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The second slump?
The Dow is down hard for the third consecutive day, dropping 980 points at one point on investor worries over the growing crisis in Greece and predictions that Spain and Britain may not be that far behind. So, what’s your … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Entities, Farming, Great Britiain, Greece, History, Nations, News, Philosophy, Spain, United States, West, the, World Watch
Tagged change, Economy, History, planning, Predictions, readiness, The past, Thinking
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Fighting war in the public eye
The recent release of a previously classified military video by the website WikiLeaks has once again reignited the firestorm over the nature of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. A central thesis of the people who oppose the war(s) based … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Culture, Current Operations, Entities, Ethics, Iraq, Media, Military, Nations, News, Philosophy, Society, United States, West, the, World Watch
Tagged Afghanistan, evidence, Iraq, Media, Military, War
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Dependence movements
I think one of the things that define modern Western culture is the trend toward depending on others to provide things we are unwilling to provide for ourselves. I am not talking about the exchange of goods and services that … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Entities, Nations, Philosophy, Preparedness, Quid Facis, Society, United States, West, the, World Watch
Tagged Action, change, Choices, Collapse, Consequences, Dependency, Food, Independence, local, networks, People
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What happens if we fail?
President Obama laid out his strategy for Afghanistan last night, one that involves adding more troops and a time line for withdrawal based on the theory of leaving behind an strong Afghan government and an Afghan people willing and able … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Current Operations, Entities, Foreign Policy, fundamentalist Islam, Government, Groups, Islam, Military, Nations, News, Pakistan, Security, United States, Updates, War on Terror, World Watch, Worldview Item of the Day
Tagged Afghanistan, Consequences, History, War
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Thinking about Iran
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Is it all a ruse?
After all, just beneath the thin veneer of West-pleasing democratic motions lies the dictatorship of the Grand Ayatollah. That same dictatorship underlay the previous administration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. That same dictatorship has been behind Iran’s nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons programs since the 1980s.
I am not saying that the millions of people protesting all over Iran are not sincere. Instead, I am saying that the same dictatorship of the Grand Ayatollah that has been orchestrating things in Iran since it first overthrew the Shaw in 1979 could very likely be allowing the events unfolding there now for its own purposes. […] Continue reading
Posted in Entities, History, Iran, Nations, News, West, the, World Watch, Worldview Item of the Day
Tagged History, Iran, ruses, Thinking
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