I’m not a pundit, of course, so take this as the reaction of a biologist who reads the news and a Leftist who doesn’t hate Israel: As the days pass—and as I predicted—the world’s sympathy for Israel and its residents butchered by Hamas is morphing into sympathy for the Palestinians. And indeed, Palestinian civilians deserve […]
A few thoughts on the war
A few thoughts on the war
17 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Israel, Middle-East politics
Anti-Israeli protests and sentiments at American colleges
16 Oct 2023 1 Comment
in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Israel, Middle-East politics
Among American politics, nothing pains me more right now than college students supporting the Palestinian desire to erase Israel. Further, this week those sentiments often came with approval of Hamas’s butchery a week ago. (After all, didn’t Israel bring it on itself?) Yet, as Bill Maher notes in the short video below, Palestine (and Hamas) […]
Anti-Israeli protests and sentiments at American colleges
Losing Small Wars: British Military Failure in the 9/11 Wars by Frank Ledwidge, second edition (2017)
14 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Afghanistan, Iraq
‘You have the watches, but we have the time.’ (Taliban saying, possibly apocryphal, page 93) Summary This is a quite mind-blowing, jaw-dropping analysis of the incompetence, ignorance, narrow-mindedness, bad planning, profligacy, bureaucratic in-fighting, politicking, terrible leadership, lack of strategy, appalling mismanagement and ineptitude which characterised the British Army campaigns in Iraq (2003 to 2009) and […]
Losing Small Wars: British Military Failure in the 9/11 Wars by Frank Ledwidge, second edition (2017)
Paris under the Swastika – Collaboration and Resistance – On the Homefro…
04 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: France, World War II
Oppenheimer: The Real Events
24 Jul 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: atomic bombings, World War II
Why the U.S. Is Sending Cluster Bombs to Ukraine: A Tale of Excess Stocks and Evolving Strategy
17 Jul 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Ukraine
World War 2 Interrogation Techniques | Intelligence Gathering | WW2 Military Training Film | 1943
27 May 2023 1 Comment
in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: World War II
1945 Battle for Manila
12 May 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, laws of war, war and peace Tags: World War II
The British Surrender At Kut – Germany Restricts The U-Boats I THE GREAT WAR – Week 93
05 May 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: World War I
The Hidden Consequences of Putin’s Arrest Warrant from the International Criminal Court
03 May 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Ukraine
Why the dreadnoughts barely fought in WW1
23 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: World War I
PROSECUTING EVIL: THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD OF BEN FERENCZ Trailer
14 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, International law, law and economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Nazi Germany, The Holocaust, World War II
The Greatest Trial The World Has Ever Seen | Ben Ferencz | TEDxTeen
12 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, International law, law and economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Nazi Germany, The Holocaust, World War II
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