Category: The Long Game

I’ve been watching with interest T Boone Picken’s campaign about getting the US to take seriously the issue that it buys way too much energy overseas. He has quite correctly pointed out that we Americans as group, truly do not understand the implications of transferring so much wealth overseas. Especially

At least he would have know what to do about the Russian invasion of Georgia. Much to the chagrin of a lot of the idealists and neocons out there, it would have involved a bus, some Georgians, and something similar to throwing them under it. Not exactly a “1000 points

That’s what usually happens to me when I read buffoonery masquerading as patriotism and rational thought. Which is why I should not, usually do not, go over and read Blackfive and the  gang of high brow intelligentsia they have over there. This post by Deebow should merit a simple shake

You just might get it. Washington DC wanted an election in Pakistan. Welcome to politics-Muslim style. Like so many others, I watched the news in more than a little shock that Benazir Bhutto had been assassinated.  The media have been endless speculating what this means for US policy and the

Went through and updated my links. Added some Japan blogs that have been kind enough to link to me, as well as a thought provoking military blog by a guy I know, Jeff Huber. He was an XO during the period that I was a CO- of a sister E-2

Read some great quotes that need to be repeated today: Under the category of keeping one’s eye on the real ball game: Finally, accept that Afghanistan will remain Afghanistan. It will not become Switzerland. Stop promoting things like “womens’ rights,” i.e. Feminism, that tell the locals we want to force