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Tag Archives: us
Tripoli Is Not The End
Due in no small part to NATO support, support that remains up in the air to an extent, the Libyan rebels continue to advance, getting closer and closer to Tripoli. Allow me to continue my patented “rain on the parade” … Continue reading
Wikileaks: Irish Edition!
The same old thing. Stuff that is either not much of a surprise to begin with, or so unshocking as to barely deserve a paragraph. Fianna Fail Ministers didn’t get on with the Greens at times? The state was invoked in negotiations with radical … Continue reading
The US, Pakistan And Leverage
I see this kind of bizarre sentiment expressed by a lot of people over the last while, that the United States has somehow gained a measure of “leverage” over Pakistan as a result of the circumstances surrounding the death of … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Counter Insurgency (COIN), Middle East, Politics, War
Tagged afpak, bin laden, china, coin, counter insurgency, fallout, india, levarge, leverage, nukes, pakistan, politics, power, taliban, us, war
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Libya: Slouching Towards…Something
The intervention continues, as the coalition rains death from above and the rebels reverse their previously awful strategic position. Why is it that the west was ok with Gaddafi’s rule for decades, but it is only when the situation becomes … Continue reading
Posted in Libya, Middle East, Politics, War
Tagged al-queda, gaddafi, intervention, leadership, libya, mess, nato, no-fly zone, plan, politics, rebels, tom ricks, us, war
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Libya: A Growing Mess
This story of an American plane crashing in Libya – not due to enemy fire, but mechanical problems of all things – is very concerning and a gigantic example of what could go wrong. As it is, the intervention force has … Continue reading
Posted in Libya, Middle East, War
Tagged arab league, benghazi, bombings, britain, downed plane, f-15, france, gaddafi, intervention, italy, jalili, libya, middle east, missiles, nato, nfz, no-fly zone, rebels, tripoli, troop commitment, trust, UN, us, war
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Libya: What Is Being Ignored
North Korea. Burma. Palestine. Basque counties and Catalonia. Columbia. Large parts of India. Indonesia. The Philippines. Laos. Kurdistan. Turkey. Uganda. The Congo. Chad. CAR. Sudan. Senegal. Somalia. Ethiopia. Algeria. Mali. Mauritania. Morocco. Nigeria. Iran. Pakistan. Thailand. Cambodia. Russia. Yemen. Ivory Coast. … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Middle East, War
Tagged bahrain, ignore, intervention, libya, middle east, north korea, other, politics, syria, tolerate, UN, us, war, west
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The Libyan Ceasefire: No-Fly, No-Drive And No-Clue
So, we win in Libya right? No, not really. What we have here is a bizarre situation, the eventual outcome of which is mired in uncertainty. Gaddafi is a shrewd enough operator. He knows that with this UN resolution he … Continue reading
Intervention In Libya: An Awful Idea
This is a very bad, very stupid, very emotionally driven idea. The problems are obvious and should be to anyone with the slightest hint of intelligence. -Western air power will kill innocent civilians. -It will cost an extreme amount of … Continue reading
Posted in Libya, Middle East, Politics, War
Tagged arab league, bad, benghazi, eu, failure, gaddafi, intervention, libya, no-fly zone, rebels, resoultion, security council, somalia, stupid, support, tanks, UN, us, west
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Limerick, Defence And Foreign Affairs: Cian Prendiville
So, the other day, I received another reply to my e-mail to the Limerick City constituencies…a week after the election. Socialist/ULA candidate Cian Prendiville, the 21 year old. He finished in mid-table, and only now has decided to get back to me. Getting a reply … Continue reading
Tarok Kalache, COIN And Attitude
Tarok Kalache is a small Afghan village. Last October, it was flattened by United States military forces who believed it to be a “Taliban tactical base”. Since then, the Unites States has spent its time in the area rebuilding the village. That’s … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Counter Insurgency (COIN), Middle East, War
Tagged Afghanistan, attitude, banality of evil, coin, criticism, david flynn, destroyed, exum, foust, middle east, mud huts, on violence, paula broadwell, Tarok kalache, tom ricks, us, villagers, war, wongs over iraq
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