Middle East – The Musings of the Big Red Car

An Eye For An Eye For An Eye For An Eye

Big Red Car — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 17:04:55 +0000

The Middle East experienced a meaningful escalation of conflict as Iran struck Israel directly attacking with more than 350 weapons that Israel fended off with direct assistance from the United States, England, France, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and its own organic anti-air weapons. In addition, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Bahrain provided early warning […]

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Israel Going To War With Iran?

Big Red Car — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 15:30:15 +0000

If you’ve been following the news coming from the Middle East, you are aware that a week ago an Israeli-owned oil tanker, the Mercer Street, was attacked by drones while sailing in the Arabian Sea in international waters off the coast of Oman. The owner of the tanker is a well-known Israeli shipping magnate, Eyal […]

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The Middle East — Giving Peace A Chance

Big Red Car — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 16:38:59 +0000

Since the founding of Israel in 1948, Israel and the Arabs have been at war starting with the 1948 Arab-Israel War. There have been a series of shooting wars including the 1967 War and the 1973 Yom Kippur War. In both of these wars, the Israelis emerged victorious by the skin of their teeth and […]

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Middle East Peace — One Step Closer

Big Red Car — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 19:03:56 +0000

Comes now the recent rapprochement between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel. But, first, some background, shall we? Our country has been indelibly marked by the status of peace in the Middle East in four important ways: 1. We have supported Israel through a series of wars with the 1973 Yom Kippur […]

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Generals v Politicians

Big Red Car — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 20:54:25 +0000

Big Red Car here on a sunny Christmas Eve awaiting Christmas and the Prince of Peace which brings me to the subject of generals, politicians, and wars. As a soldier (combat engineer officer), I spent a lot of time around generals. As a class of the species, they represent the top 0.1% of any year […]

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Jerusalem and President Trump

Big Red Car — Sat, 12 May 2018 18:41:50 +0000

Big Red Car here on a lovely ATX day. Nice and sunny, but cool. This Monday is the 70th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel. It is also the day that the United States will convert its Jerusalem consulate into the mother ship — the United States Embassy in Israel. [The US […]

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North Korea Syria Connection

Big Red Car — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 14:23:24 +0000

Big Red Car here on a cloudy Texas day. This is a lot of clouds, y’all, but we like them. Syria and North Korea are a couple of lawless, outlaw regimes, but did you know they have had a relationship for years? Syria is the bunch run by Bashar al Assad who has killed 500,000 […]

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Syria — Putin’s Coming Out Party Part Two

Big Red Car — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 15:27:44 +0000

Big Red Car here on a glorious Friday — sunny, clear, crisp but going to warm up this afternoon just the way we like it in the ATX. So, Vlad the Pute is turning the Russian military loose in Syria to strut its stuff. Keep your eye on this development as it will be a […]

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Social Media and the Internet Go To War

Big Red Car — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:30:56 +0000

Big Red Car here. Another beauty in the ATX. Ahhh, thank you, God! So, The Boss was chatting with one of his trade school buddies. “Trade school” is what you call VMI, West Point, Air Force Academy, Annapolis, Citadel and other military schools. It is an inside joke amongst trade school grads. They get on […]

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