Israel war on Iran compromises US security: Think tank

Posted by Matt in May 17th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Iran, Israel, U.S., Anger, Arab, Arabs, Iran, iranians, Israel, Israel War, Israeli Military, Military Move, Nuclear Weapons, Proxy, Self Defense, Spiral, Target, Think Tank, United States

This is an excellent example showing that the United States is held responsible for the actions of Israel.
Should the Middle East ever spiral out of control with the use of nuclear weapons by Israel, then the United States will be blamed. It is irrelevant if they are only used for self-defense.
From the article:
“Many, probably most, [...]

Think Again: Globalization

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

Published in Economy, 1914, 20th Century History, Allies, Decline 3, Economic Superpower, Economic Volatility, Ethnic Conflict, Financial Collapse, Global Economic Meltdown, Globalization, Hamas, Inequality, Insecurity, Iran, Layoffs, Middle East Peace, Nuclear Umbrella, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapon, Obituaries, Social Unrest, Spiral, Syria Lebanon, Trillion, Unfair Trade

Forget the premature obituaries. To its critics, globalization is the cause of today’s financial collapse, growing inequality, unfair trade, and insecurity. To its boosters, it’s the solution to these problems. What’s not debatable is that it is here to stay.
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My Comment:
“What’s not debatable is that it is here to stay”. The “it” is globalization. [...]

The UAV Revolution

Posted by Matt in June 7th, 2008 | no comment

Published in War, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Army Units, Cruising, Disturbed, Drones, Earth, Future Weapons, Global Hawk, Hawk, History Of Warfare, Humvees, Insurgents, Iraq War, Model Airplane, Offense Defense, Raven, Smart Bomb, Spiral, UAVs

The hundreds of drones cruising over Iraq and Afghanistan have changed war forever.
The UAV is the “smart bomb” of the Iraq War, the latest turn in the unending offense-defense spiral that characterizes the history of warfare. Army units searching and fighting house-to-house are using hundreds of drones, some of them as small as a model [...]