Upgrade to Wordpress 2.5

Posted by Matt in April 9th, 2008 | no comment

I just upgraded the website to Wordpress 2.5, and it’s wreaking havoc. The backend of the website broke down.
The HTML editor tinyMCE stopped working. Then I couldn’t post successfully.
It turns out all of my problems were related to the plugins that I was using. I had to uninstall them then test each one individually to [...]

Russia and the West: The Tragedy of 1204 Redux

Posted by Matt in April 9th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Russia, West, Crusades, Eastern Christian Power

As the demographic, geopolitical and ideological challenge of global Jihad to the shrinking remnant of Christendom looms ever larger, the West appears hell-bent on cordoning off, fragmenting, and eventually destroying the only Eastern Christian power that could and therefore should be its partner in the joint struggle. In the name of lofty ideals, but in [...]

Russia Demands Access to US Missile Shield Sites

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Published in Missiles, Europe, Missile Defense System, Russia

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has demanded that Russia be allowed ‘permanent’ access to planned US missile shield defense facilities in Eastern Europe. His wish seems unlikely to be granted. more…

The World from Berlin: Lame Duck Bush with Lame Duck Putin on the Black Sea
Trans-Atlantic Identity Crisis: NATO Summit Fails to Heal Deep Divisions
Spiegel 360: [...]

Tibet Has Caught China by Surprise

Posted by Matt in April 9th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Array, beijing, Berlin Olympic, Chains, Chinese Olympic, Controversy, Dalai Lama, Dialogue, Fingers, German Politicians, Gestures, Human Rights Record, International Spotlight, Keepers Of The Flame, Liu Xiaobo, Olympic Boycott, Olympic Flame, Olympic Torch, Olympics, Repressive Regime, Tibet

China has burned its fingers on the Olympic flame as the international spotlight is shone on its human rights record in Tibet. Still, German politicians should refrain from overwrought gestures such as an Olympic boycott and instead continue to engage both Beijing and the Dalai Lama in dialogue. By Erich Follath more…

Olympics in Chains: China [...]

Subs vs. carriers — Part 2

Posted by Matt in April 9th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Military, Aircraft Carriers, Attack Submarine, Billy Mitchell, Giant, Nuclear Attack, Nuclear Submarine, Ostfriesland, Pacific Ocean, Patrick Tyler, Policymakers, Soviet Submarine, submarines, Subs, Top Speed, Uss Enterprise, Vulnerability

Similarly, neither U.S. policymakers nor the American public realize the vulnerability of giant aircraft carriers to torpedo attacks from modern fast submarines was demonstrated in 1968 when a fast Soviet nuclear-powered attack submarine matched the USS Enterprise at top speed in the Pacific Ocean. That moment, vividly and thoroughly discussed in Patrick Tyler’s “Running Critical,” [...]

Hamas undertaking a broad military buildup, Israeli study finds

Posted by Matt in April 9th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Israel, Middle East, Gaza, Hamas, Infiltration, Intensive Phase, Israel, Militant Group, Military Buildup, Military Establishment, Military History, Powerful Weapons, Rocket Fire, rockets, Syria And Iran

An Israeli study says that Hamas, the militant group that now controls Gaza, is engaged in the broadest and most significant military buildup in its history with help from Syria and Iran, restructuring itself more hierarchically and using more and more powerful weapons, especially longer-range rockets against Israel’s southern communities.
The study, by an independent research [...]

Exclusive: Ahmadinejad denies al Qaedaâ€™s 9/11 attack on America

Posted by Matt in April 9th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Iran, U.S., 911, Al-Qaeda, Attack On America, Hijackers, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, New York Towers, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Sept 11 2001

In his most provocative anti-US speech to date, Iranâ€™s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad raised doubts about whether al Qaeda’s Sept. 11, 2001 attack on New York actually took place. He was addressing Iranâ€™s Nuclear Technology day, April 8, DEBKAfileâ€™s Iranian sources report. He went on to ask why the US had never released the names of [...]

Israeli intel projects a one-month war with Syria

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Published in Israel, Syria, War, Arabs, Chemical Weapons, Emergency Services, Future War, Hizbullah, Israeli Cities, Missiles, Salvos, scenarios

Israel’s intelligence community has concluded that the next war would involve missiles and Hizbullah, last at least a month and include Syria.
The intelligence community has drafted a series of scenarios for Israel’s emergency services to prepare for future war. The scenarios envisioned the next war as including massive missile and rocket salvos, some of them [...]

Hypocrisy in the U.K. â€“ Or Why Liberals Have Gone Jihadi

Posted by Matt in April 9th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Britain, Islam, Conservatives, Europe, Freedom Of Speech, Homosexuals, Human Rights, hypocrisy, Islam In The West, Israel, Liberals, Radical Islam, Religious Extremists

One of the most significant effects of the emergence of radical Islam in the West is that liberals will not only defend (Islamic) religious extremists, but are increasingly abandoning their own supposed values to conservatives, who now seem to be the main defenders of democracy, freedom of speech, and even human rights for women and [...]

Russia to parade military as defense industry decays

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Published in Military, Russia, Aging Military, Defense Decays, Military Crises, Military Decays, Russian Defense

Russia next month will stage its first Red Square parade of missiles, tanks and soldiers since the Soviet times, but the country’s military faces massive crises in manpower, equipment, training and strategy despite the energy revenue windfall of recent years.
A panel of U.S. and Russian defense experts yesterday painted a deeply pessimistic portrait of the [...]