Charlie Wilson’s War bonus clip – Tom Hanks Who is Charlie Wilson?
25 Mar 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, movies, war and peace Tags: Afghanistan, Cold War
So @NZGreens support Gulf wars 1 & 2?! The punitive mission to Afghanistan?
08 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, politics - USA Tags: Afghanistan, Gulf war, New Zealand Greens, Syria civil war, war against terror
The first Gulf War had UN security council approval. The 2nd Gulf War was approved in a way that provided employment to legal pedants and more importantly, just enough political cover for the Chinese and Russians back home and with their low-rent allies to avoid their veto.
The New Zealand Greens cannot go on about multinational responses than oppose wars with UN security council approval.
Naturally, the Greens opposed NZ participation in the Afghanistan war despite its clear-cut UN authorisation. NATO and other mutual defence treaties were specifically triggered after 9/11.
The USA and others were and still are at war with Al-Qaeda; they can use force against that enemy and those who harbour them. The Taliban was warned. A Wiki has this nice quote by Stone (1921):
When the territorial sovereign is too weak or is unwilling to enforce respect for international law, a state which is wronged may find it necessary to invade the territory and to chastise the individuals who violate its rights and threaten its security.
The 9/11 terrorists were air pirates. NATO and allied military entered Afghanistan to subdue the home base of these brigands and those that harboured them:
- Naval and military deployments against pirate’s lairs date back thousands of years.
- The first war of the USA was with the Barbary Pirates in 1801 to 1805, with another war in 1815. These pirates waged war against the shipping of other nations, seized cargoes and ships, and sold captives into slavery.
- Punitive expeditions against bandits were commonplace too, such as chasing Pancho Villa and his gang of bandits back into Mexico in 1916.
- The U.S. military recently attacked a Somalian maritime pirate camp to rescue hostages. EU naval forces have also attacked these pirate lairs to destroy boats and supplies.
Response to my OIA on #HitandRunNZ
29 Mar 2017 Leave a comment
in defence economics, laws of war, politics - New Zealand, war and peace Tags: Afghanistan, conspiracy theories, conspiracy theorists
Is it not standard journalistic practice to put your allegations to the subject of your investigation prior to publication? Hager testified in the High Court that
… where the allegations were serious and the evidence was far from being solid enough to publish with confidence, I would definitely have gone to the person being accused to hear their side. Not only is that fair to the person concerned but also it would form a vital part of the checking of the facts. The person’s response would be very important as to whether I proceeded to publish the allegations about that person.
A Wellington journalist who should have known better wondered why the New Zealand Army took so long to respond to Hit and Run. The reason was they received no advance copies. They were still reading it into the night.
Why do asylum seekers make it difficult for themselves by destroying their documents
26 Mar 2017 Leave a comment
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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
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
How the Taliban overlaps ethnicity in Afghanistan
11 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in war and peace Tags: Afghanistan, economics of identity, Taliban, war against terror
How the Taliban overlaps with ethnicity in Afghanistan: bit.ly/VoxMidEastMaps https://t.co/I8HBhCooJQ—
Vox Maps (@VoxMaps) October 01, 2015
What the Taleban controls in Afghanistan
01 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
We love working w/ @nytgraphics. Their version of our AFGH militant attack & support zones. nyti.ms/1L2IjIG http://t.co/0P1XEO9v2B—
ISW (@TheStudyofWar) September 29, 2015
NEW from ISW. Latest Militant Attack and Support Zones in Afghanistan: April-Sept. 29, 2015. bit.ly/1JAnXAU http://t.co/ZvymusNHsl—
ISW (@TheStudyofWar) September 29, 2015
Afghani traditional women’s dress
27 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of religion Tags: Afghanistan, intolerance, Islam
Kabul, 1978
26 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
Obama’s Plans For Pulling Out Of Afghanistan vs. What Really Happened
26 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Afghanistan, war against terror
Kabul, 1972
23 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of religion, politics - USA Tags: Afghanistan, Islam, women's rights
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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