War links
The siege of Cadiz as central in the defeat of Napoleon.
Newsreel of the Japanese surrender on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. (The Allied signatories in order are Macarthur as Allied Supreme Commander, the US, China, UK, USSR, Australia, Canada, France, Netherlands, New Zealand.)
Looking at the nuclear alertness issue. A shortage of Helium3 is getting in the way of deploying nuclear device detectors in the US. The US is adopting a policy of not using nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear power that has signed the NPT. Suggesting the danger of nuclear terrorism is real but remote.
Russia does another “neighbourly” power-play in Kyrgyz.
About North Korea’s ideology of purity.
About the complexities of the Darfur conflict. About why Africa’s wars go on and on.
A failed CIA attempt to recruit a gay Iraqi to be a jihadi insider may have led to the CIA keeping key information about the 9/11 attackers from the FBI.
The triumph of misogyny: arguing that terrorism is a path for Palestinian women in weakened circumstances which further damages their social standing.
A defector from the Iranian regime talks about the regime:
If you look more deeply into the thought processes of the people controlling the government, these are people who strongly believe Islam will conquer the world. Every act they commit is in that direction. They don't just want a nuclear bomb to make them untouchable. They think it will be the trigger for Islam conquering the world.
President Ahmadinejad has said as much:
Which bring us to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He has publicly said that the mission of the Islamic revolution in Iran is to pave the way for the Mahdi’s return. He has also declared his absolute hostility to America. In October 2006, for example, he said that while some people ask "whether a world without the United States and Zionism can be achieved… I say that this… goal is achievable." He has declared to America and other Western powers: "Open your eyes and see the fate of pharaoh… if you do not abandon the path of falsehood… your doomed destiny will be annihilation." Later Ahmadinejad warned, "The anger of Muslims may reach an explosion point soon. If such a day comes [America and the West] should know that the waves of the blast will not remain within the boundaries of our region." And this: "If you would like to have good relations with the Iranian nation in the future… bow down before the greatness of the Iranian nation and surrender. If you don't accept [to do this], the Iranian nation will… force you to surrender and bow down."
People refused to believe Hitler meant what he said about Lebensraum after all. The Iranian defector has some other observations:
And on top of that, the clerics have continuously attacked our Persian heritage. Every custom that Iranians have is being replaced with an Arab one. This is something Iranians really resent.
An example of Western strategists having a different perspective on Iran: an article arguing for US disengagement from the Middle East holds Iran’s nuclear ambitions to be defensive. Suggesting that deterrence needs to be (more) clearly part of US policy in the Middle East.
An alleged coup plot in Turkey might be something rather different.
The US is putting more pressure on Israel to get proximity talks the Palestinians may baulk at. Arguing Israel is losing the battle of the narratives.
Newsreel of the Japanese surrender on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. (The Allied signatories in order are Macarthur as Allied Supreme Commander, the US, China, UK, USSR, Australia, Canada, France, Netherlands, New Zealand.)
Looking at the nuclear alertness issue. A shortage of Helium3 is getting in the way of deploying nuclear device detectors in the US. The US is adopting a policy of not using nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear power that has signed the NPT. Suggesting the danger of nuclear terrorism is real but remote.
Russia does another “neighbourly” power-play in Kyrgyz.
About North Korea’s ideology of purity.
About the complexities of the Darfur conflict. About why Africa’s wars go on and on.
A failed CIA attempt to recruit a gay Iraqi to be a jihadi insider may have led to the CIA keeping key information about the 9/11 attackers from the FBI.
The triumph of misogyny: arguing that terrorism is a path for Palestinian women in weakened circumstances which further damages their social standing.
A defector from the Iranian regime talks about the regime:
If you look more deeply into the thought processes of the people controlling the government, these are people who strongly believe Islam will conquer the world. Every act they commit is in that direction. They don't just want a nuclear bomb to make them untouchable. They think it will be the trigger for Islam conquering the world.
President Ahmadinejad has said as much:
Which bring us to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He has publicly said that the mission of the Islamic revolution in Iran is to pave the way for the Mahdi’s return. He has also declared his absolute hostility to America. In October 2006, for example, he said that while some people ask "whether a world without the United States and Zionism can be achieved… I say that this… goal is achievable." He has declared to America and other Western powers: "Open your eyes and see the fate of pharaoh… if you do not abandon the path of falsehood… your doomed destiny will be annihilation." Later Ahmadinejad warned, "The anger of Muslims may reach an explosion point soon. If such a day comes [America and the West] should know that the waves of the blast will not remain within the boundaries of our region." And this: "If you would like to have good relations with the Iranian nation in the future… bow down before the greatness of the Iranian nation and surrender. If you don't accept [to do this], the Iranian nation will… force you to surrender and bow down."
People refused to believe Hitler meant what he said about Lebensraum after all. The Iranian defector has some other observations:
And on top of that, the clerics have continuously attacked our Persian heritage. Every custom that Iranians have is being replaced with an Arab one. This is something Iranians really resent.
An example of Western strategists having a different perspective on Iran: an article arguing for US disengagement from the Middle East holds Iran’s nuclear ambitions to be defensive. Suggesting that deterrence needs to be (more) clearly part of US policy in the Middle East.
An alleged coup plot in Turkey might be something rather different.
The US is putting more pressure on Israel to get proximity talks the Palestinians may baulk at. Arguing Israel is losing the battle of the narratives.