Category Archives: Militarism

Red Lines

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Matt

Western wars and ‘interventions’ in the age of ‘humanitarian warfare’ tend to rely on two essential propaganda tropes to prepare domestic and international public opinion for such events.  Firstly, there is an appeal to humanitarianism/guilt through ‘responsibility to protect’ rhetoric … Continue reading →

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The Happy Warrior

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Matt

War, as Britain’s last surviving WWI veteran Harry Patch once told a glassy-eyed Tony Blair, is ‘organized murder,  and nothing else.’  In the course of history, different societies have evolved various mechanisms to make this activity possible – and acceptable. … Continue reading →

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Punching Above Our Weight

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Matt

After a mild drop in the military budget over the last two years,   the government has announced that it plans to spend £160 billion over the next ten years on new weapons systems that include Trident missile submarines, aircraft … Continue reading →

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Evan Davis, Mali and the cock up theory

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Matt

The mainstream British media tends to view foreign policy through a very narrow lens at the best of times,  and the BBC’s worldview tends to be more circumscribed than most.   On Monday Evan Davis interviewed William Hague on the Today … Continue reading →

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