Libya: if you want to know…
…what the fog of war looks like, it looks like this.
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Egypt in turmoil
I haven’t yet written about the demonstrations and turmoil in Egypt, because I keep trying to find a report that seems to have a handle on what is actually occurring there—and even more importantly, what might be about to happen … Continue reading →
Edna St. Vincent Millay, political changer
Perhaps you’ve heard of Edna St. Vincent Millay. She was a lyric poet of great renown during the 1920s and until her death in 1950, known mostly for her sonnets. Her fame as a poet was of a magnitude difficult … Continue reading →
Wikileaks and the Pentagon Papers
Floyd Abrams, one of the lawyers who defended the NY Times in the Pentagon Papers lawsuit, differentiates between Daniel Ellsberg’s actions in releasing those documents and Julian Assange’s in Wikileaks. Ellsberg, he says, was mindful of the damage that could … Continue reading →
Hitler assassination plots: Henning von Tresckow
Most of us know about the famous July 1944 Hitler assassination plot that failed, led by Claus von Stauffenberg and code-named Operation Valkyrie. The co-conspirators paid with their lives, and their families were punished as well. I became interested recently … Continue reading →
More Wikileaks
Another day, another Wikileaks dump. And it will go on until there are negative consequences with teeth in them for such acts. At the moment, secret communications seem easy to obtain and to leak, and no one seems all that … Continue reading →
North Korea flexes its muscles
It should come as no surprise that North Korea has decided on a show of force to celebrate its imminent change of leadership and to send a number of veiled messages: A South Korean soldier was killed and 13 others … Continue reading →
Assange and Ellsberg: together at last
When I wrote this post I perceived the philosophical connections between Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers renown. But little did I know that their ties are even more concrete than I thought. For instance, Assange … Continue reading →
Wikileaks again
The latest Wikileaks dump is the most recent salvo in an information counterwar that’s been going on for quite some time. Here’s one of the better articles about it, if you want some information about the major issues and players. … Continue reading →
The extent of the Russian spy ring…
…revealed by the arrest of eleven alleged Russian spies yesterday has shocked our Russian experts, leading me to wonder how “expert” they could have possibly been. Because no one should have been shocked that Russia under Putin is still in … Continue reading →
Reflections on the Rolling Stone McChrystal article
Well, I’ve read the article that may be the undoing of General McChrystal’s military career, and perhaps even the Afghan war itself [I wrote that sentence before I saw the breaking news that McChrystal is gone and Petraeus has been … Continue reading →
Totten and Hanson discuss war and peace
Two of my favorite people talk to each other: Michael Totten interviews Victor Davis Hanson. Here’s Hanson on the value and purpose of studying war, his particular specialty: Military history is didactic, and those who study it can get some … Continue reading →