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Eccentric and Idiosyncratic Commentary on Current and Military Affairs
10/11/2026 Everything I need to know about life, I learned by reading bad fiction: Anyone who reads even a small amount of genre fiction (mysteries, thrillers, science fiction, fantasy,…
9/21/26 In 2006 journalist Tom Ricks wrote a best-selling book about the decision to go to war in Iraq and the early years of that war. His take on the…
8/20/2026 There were many factors that brought about the creation of the State of Israel. There was the Zionist movement that began in the late nineteenth century, the Balfour declaration…
6/28/2026 Thought for the Day: Both Donald Trump in the US and Brexit in the UK were populist reactions to a neoliberal economic and political system that was enriching and…
6/19/2026 As I read and listen to the commentary about the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran, I am told, over and over again, that the US military has done huge…
6/15/2026 This weekend past, there were two birthday celebrations: one, in London on Saturday, June 13th, marked the King’s Birthday, but was really a celebration of British nationhood; the other,…
5/23/2026 Scary Thought for the Memorial Day Weekend: Memorial Day began as a tribute to the dead (700,000 or so according to the latest estimates) of the American Civil War.…
5/16/2026 Worrisome Thought of the day: Is the People’s Liberation Army “Great General Staff” telling Xi that if he’s going to do it, now’s the time. (Picking up on something…
4/22/2026 The United States flat cannot afford a $1.5 Trillion Defense budget: the size of the public debt, the unwillingness of the Republicans, in particular, to find ways to raise…
4/18/2026 Thoughts about the War in Iran: In terms of who’s winning and who’s losing I am of the school that thinks that Iran, through seizing control of the Strait…
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