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Why McCain? Because national security is still the issue.
Regardless of who wins the White House on 4 November, regardless of whom we inaugurate 20 January 2009, that person will still inherit a nation at war. Even though the news and the campaigns largely choose to ignore the fact that more than 200,000 members of our all-volunteer fighting force are in harm’s way, we will still inaugurate a wartime president. Whether the winner of the election believes in the notion of winning or withdrawing, he will still be forced to deal with the harsh realities of deployments and fighting and dying because we are a nation at war. […] Continue reading
Posted in al Qaeda, Defense, Elections, Entities, Foreign Policy, fundamentalist Islam, Government, Groups, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Nations, Politics, Russia, Security, United States, World Watch
Tagged McCain, National Security, Voting, War
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9-10
Do you remember September 10, 2001? What were you doing that day?
More than likely, September 10 was like any other day. People went to work and school. People went grocery shopping and picked up fast food. People watched TV and read books. For most people, September 10, 2001 was unremarkable. […] Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Georgia, Groups, History, Holidays, Iran, Iraq, Nations, North Korea, Patriot Day, Russia, United States, War on Terror, World Watch
Tagged 9-11, change, enemies, remembering
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Who do you trust to handle this?
Russia, the Cold War’s recently re-aggravated old bear, is moving forward with plans to finish a nuclear reactor in Iran capable of producing materials that Iran could process into components for nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, the same grumpy old bear is planning military exercises with Venezuela. Oh, and North Korea is reassembling its nuclear weapons material producing reactor. […] Continue reading
Posted in Current Operations, Defense, Elections, Foreign Policy, Government, Iran, Military, Nations, News, Politics, Russia, United States, Venezuela, Voting, World Watch, Worldview Item of the Day
Tagged Foreign Policy, Iran, McCain, Obama, Russia, Venezuela
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Like something out of a Clancy novel
Heavy fighting broke out today between Georgian (the country) and Russian forces over the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia.
For fans of the pc-based first-person-shooter Ghost Recon conceived by Tom Clancy, South Ossetia many sound familiar as the setting for significant parts of the game. The plot of the game is very close to the events currently unfolding in the region right now. […] Continue reading
Posted in Georgia, Iran, Nations, News, Quid Facis, Russia, United States, World Watch, Worldview Item of the Day
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Putting the World on Notice
While the rest of the world obsesses about the American presidential election and the Olympic torch relay, Iran’s president announced that his country has activated 6,000 more cascade centrifuges for the production of highly enriched uranium. This announcement brings the total number of centrifuges that Iran admits to operating to around 9,000. […] Continue reading
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