Category Archives: terrorism
2 Cents Worth On Life Its Ownself
Let’s do politics, money matters, memories and other random thoughts of vital importance…..after all isn’t everything of vital importance these days according to the talking heads. So here we go. The debt ceiling increase is merely the teaser to pull … Continue reading
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2 Cents Worth On Life Its Ownself
Sleep a couple of nights and then read the news and all sorts of issues come to the fore whether you wanted them to or not. The politicians keep talking and proposing and add fodder to the bin regularly. Note … Continue reading
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Gitmo, Prisoners and Perspective
For the last few years the whole issue of Gitmo and prisoner treatment has been mostly relegated to the back pages of the news. There was first the whole Abu Grub ado and then the alleged burning of Korans in Gitmo and allegations … Continue reading
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Bombs And Bad Guys
Let me get this straight. Qaddafi is a really bad guy and bombs and airliner which kills a couple hundred people including many Americans over Lockerbie Scotland and we isolate him and even bomb him for provocative acts. We bombed his … Continue reading
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2 Cents Worth On Life Its Ownself
The wisdom of Aristotle and Bozo the Clown rolled into one slapdash for the truly enlightened thinker…..or skeptic. A wave to Blackie and off we go…. If Jerry Brown wins the California will he start dating Jane Fonda again? If … Continue reading
Iraq Insurgency And The German Resistance–Lessons Pro And Con
There are striking similarities between the insurgency fight we have faced in Iraq over the last few years and the difficulties we had in Germany after the War. There are some differences too, but more on that later. After VE … Continue reading
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Spy Tales and Tails
There has been much ado about the recent arrest of 11 Russian sleeper spies in the US and abroad. It is interesting that there is not the alarm and even outrage that used to be associated with such events in … Continue reading
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The Little Battle For The Mayaquez
The US pulled out of Viet Nam in April 1975 rather ignominiously with those horrible scenes of refugees and embassy personnel loading on helicopters from the roof of the US embassy as the North Viet Namese took over Saigon and … Continue reading
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Is This Turkey Done?
If you think back over a few years or even a couple of decades how often to remember seeing anything about Turkey in the news? It is a good guess you can’t recall any. Don’t feel bad there weren’t that … Continue reading
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