The French Counter Attack At Matz I THE GREAT WAR Week 203
15 Jun 2025 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
The Unprecedented Nature of Israel’s Strikes on Iran
13 Jun 2025 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Atomic bomb, Iran, Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror
War vs Genocide
13 Jun 2025 1 Comment
in defence economics, International law, laws of war, war and peace
War and genocide differ fundamentally in intent, target, and the methods used. Here are the main distinctions: 1. Definition and Intent 2. Targets 3. Scale and Methods 4. Legal Classification 5. International Response 6. Historical Examples Thus, while wars can be tragic and devastating, genocide specifically targets a group’s existence and identity, constituting one of the gravest crimes in international law. […]
War vs Genocide
Map of German Territorial Losses 1919-1945
12 Jun 2025 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, war and peace Tags: Nazi Germany, World War I, World War II

BBC News prioritises ‘aid yacht’ propaganda over factual information
11 Jun 2025 1 Comment
in defence economics, International law, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left, useful idiots, war against terror

Visitors to the BBC News website on the morning of June 9th found no fewer than three items relating to the topic of the UK flagged one-boat agitprop which had set off from Italy nine days earlier. Two reports appeared in the ‘updates’ section, both of which originally described the vessel using the word “aid”. […]
BBC News prioritises ‘aid yacht’ propaganda over factual information
BBC News framing of Israeli strikes on Hizballah assets in Beirut
11 Jun 2025 1 Comment
in defence economics, International law, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Israel, Lebanon, Middle-East politics, regressive left, useful idiots, war against terror

On the eve of the 2025 Pessach holiday a rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip, triggering alarms in towns in southern Israel. The following afternoon – the first day of that holiday – a missile was launched from Yemen, triggering sirens in central Israel and that was followed by another rocket attack from the […]
BBC News framing of Israeli strikes on Hizballah assets in Beirut
Should Israel let Greta get to Gaza?
09 Jun 2025 1 Comment
in defence economics, International law, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, useful idiots, war against terror
As you surely know, the “Freedom Flotilla,” which is a boat called the Madleen carrying a bunch of activists (most notably Greta Thunberg), is heading to Gaza with a bit of aid for civilians. (I heard it was enough aid for about a dozen Gazans, but I don’t know for sure.). Israel has vowed to […]
Should Israel let Greta get to Gaza?
The Battle of Belleau Wood Begins I THE GREAT WAR Week 202
08 Jun 2025 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
“This is a circus”: The unmitigated bullying from Piers Morgan
07 Jun 2025 1 Comment
in defence economics, laws of war, liberalism, war and peace Tags: free speech, Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror

Some time ago I was on the Piers Morgan “Uncensored” show for half an hour, talking about why biological sex is binary (see my post about this here). I now realize how fortunate I was, because I knew in advance that Morgan agreed with me and I didn’t face what Natasha Hausdorff faces below (and […]
“This is a circus”: The unmitigated bullying from Piers Morgan
The Unlikely Irish Contributions During D-Day
06 Jun 2025 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: D-Day, World War II

(First published in 2019) Ireland remained neutral throughout World War II, but that is not to say there was no contribution from the Irish during the war. Many young Irish men did join the British army and also partook in Operation Overlord, more commonly known as D-Day. However, this blog is not about any of […]
The Unlikely Irish Contributions During D-Day
50 Miles To Paris – Third Battle Of The Aisne I THE GREAT WAR Week 201
01 Jun 2025 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
Impressions of Buchenwald—A Hell on Earth
30 May 2025 1 Comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, International law, law and economics, war and peace Tags: Nazi Germany, The Holocaust

When people hear or read the name of a concentration camp, they often assume there is only one camp. In fact, most main Camps had subcamps—Buchenwald had approximately 100 subcamps. (You can find the list of the camps at the end of this post.) This piece will show photographs of Buchenwald and some testimonies from […]
Impressions of Buchenwald—A Hell on Earth
Amon Göth—Pure Evil
25 May 2025 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, law and economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Nazi Germany, The Holocaust, World War II

Amon Göeth was sentenced to death and was hanged on 13 September 1946 at the Montelupich Prison in Kraków, not far from the site of the Płaszów camp, the camp he had been in charge of until two years, to the date, prior to his execution. On 13 September 1944, he was relieved of his […]
Amon Göth—Pure Evil
Bombs Away – German Thirst For Caucasian Oil I THE GREAT WAR Week 200
24 May 2025 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
David Friedman on markets, governments and whether we need either?
19 May 2025 Leave a comment
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