America
War and Trade Restrictions
The US is ignorant of how to achieve two major goals: security and prosperity. Due to this ignorance, it has engaged in an undeclared war in the Middle East and has instituted protective tariffs at [more…]
Blog
Arts
Reading – A Love Story: I Won’t Back Down 1975-76
Emigrating to Australia was a very big deal indeed. I hadn’t been further than places like Land’s End, Pembroke and New Brighton – certainly not out of the UK. The last few weeks were a [more…]
America
A Brave New World is being born, whilst the Old One Is Dying
The imposed capitulation : a surrender document disguised as “negotiation” presented to Iran by the US is already dead & buried. The non-plan plan – imposing demands while begging for a ceasefire – includes zero [more…]
America
Neutering the Somali Option
While WSR attempted to wear his Koran Keir hat in attempting to navigate his tensions between African unity, Chinese ties, and the US’s evolving strategic priorities, he blinked first when dealing with the Don. US [more…]
Diary
A View From (The Bit Outside) The Greenhouse; Ordinary Folk
The 95% situation has moved on to something approaching 99% in terms of my health, in comparison to how I was feeling as an almost 74 year old (complete with all the aches and pains [more…]
America
Epstein……Behind the Curtain (Part 6)
The geopolitical ambitions of this network receive their most unvarnished articulation in a 2018 email from Epstein to Borge Brende, president of the World Economic Forum. Epstein’s proposition dispensed with diplomatic circumlocution entirely : Davos [more…]
Arts
Amended & updated notes from 1983 – an RMA (War Games) lecture
SITREP : The massive airstrikes by Israel and the United States on Iran were not entirely unexpected. Strike forces had been building up in the Persian Gulf for months. Iranian-American negotiations had stalled and offered [more…]
Economics
Strategy, some Observations
Geopolitical, military & economic strategy is an art, not a science. Which means it is significantly more difficult to teach even if qualified experts were available. In Western hemisphere countries, usually representative democracies, strategic thinking [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part The Last
Nice comments by Brian and DJM regarding the standard of articles and serials published. They serve to amuse, entertain and educate us. Top notch indeed and I too am certain no other blog can match [more…]