Category Archives: Military

When is a massacre OK, when not?

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.  30 August 2013 What is the difference between killing people with a spear and starving them … Continue reading

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A smoking gun

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.  11 July 2013 Talk about a smoking gun! As we suggested on 5 July 2013 in … Continue reading

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No, Mr ElBaradei, no!

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.  7 July 2013 The international diplomat and Egyptian politician, Mohamed Mustafa ElBaradei, has played a commendably … Continue reading

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Boston massacre

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.  16 April 2013 DOUBLE STANDARDS Three people, including a child, were murdered and more than 150 … Continue reading

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Skydiving without a parachute

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.  24 February 2013 “While we were at Stratford we had lunch with a man I’ve known … Continue reading

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Neither politicians nor soldiers

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.  22 January 2013 “Politics and the fate of mankind are shaped by men without ideas and … Continue reading

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Like lambs to the slaughter

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 November 2012   SLAIN AS THEY SLEPT   Mohammed al-Khoudry was staring at the … Continue reading

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Kiboshed for the wrong reason

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.  Paris, 12 November 2012 BYE, BYE, MISS AMERICAN PIE US Central Intelligence Agency director David Petraeus … Continue reading

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“No human rights on battlefield”

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.  20 October 2012 British soldiers who die or are injured in action cannot sue their government … Continue reading

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Bugsplat

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.  10 October 2012 BUGSPLAT Bugsplat: that is the quaint terminology reportedly used by US troops to … Continue reading

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