Archive for the ‘War’ Category
Reboot Afghanistan. Here’s How to Win.
A little over 200 years ago, the most powerful military empire on Earth became mired in a decade-long war that ended in humiliating defeat. The locals, consisting mostly of poor uneducated rural farmers and ranchers with few resources, used their “homefield advantage” to eventually defeat the foreign invaders. If you haven’t already figured it out, […]
September 28, 2009
Posted in: Politics, Seems Obvious to Me, War
The End of Humanity – Soldiers’ diary recounts the effect of endless war on conscience.
Please REGISTER to post comments or be notified by e-mail every time this Blog is updated! Firefox/IE7 users can use RSS for a browser link that lists the latest posts! Last night was another Democratic debate. I will be commenting on the candidates more fully in an “Election Day” report next week, but something else […]
October 31, 2007
Posted in: General, National Security, Politics, War
Bush Administration Makes Allies of America’s Worst Enemies – And our enemies their greatest benefactors.
IE7/Firefox users: Please use RSS for a browser link that notifies you every time this Blog is updated! You must REGISTER before you can post comments. (It was tough deciding on whether or not to follow up on last weeks reports on the continuing decline of the stock market after last Friday’s plunge of 281 […]
August 5, 2007
Posted in: Middle East, National Security, Politics, rewriting history, Right-Wing Hypocrisy, Scandals, Terrorism, War
DOW plunges 735 points. Worst week since March 2003. Signs the war in Iraq is strangling the economy.
IE7/Firefox users: Please use RSS for a browser link that notifies you every time this Blog is updated! You must REGISTER before you can post comments. Apparently, the bloodletting was not over when the Dow Jones Industrial Index (DJIA or “DOW” for short) plunged 311 points last Thursday. Hype over the looming “14,000 point milestone” […]
July 28, 2007
Posted in: Economy, Middle East, Money, Politics, War
Did Saudi kid confirm Bush let bin Laden escape at Tora Bora?
It was a throw-away line at best in the middle of a story on NBC Nightly News last Tuesday night that no one seemed to notice. The story was about “a rehab center for young Saudi Arabian boys” that had once been lured into joining al Qaeda. After serving time in a juvenile detention facility, the […]
July 19, 2007
Posted in: myth busting, Politics, War