Syrian War

Making sense of the news from Syria is really hard. Pat Lang’s blog Sic Semper Tyrannis is very worthwhile. Colonel Lang refers to the blog as “A Committee of Correspondence.” In the right column under Categories are various authors, Patrick  Bahzad is especially worthwhile for gaining a military perspective of events on the ground.

Together with comments the blog is an extremely valuable information resource, but it’s worth noticing, especially before leaving a comment, that there are “community standards” which probably take reading over some time to get the flavor.

In reading about war, I hear a quiet howl that seems to emanate from my low chest or belly. It’s not really a sound, but turns of phrase like, “the encircled  IS people should be easy meat “ make me flinch. Many of the commentators at Sic Semper Tyrannis have experienced the horrors of war first hand. Talking about war isn’t easy, few of the correspondents are glib, even if on first reading may seem so.