war

Ran across a quotation from Hayek about capital levies today as someone was comparing the Cypriot situation to Britain in the past. Turns out Hayek had suggested a wealth tax to help pay for WII: "There might… be a strong case for a capital levy on old wealth, payable partly in shares of the...

A new member, seeking intelligent and informed debate regarding the Iraq War from the earlier Persian Gulf conflict to the December 2011 withdrawl of US troops dictated by the Status of Forces Agreement.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/growing-tension-between-china-and-japan-fuel-concerns-over-potential-war/article4548515/ China is the #2 economy and has a nuclear arsenal. Japan is the #3 economy and has no offensive military power as per post-war demilitarization. The US is the #1...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17244211 What more can I say?

This is a cool tour of a missile base hidden beneath a house during the Cold War. http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=4765

Some good news for once and something that is easily overlooked with all the information and news we get: while war news/info has increased on average for people, the number of war deaths has actually decreased with this last decade being the most peaceful of the century in terms of deaths. I...

One of the many topics which have effectively divided our major political parties amongst themselves is on foreign policy and the direction that candidates wish to take on our current and foreseeable armed conflicts in the world. President Obama has received heavy bombardment from the Right on...

With all of the momentum and influence that the Tea Party beast gained up to the election and the reaping of its major successes in the House, some began to already speculate as to whether this hot streak would continue afterwards. The inevitable battle within the Tea Party itself will reveal...

HEADLINE: Democrat Jim Moran says US military cannot win the war in Afghanistan OVERVIEW: Democrat congressman Jim Moran from Virginia declares that the US military is not capable of winning against some primitive Taliban terrorist hiding in their caves in Afghanistan! LINK...

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/11/2010112317110717125.html Both sides are beating war drums and rumor has it that Little Kim is dead (which would explain the sudden insanity). Thoughts?

http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/68611,news-comment,news-politics,britain-is-likely-to-lose-a-second-falklands-war-to-argentina According to the Foreign Office, as part of new UK policy, if the Argentines try to take the Falklands off the British as they did in 1982, they don't think they should...

7 years of hard, bloody fighting. 7 years of a quick advance, followed by a total rout of our forces and ending with a massive American human wave attack that left entire cities in ruins. After 7 years and in seeming victory for UN forces, The Iraq War is... Over. Only time will tell if we...

It seems sad that North Korea takes such an aggressive stance on the South, even after they sunk their ship. Will North Korea bow to pressure from further sanctions and apologise for their attack? Or will we be seeing war?

NATO forces march triumphantly thru Red Square... But to celebrate Victory Day. :giggle: Good to see relations are warming. I'm an admitted Russian sympathizer and am truly heartened to see Russia and the US come closer. We should be allies, not rivals. Glad I was born after McCarthy was...

Interesting that a POTUS would be more interested in education and children than being a "War President," isn't it? I must admit that I approve.

Iran responded today to the US build up of missile systems in the Persian Gulf. The US has been speeding up its efforts over the last month by managing to get the cooperation of Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait and Qatar for basing the US Patriot defense missiles in the Gulf. Most of the countries in the...

Some Latin American countries are changing their strategy on dealing with drug trafficking. The move calls for easing costs that come with going after small-time users, and instead reallocating some money towards catching the big-time traffickers. The new strategy is in contrast to the United...

Tonight I watched a doco entitled As it Happened: The Last Day of World War I.1 There were many items of interest in this documentary to me as a teacher of history for over three decades in schools on two continents. There were facts and visual specifics of heightened interest to me...

In February 1899 civil war erupted as America's largest colony in the Far East attempted to declare independence. After a brutal guerrilla war that dragged on until 1902 and which suffered major anti-imperialist opposition at home the 'Vietnam War of the 19th Century' ended in an American...

Just a fun fact I just realized. The opium war in the 1840s is what gave the British the territory of Hong Kong. It was what made HK so prosperous today!