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Tag: War

Admiral Nimitz

Posted on May 28, 2025May 12, 2025 by Simon
“Beat your swords into plowshares.” Isaiah 2.4... Read More

War Tourists?

Posted on July 5, 2024July 14, 2024 by Simon
Are there “WarTourists?”... Read More

Force

Posted on February 23, 2022February 21, 2022 by Simon
“The first rule of civilized international relations is that a country does not seize another country’s territory by force.” Kevin Williamson... Read More

Winning

Posted on January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 by Simon
”Every battle is won before it is fought.” Sun Tsu... Read More

Uyghurs and Kurds

Posted on November 16, 2019October 31, 2019 by Simon
What should the Uyghurs do to survive? How about the Kurds? Throughout history there have been a lot more losers than winners in the group survival lottery.For the last few weeks I’ve been askin... Read More

WWIT about Iran Attacking Saudi Arabia

Posted on September 21, 2019September 21, 2019 by Simon
WWIT Economic Sanctions are Acts of War The USA is imposing economic sanctions on Iran as a response to this weeks missile attack on oil process facilities in Saudi Arabia. They are seen in the US as ... Read More

Book Read: The Guns at Last Light

Posted on August 19, 2019July 28, 2019 by Simon
The Guns at Last Light by Rick Atkinson I read this book to prepare for my walking tour of Normandy. And I was prepared. I knew about the Mulberry Harbours the failed paratroop drops and the Omaha bea... Read More

Venezuela vs North Korea

Posted on February 2, 2019February 1, 2019 by Simon
The United States and other countries are acting quite firmly to try and effect regime change in Venezuela. Much more firmly than they are acting toward North Korea. Even though both governments are c... Read More

A Casualty of War

Posted on July 17, 2018June 29, 2018 by Simon
“In War, the first casualty is Truth.” Thucydides... Read More

War and Law

Posted on June 29, 2018May 29, 2018 by Simon
“In times of war the law falls silent.” Cicero Something to think about as July fourth approaches. There is no humane war but war might be the least bad course available.... Read More
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