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- B-52 down in Guam
Breaking news:
... emergency responders were called to duty around 9:45 a.m. when the B-52 crashed Northwest of Guam. ... The debris site is located approximately 25 nautical miles Northwest of Guam and as of four o’clock this afternoon, officials were still searching for the six crew members believed to be on board.
This is the fourth [...]
- True web-savvy politicking
Sean Tevis, an Information Architect running for Kansas State Representative, takes the whole “Politics 2.0” scene to the extreme by introducing himself in the form of an homage to webgeek comic xkcd. This guy is sure to steal all of Ron Paul’s followers. However, how much of the long tail resides in Kansas? [...]
- War or Adaptation
I’ve discussed the issue of the War on Terror, specifically its name and whether is is helpful or counterproductive. Curzon also noted that it could become a nebulous war without end.
So readers: Can the Global War on Terror really even be called a war or is it simply America’s adapting to a new reality?
Does labeling [...]
- Somalia Piracy Followup
Recently, I discussed the latest pirate attack in Somalia’s territorial waters and asked a series of questions about possible responses to it. My questions have been answered:
In February, the United Nations adopted a resolution urging member states with ships and aircraft adjacent to the coast of Somalia to be vigilant about any incidents of piracy [...]
- Message or Creative Solution
With China’s not so subtle attempt to deter the US from weaponizing space by blowing up a satellite last year, one must view the current “problem” as an opportune moment to answer back:
US Plans to Shoot Down Broken Satellite
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush decided to make a first-of-its-kind attempt to use a missile to bring [...]
- How do you say “peekaboo” in Chinese?
With regards to naval activity in northeast Asia check out this little piece of self-satisfaction that happened on exercise between Japan and Taiwan:
Chinese sub pops up in middle of U.S. Navy exercise, leaving military chiefs red-faced
... American military chiefs have been left dumbstruck by an undetected Chinese submarine popping up at the heart of a [...]
- The Mouse that Roared
The Asahi Shinbun has a fascinating narrative piecing together what hapened last year when the US military requested to use the civilian Aomori Airport in the prefecture of Aomori in northern Japan. Using documents recording phone conversations between the prefectural government, the central government and the U.S. military, they provide a blow-by-blow account of [...]
- The classic Game of Global Domination
Being a milcol guy in a pacifist country like Japan can get you into some interesting conversations. the other week one of my new coworkers asked me what I thought of Japan’s North Korea policy, and why the US wasn’t doing more about Pyongyang. In the end he was looking for an explanation why the [...]
