Category Archives: Syria

Oklahoma!

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.  19 March 2018 NO, NO, OKLAHOMA! לֹא תִּרְצָח The last time Oklahoma hogged the global limelight – … Continue reading

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Hell on Earth

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.  25 February 2018 After three days of wrangling, the UN Security Council yesterday 24 February 2018 … Continue reading

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Lost at sea

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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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Not very bright

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 September 2014 It is sometimes said that military intelligence is a contradiction in terms. Now … Continue reading

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The spectre of Munich

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.  Vienna, 11 September 2013 CARTHAGO EST DELENDA Sitting on an atmospheric red banquette in the warm … Continue reading

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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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Urbi et Orbi

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.  Romae, die ultimo mensis Martii,  Anno Domini 2013  URBI ET ORBI  Hominibus bonae voluntatis pax sit … Continue reading

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What is life without a dream?

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Time to begin the begin

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.  31 December 2012 We began the year with a bang. We are ending it with a … Continue reading

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