The military is in control of Egypt in the wake of President Mubarak’s recent stepping down from power and the country seems to be headed towards democratic reform. After thirth years of the same president the Egyptian people want to insure that there will be term limits on any future president and that all [...]
It’s very tempting to answer yes to this question and I’m sure that there are many who will. My answer is this: Any ship approached in a threatning manner or fired on in the high seas has the inherent right to defend itself with extreme prejudice. Cargo ships are forbidden to carry arms which is [...]
The British government and others have been rescuing Libyan refugees because of the deterioating situation in that country. We will have to wait and see the end of that situation but at this particular time things are almost out of control. British cargo planes met and rescued about 150 people in a remote location in [...]
The Chinese are developing a stealth aircraft which is to be their answer to our F-22 Raptor. The jet known as the J-20 was highly touted by the Chinese but according to some information provided by US officials it may not be all that its cracked up to be. The US has air superiority and [...]
The Iraqi government wants 1 billion dollars in damages from the United States for what they claim is damage caused by blast walls which were erected through trouble areas in the country. Now the purpose of the blast walls was to protect our troops and the civilian populaation from terror attacks. They are barricades which [...]
The beauty of this news is that several key insurgent leaders were captured in seperate operations in Afghanistan recently. All of the detainees were members of the Hizb-i-Islami faction which is loyal to an Afghan warlord named Gulbuddin-Hek Matyar. Noe there are two good points which jump out at me from the account that I [...]
It is very difficult to predict the outcome of the pro democracy movement which is taking place in many Arab countries right now. The situation makes the entire region unstable but it could bode well for the US just as easily as it could work against us. The fact that so much unrest suddenly broke [...]
The American geologist who has been sentenced to eight years in prison is an example of exactly what we can expect from the Chinese government. We need to take a serious look at the way that they do business when we think about what they are telling us about their military intentions. I read several [...]
One situation which is worthy of deep thought is the fact that the Israeli Government is in an uproar about the Iranian Governments plan to send two warships through the Suez Canal soon. I can’t figure out for the life of me why it is such a big deal to them unless they have gotten [...]
Somali pirates have managed to capture an American manned yacht and its crew recently. They captured the small craft as it sailed towards Oman loaded with bibles to distribute. The craft was origionally part of the Blue Water Rally Yacht Race but was captured after they left the race for Oman. There were a total [...]
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