European alliances in 1914 set the stage for the first world war. bit.ly/VoxMapsWWI (via @WestPoint_USMA) http://t.co/NVTZ5dtymJ—
Vox Maps (@VoxMaps) October 03, 2015
European alliances in 1914 set the stage for the first world war
11 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: economics of alliances, game theory, World War I
@GreenCatherine more BDS hypocrisy on Gaza Strip @KennedyGraham
09 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in laws of war, war and peace Tags: BDS, Gaza Strip, Left-wing hypocrisy, New Zealand Greens
Concerns must grow of mass kidnappings of BDS activists. There is no other explanation for their failure to protest with great vigour against the Egyptian blockade of the Gaza Strip. Egypt has flooded the tunnels across its border with the Gaza Strip.
The Gaza Strip has two borders: both Egypt and Israel restrict trade with the Gaza. The Egyptian blockade of the Gaza Strip is biting much more than the Israeli blockade.
Hamas derived 40% of its tax revenue from tariffs on goods that flow through those tunnels. One estimate puts the economic losses at nearly a fifth of Gaza’s GDP. This blockade by Egypt of the Gaza Strip has been regularly reported in the Guardian, so BDS activists must know of it.
No peace convoy has been launched to break this Egyptian blockade. Plenty were launched against Israel. One reason may be the Egyptians are a lot rougher customers. There is rule of law in Israel, none in the Egypt.
As the Guardian reported, Hamas’s decision to fire missiles at Egypt despite the risk of ringing upon themselves civilian losses owed as much to Egypt’s refusal to lift this blockade as it does to Israel’s.
David Brooks argues that Egypt is the real target of the Hamas missiles. After the military coup in Egypt, its military leaders closed roughly 95% of the tunnels that connected Egypt to Gaza which were used to smuggle food, weapons and other goods into Gaza.
Source: When Middle East Conflicts Become One – The New York Times.
The first letter from a Holocaust survivor after liberation to friends
07 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in war and peace Tags: genocide, Nazi Germany, The Holocaust
How the first world war changed the world
04 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Armistice Day, World War I
#Dailychart: How the first world war changed the world econ.st/1rvj6tW http://t.co/OldeGaiJEe—
The Economist (@ECONdailycharts) July 28, 2014
@jeremycorbyn @BernieSanders oppose the one path to peace
04 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in international economics, liberalism, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: British politics, capitalism and freedom, China, expressive voting, free trade, game theory, populists, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, Richard Cobden, World War I
Jeremy Corbyn is in trouble again, this time for describing World War I as pointless.
Corbyn has, for all his life, opposed the only means of securing peace either in Europe or anywhere else. He is against trade agreements, the European Union and NATO. Bernie Sanders is equally as misguided.
Corbyn and Sanders thinks you can make peace just by talking with people. Peace is made by trading with hostile countries to make them depend on you for their prosperity as well as yours. By growing rich through free trade, it’s in no ones interest to go to war or have poor relations with each other or each other’s friends.
Who has gained ground after the Russian air strikes?
01 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in war and peace Tags: Middle-East politics, Russia, Syria, war on terror
Last British Gitmo prisoner released
30 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in International law, war and peace Tags: British politics, war on terror
Why this Bozo wanted to be put on trial is beyond me.
The usual sentence for a terrorist offence in a US court is life without parole. He had a much better deal being detained until either the end of hostilities or until the combatant status review tribunal determined he was no longer likely to rejoin the fight. The combatant status review tribunals have made a number of errors and up to 100 Gitmo detainees have rejoined their battle to destroy Western civilisation.
If he had been put on trial and convicted, that meant the rest of his life in prison in maximum-security. If found not guilty, he would have remained in Gitmo until the end of hostilities or until a combatant status review tribunal released him early.
Vietnam War tunnels
30 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in war and peace Tags: Vietnam war
During the Vietnam War This Is How The Enemy Hid http://t.co/jYf5XoNZ0S—
War History Online (@WarHistoryOL) June 30, 2015
The ups and downs of the Afghan war
23 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Afghanistan, unintended consequences, war against terror
https://twitter.com/ianbremmer/status/653888723034222592/photo/1
Rethinking Afghanistan (and then rethinking some more) http://t.co/uY7T6mUIUV—
ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) October 17, 2015
Israel-Palestine: 2 Very Different Narratives
19 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
Israel-Palestine: 2 Very Different Narratives http://t.co/I64ysntpu5—
ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) October 18, 2015
The Taleban is back
17 Oct 2015 1 Comment
in politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Afghanistan, Taleban, war on terror
https://twitter.com/ianbremmer/status/653888723034222592/photo/1
14 years after US invasion, the Taliban are back in control of large parts of Afghanistan. bit.ly/afghan-maps http://t.co/c2W7NQ46Yy—
NYT Graphics (@nytgraphics) October 16, 2015
The revival of the Taliban
17 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Afghanistan, war on terror
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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