Jan 22, 2008
Above: Russia Missile Test It was only a matter of time before we started seeing a response to the American expansionism into the middle east. Now we are going to see the Cold war begin again except now Russia and China and various others have much better bonds and communication formed by the fact that [...]
Above: Russia Missile Test
It was only a matter of time before we started seeing a response to the American expansionism into the middle east. Now we are going to see the Cold war begin again except now Russia and China and various others have much better bonds and communication formed by the fact that America has close to the population of a small country in troops, manouvering around the middle east. We have seen Iran developing Nuclear "POWER", China already has some ... Read More
Jan 15, 2008
Above: Map of Middle East The US already with 26,000 troops in Afganistan are moving in roughly another 3,000 troops. This brings them close to 30,000 troops. This back in Roman times would have been considered an amazing force let alone in todays modern warfield. There are around 170,000 troops in Iraq. Whilst there is [...]
Above: Map of Middle East
The US already with 26,000 troops in Afganistan are moving in roughly another 3,000 troops. This brings them close to 30,000 troops. This back in Roman times would have been considered an amazing force let alone in todays modern warfield. There are around 170,000 troops in Iraq. Whilst there is still violence, it's not open warfare anymore simply occupation. What will these troops be doing in 2 years? Take a look at a map. It's all very ... Read More
Jan 4, 2008
Above: New Scotland Yard Investigative Team Musharraf stepped down as leader of the military on Wednesday, November 28, 2007. In a country where corruption is currency and assasination is the democratic route to loss of leadership then I think it can be agreed that these theatrics are all tools that Musharraf, Bush and Gordon Brown [...]
Above: New Scotland Yard Investigative Team
Musharraf stepped down as leader of the military on Wednesday, November 28, 2007. In a country where corruption is currency and assasination is the democratic route to loss of leadership then I think it can be agreed that these theatrics are all tools that Musharraf, Bush and Gordon Brown are going to use to bring a crack team of SAS or NAVY seals to take out people and gather intel on anyone else who is opposing ... Read More
Dec 30, 2007
A look at what George Bush calls the War on Terror.
A look at what George Bush calls the War on Terror. Read More
Dec 14, 2007
Historically, the just-war tradition—a set of mutually agreed rules of combat—commonly evolves between two similar enemies. When enemies differ greatly because of different religious beliefs, race, or language, war conventions have rarely been applied. It is only when the enemy is seen to be a people with whom one will do business in the following [...]
Historically, the just-war tradition—a set of mutually agreed rules of combat—commonly evolves between two similar enemies. When enemies differ greatly because of different religious beliefs, race, or language, war conventions have rarely been applied. It is only when the enemy is seen to be a people with whom one will do business in the following peace
Above: War, Peace Logo
that tacit or explicit rules are formed for how wars should be fought and who they should involve. In part the motivation is seen ... Read More
Dec 3, 2007
Above: Air Force Combat Controller Unit practicing firing movement Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) is the official name used by the U.S. government for its military response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. It was previously planned to have been called “Operation Infinite Justice,” but this phrase had previously been restricted to [...]
Above: Air Force Combat Controller Unit practicing firing movement
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) is the official name used by the U.S. government for its military response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. It was previously planned to have been called "Operation Infinite Justice," but this phrase had previously been restricted to the description of God (among followers of several faiths), and it is believed to have been changed to avoid offense to Muslims. On October 5, 2006 ... Read More
Dec 3, 2007
When looking at the impact wartime has on a nation and the world, there are both the economic and human costs. Governments often fail to consider the human costs until in the aftermath of war. In World War I, 1914-1918, the direct costs of the war were in the neighborhood of $150 million. The [...]
When looking at the impact wartime has on a nation and the world, there are both the economic and human costs. Governments often fail to consider the human costs until in the aftermath of war.
In World War I, 1914-1918, the direct costs of the war were in the neighborhood of $150 million.
The human cost was 37 million individuals for those involved directly in the conflict and an additional 10 million in civilian populations. While many thought this devastation ... Read More
Dec 3, 2007
Of the entire struggle generated by war, technology has been one of its more beneficial offspring. Submarines – Perhaps many do not realize that the submarine, in its crudest form, was a product of the American Revolutionary war Americans in the Revolutionary and Civil wars pioneered submarine warfare. It wasn’t until World War I, however, [...]
Of the entire struggle generated by war, technology has been one of its more beneficial offspring.
Submarines - Perhaps many do not realize that the submarine, in its crudest form, was a product of the American Revolutionary war Americans in the Revolutionary and Civil wars pioneered submarine warfare. It wasn't until World War I, however, when they became an efficient piece of military equipment.
Germany used the submarine as a means of ending Great Britain's naval dominance. Though submarines are still commissioned ... Read More
Dec 3, 2007
{mosimage}Mankind has claimed a variety of reasons and justifications when declaring war on each other. Human rights and freedom have often been the focus, while skeptics claim a more financial motive. Colonialism and conquest, the thinking behind the great medieval European wars and conflicts, were to expand empires. While expressing that this was done under [...]
{mosimage}Mankind has claimed a variety of reasons and justifications when declaring war on each other. Human rights and freedom have often been the focus, while skeptics claim a more financial motive.
Colonialism and conquest, the thinking behind the great medieval European wars and conflicts, were to expand empires. While expressing that this was done under Divine direction, the motive had a more 'earthly' origin.
As explorers discovered other resources in an ever-expanding world, they sought to claim them for their financiers and themselves. ... Read More
