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AV Referendum: A Decision On Democracy
First past the post is a bad system. In my eyes anyway. I feel the need to say that, considering the following. FPTP is a system that is only truly democratic in a two-party race, such as in the United States. … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged alternative vote, av, conservatives, democracy, election, first past the post, fptp, labour, lib dems, people, referendum, torys, uk
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Election Day
John Adams is a favourite historical figure of mine. He was the first Vice President of the United States of America, its second President. One of the “founding fathers” as the Yanks are so fond of calling that diverse group … Continue reading
Posted in General Election 2011, History, Ireland, Politics
Tagged democracy, freedom, general election 2011, history, ireland, john adams, politics, things, vote
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NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World: Marathon
Before 300, there was Marathon, the earliest one on the list. Name: The Battle of Marathon The War: The first Persian invasion of Greece, part of the lengthy Greco-Persian Wars When: August/September 490 BC* Where: The plain of Marathon, south-eastern … Continue reading
Posted in History, NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World, War
Tagged 490 bc, ancient world, artaphernes, athens, callimachus, charge, culture, datis, decisive battles, democracy, greco-persian wars, history, hoplites, invasion, ionian revolt, marathon, militades, naxos, persia, plain, plataea, salamis, sparta, swamp, thermopylae, war
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Afghan Elections and Giving People Democracy
It’s something that I fervently believe, and that this report backs up, that you cannot simply give a population democracy. You cannot send a military force into a dictatorship or other non-democratic state, neutralise its military, remove its leaders and tyrannical … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Counter Insurgency (COIN), Iraq, Middle East, Politics, War
Tagged Afghanistan, coin, corruption, democracy, elections, fraud, karzai, middle east, politics, USA, war
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The Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan
Fascinating text, that gives an analysis/narrative of one of the most destructive conflicts of the ancient world. Kagan might be the foremost living authority on Ancient Greece. This book is actually a condensed version of his four part academic series on the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Reviews, War
Tagged athens, books, democracy, donald kagan, oligarchy, reviews, sicilian expedition, sparta, the peloponnesian war, thucydides, war
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Afghanistan: Things Going Right, Things Going Wrong And What Might Happen Next
Gizab is the exact sort of story you want to hear coming out of a place like Afghanistan. I won’t repeat all the details, you can read it yourself. But it’s what America, and the free world, wants to see. … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Counter Insurgency (COIN), Middle East, Politics, War
Tagged Afghanistan, clear hold build, coin, counterinsurgency, democracy, gizab, karzai, kilcullan, mcchrystal, petraeus, revolt, special forces, taliban, USA, warfare
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