli civilians is discomfiting, the false flag notion can save you having to deal with the complexity of Islamists and the Middle East. The new Cold […]

View from Bridge 87

Lobster Issue

[…] on Terrorism. The problem with the concept is that it offers too ready a way to avoid uncomfortable information. If the idea that Hamas are willing to kill Israeli civilians is discomfiting, the false flag notion can save you having to deal with the complexity of Islamists and the Middle East. *new* The new […]

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