Dive into the archives.
- Perspective, Barnett-style
Regarding the NIE line that that “[t]he Iraq conflict has become the ‘cause celebre’ for jihadists, breeding a deep resentment of U.S. involvement in the Muslim world and cultivating supporters for the global jihadist movement,” Tom Barnett asks rhetorically:
You want to know what this estimate would say if Saddam was still in power?
You want to [...]
- Straight dope from Musharraf
Regular Canadians should heed Pervez Musharraf’s advice:
“When you get involved in places like Iraq or Lebanon or Afghanistan, yes indeed you have to suffer casualties, and the nation must be prepared to suffer casualties. So if you’re not prepared to suffer casualties as an army, then don’t participate in any operation,” he said in an [...]
- Back online!
Sorry for the hiccup folks. We had a bit of a DNS problem and unfortunately I wasn’t near a connection for a couple of days to rectify it. Everything is okay now though.
- Quid Pro Quo
The question of Kosovo is set to be resolved by the end of the year, unilaterally if necessary. A question to readers. What do you think Russia will want in return for signing off on Kosovar independence?
- WaPo a year behind Joe and Curzon
Joe points out that the Washington Post is coming a little late to the Koizumi-as-Anakin analogy, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have fun with Fireworks.
(Alternative version here.)
- Sun Bin on the 1942 New World Order
Sun Bin has an interesting post on a WWII theory on restructuring the post-world order:
A few highlights relevant to the world order today—as paraphrased by penncrier.com, emphasized by yours sincerely. I have also skipped the outdated notion of commodity nationalization (globalization and amrekit efficiency seem to be quite effective in solving this problem) and demiliatarizing [...]
- One UN Speech Worth Listening To
Although the current United Nations session is mostly a joke, one little engine that could gave a speech worth hearing, Georgian President Saakashvili. The full text is here. In it, he proclaims the current peace processess with Abkhazia and South Ossetia to be dead and lays out his own. In addition, he paints a [...]
- Life on the Kitty Hawk
I saw fine military hardware on my tour of the Kitty Hawk last weekend, and also caught a glimpse of what life is like for the average sailor. From what I saw and heard, life runs in two modes: boredom and exhaustion. I saw sailors either catching naps when and wherever they could…
...or [...]
- Just arrived…
... in Japan. Will take a day or two to settle in, then I should be able to post fairly regularly while I am here.
Good night!
SUPPLEMENTAL: It is strange to be back in Japan. I am staying at a friend’s a few blocks from where I used to live. This morning I took a walk [...]
- Photo of the week
From Canada.com: Schoolgirls posing with the latest “trend,” military soldiers who just brought on a military coup and ousted the PM.
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Sexy, or just cool? You decide.
