EDITORIAL: Iran triumphs over America – Washington Times

Posted by Matt in March 11th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, Assumptions, Conflict Avoidance, Council Member, Editorial, Exercise, Game Result, Gary Sick, Iran Nuclear, Iran Team, Israel, National Security Council, Nuclear Program, Premises, Real World, Simulation Game, Team Leader, Triumphs, Washington Post, Washington Times, Wins

Iran wins in the simulation. Iran will win in the real world too. I guess that’s not what you wanted to read.
The [simulation game] result: Iran won.
Gary Sick, the Iran team leader and former Carter-era National Security Council member, was surprised. “We started out thinking we were playing a weak hand, but by the end, [...]

Back to the USSR? | guardian.co.uk

Posted by Matt in February 23rd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Favorites, Russia, Attack On America, Borders, China Shop, Global Functions, Guardian Co Uk, Guardian Uk, infrastructure, Irina, Main Enemy, Missile Defense Systems, NATO, Norms, Nuclear Forces, Nuclear War, Obama, Real World, Russia, Russian Federation, Soviet Days, Ussr

Why would Russia want to launch a nuclear preemptive attack on America? Russia has been kind enough to explain why it might attack America – it feels threatened by NATO and the U.S.
Now if one is oblivious to the world, then you would go on encircling Russia while at the same time reducing your nuclear [...]

Russian doctrine does not reflect real world: NATO | Reuters

Posted by Matt in February 6th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Europe, Russia, Military Doctrine, moscow, NATO, Nato Expansion, Real World, Reuters, Russia, Russian Military, Ties, Western Military Alliance

The Russian doctrine reflects the real world just fine. It’s NATO that is living in another world.
Russia is the enemy of the West, including NATO. That means NATO is the enemy of Russia. Enough said.
NATO said on Saturday a new Russian military doctrine identifying NATO expansion as a threat did not reflect the real world [...]

Think Again: God – By Karen Armstrong | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in October 20th, 2009 | no comment

Published in general, Atheists, Economist, Fact God, Foreign Policy, God, God Didn, God The Problem, Goverance, Karen Armstrong, Last Moment, Logic, Misery, Public Debate, Real World, Religion, Religions, Religious Beliefs, Screws, Sept 11 2001, There Is No God, White House, World Today

In 1999 the Economist announced that “God is Dead”, but now he seems to have come back to life. The Islamic attack on 9/11/2001 slightly shocked us back into the real world.
A lot of people wonder about a God who could possibly allow all the misery in the world today and yesterday. There could [...]

The Global Financial Crisis: How bad will it get?

Posted by Matt in April 21st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Financial, Economic Theory, Economists, Economy, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Great Depression, Joseph Stiglitz, Paul Krugman, People, Real World, Relevance, Type Answers, Unemployment

Now as to how bad it’s going to get – you have to know what caused it in the first place to have any idea there. And this is again why you tend to get, “I don’t know” type answers from most economists—and that goes right up to and including people like Joseph Stiglitz and [...]

We disarm while others build up?

Posted by Matt in April 14th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Military, U.S., Contrary, Defense Policies, Disarmament, Discrepancy, Missile-Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Obama, Parody, Radical Left, Real World, Realism, Realist, Security Policy

When it comes to security policy, it seems everyone wants to be a “realist” these days. If that term has any meaning, though, President Obama’s nuclear weapons and missile defense policies certainly would not qualify.
To the contrary, these examples of what some call “progressive realism” constitute a near-parody of the ideologically driven disarmament agenda of [...]

The List: The World Most Powerful Crime Syndicates

Posted by Matt in May 22nd, 2007 | no comment

Published in Crime, Control, Crime, Crime Syndicates, Famous Mobsters, Foreign Policy Magazine, Global Crime, Illicit Trade, Innocent Victims, Mafias, Mexico City, Mobster, moscow, Off-Topic, Real World, Season Finale, Six Years, Sopranos, Television Drama

The Sopranos, an acclaimed television drama about a fictional Italian-American mobster, is headed for its last season finale after six years of startling success. But what of the real-world mafias that control illicit trade and terrorize innocent victims from Moscow to Mexico City? This week’s Foreign Policy Magazine List shows that when it comes to [...]