Category Archives: Military

Hell on Earth

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ANTIGONE1984 SPRINGS TO LIFE AGAIN

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Protection money: Don Corleone

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  29 April 2017 Potus is sitting in the Oval Office, complaining of his workload and wondering … Continue reading

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Lost at sea

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CONTRA UNIONEM EUROPAEAM

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Location, location, location

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Caput anni

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  1 January 2015 The good news is that Antigone1984 is to resume blogging as from today. … Continue reading

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Lions led by donkeys

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    Remembrance Sunday, 9 November 2014   THE TOLLING BELL   Who bends not his ear … Continue reading

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Bella, horrida bella, matribus detestata

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  21 September 2014 Not infrequently one gets the distinct impression that what concerns our masters, the … Continue reading

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Jaw-jaw better than war-war

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  3 September 2014 JAW-JAW BETTER THAN WAR-WAR Three letters from readers in today’s London Guardian represent … Continue reading

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