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The kind of war that most of us remember, and that most history books contain, are wars against nations. Armies, navies, air forces – all are the forces of nation-states use to either conquer other nations (re: Iraq taking over Kuwait) or to protect its citizenry (e.g., America after being attacked by Japan in WW …
The changing nature of war, or is the West only just starting to catch up? Read More »
I questioned in a previous posting whether we were witnessing a long march towards a new world war. As I opined, the list of active "fronts" in the war includes Israel-Lebabon-Palestinian Territories Iraq Afghanistan Chechnya Bosnia-Kosovo India-Pakistan (Kashmir) North Korea We should get ready to add Somalia to the list, where, as reported by the July 21 Times …
For the past year and a half, it has been an inside joke between me and my wife: whenever New Hampshire’s Democrat governor John Lynch appears on TV, we each do our best Howdy-Doody imitations, wildly waving to some imaginary crowd with the dumbest, blankest looks we can muster, complete with exaggerated smile. Of course …
