RSS- Supreme Court oral arguments to be heard on April 25 about presidential immunity for official acts
- Nasa’s Voyager-1 sends usable data from deep space
- The Wondrous Oak
- Three Seas Summit: Vilnius 2024
- Tit for tat until it all goes boom
- Deadly H5N1 avian influenza strain detected on mainland Antarctica
- “BYD is launching its next-gen Blade EV battery soon with more range and even lower cost”
- Iran launches air attacks on Israel
- ISW on the developing Ukrainian defense industrial base and Russias strikes on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure
- Britain? Kaput! By Walrus.
Monthly Archives: October 2007
“Cortez in Darien” Alan Farrell
"The Greeks. The Greeks. In our A-Camp stood, among the weapons racks and jungle plane antenna cables and duty rosters, a biiiiiiiiiiiiig white Kelvinator refrigerator, packed with unrationed Cokes kept cold by an eternally-running 10-KW generator whose cycle-setting (the gauge … Continue reading
Posted in Farrell, Prose
25 Comments
Clinton’s Foreign Policy Manifesto
"We must withdraw from Iraq in a way that brings our troops home safely, begins to restore stability to the region, and replaces military force with a new diplomatic initiative to engage countries around the world in securing Iraq’s future. … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
47 Comments
The Spirit of Bremerism Still Lives in Basra
"The growing strength of the (Islamist) parties in the south has weakened some secular tribal leaders and excluded them from power structures, a source of patronage and revenues. "Some say the Shi’ites are lucky because they are now ruling Iraq, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
7 Comments
Prospects in Iraq
"The deployment of more U.S. and Iraqi forces into AQI strongholds in Anbar Province and the Baghdad area, as well as the recruitment of Sunni tribal fighters to combat AQI operatives in those locations, has helped to deprive the militants … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
27 Comments
The Turkish/US Crisis
"Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday relations between Turkey and the United States are in danger over a resolution branding as genocide massacres of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War One. Referring to ties with the United States … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
81 Comments
A French View of the Iranian Situation
I recently asked a Retired French flag officer who is an old friend to give us his thoughts on French policy toward Iran. He has been kind enough to send us the following paper. pl —————————————————— Download iran_for_pl.doc
Posted in Current Affairs
15 Comments
Hotrod Speaks (on the Draft, etc.)
Hotrod is a self described National Guard soldier. I will say the following to him (her or it), You win the prize. (so far) This is great stuff. Someone else has remembered that MacGragor was mentioned in depatches by Ricks … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Military Art
17 Comments
Should We Return to a Military Draft?
It seems to me that the time has come for a frank and thorough discussion of both the positive and negative features of a possible return to conscription in the United States. I therefore solicit essays from the readers of … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Military Art
45 Comments
Tomorrow’s US Army?
Here are a few interesting pieces of business to give you some idea of where the US Army may be going in the next years. Colonel MacGregor is an interesting thinker but it is reported (to me)that he advised the … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art
34 Comments
Walrus the logistician.
"Frank Durkee, I’ll try and answer your question about what logistics and withdrawal means in an effort to save the Col’s blood pressure. You said: "Perhaps the simplest close in analogy for we non-military types is emptying a house when … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art
34 Comments