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Category Archives: Military
The end justifies the means
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. 2 July 2012 “I think it is well for the man in the street to realise … Continue reading
States Still Warring
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 July 2012 “And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye … Continue reading
Posted in China, Iran, Libya, Military, Pakistan, Russia, USA
Tagged Arab Spring, Beaumarchais, Matthew Gospel
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Solution
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. 14 May 2012 As promised, we publish today the solution to the puzzle we set … Continue reading
Puzzle
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. 13 May 2012 Today we set readers a puzzle. The following is a list of the … Continue reading
Newton and Lennon
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. 28 April 2012 Any two bodies in the universe attract each other with a force that … Continue reading
Posted in China, Military, USA
Tagged Balikatan, gravitation, Lennon, Newton, Paracel Islands, Philippines, Santayana
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Dulce et decorum est
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 April 2012 Why Patriots are a bit Nuts in the Head Patriots are a … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Military, Politics
Tagged dulce et decorum est, Liverpool Poets, Mersey Sound, patriots, Roger McGough
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War is peace
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. 15 April 2012 WAR IS PEACE Thirty-two people are reported to been killed in fighting … Continue reading
Urbi et Orbi
8 April 2012 Easter Sunday URBI ET ORBI In terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis Romae. In sua oratione pascuali hodie pro multitudine centum milium fidelium, in foro Vaticano, Papa Benedictus XVI incitavit pacem in terra atque finem caedis, praecipue in … Continue reading
Jaw-jaw
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. 6 April 2012 To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war. Winston Churchill (1874-1965), Tory politician, … Continue reading
Posted in Military, Pakistan, Politics, UK, USA
Tagged drones, Khyber Pass, sovereignty, Winston Churchill
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