Thucydides in Hormuz
- January 16, 2012
- by
- Matt
There have been few periods in history like ours, in which one state or group of states have been able to make war on whoever they want, secure in the knowledge that their own countries are effectively immune to retaliation, and regardless of whether the objects of military force have made any directly aggressive...
Our Man in Riyadh
- January 13, 2012
- by
- Matt
Today, David Cameron makes his first state visit to that beacon of democracy and human rights Saudi Arabia. According to the BBC’s ineffable ‘security correspondent’ Frank Gardner
…the trip is important for both Mr Cameron and his Saudi hosts. He says Saudi Arabia has been rattled by both the overthrow of its...
Rise of the Swamp People
- December 10, 2011
- by
- Matt
Even by the Republican party’s dismal standards, the current crop of presidential candidates have to be about the most ignorant collection of flag-waving, corporate-worshipping, clueless morons that have ever competed for the Oval office.
This is the party that unleashed a swathe of wars and global mayhem over the last decade that...
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