Month: January 2006
On the plane ride from London I finished Julian Jackson's The Fall of France. While I was disappointed with the first chapter, I was very pleased with the volume as.
The Baroness Alexandra and I are having a friendly back and forth on Iran at All Things Beautiful. Check it out.
Roger Simon and hilarious Michael Berube parodies of yoosta-bee Republican hacks--who can tell the difference? I think he may be harder to parody than Althouse...
I was just watching a bit o' The Falafel Factor (hey, when you're staying in a hotel that offers about six channels, ugly choices are inevitable), and as if on.
At Wilton Park, a German general made the case for conscription. Germany is more or less prohibited from maintaining a purely professional military force, so it isn't really all that.
Persists.Has a state ever wasted so much money on so pointless a project? Even if the interceptors worked, they would be useless; at best they would convince the Russians and.
Via Crooked Timber, a brief excerpt of Thomas X. Hammes book on the Pentagon and military transformation. Colonel Hammes is deeply skeptical of the effectiveness of a Transformed military in.
Off to D.C.; posting will depend on the fabled Acela wireless service and other connectivity issues. In the meantime, please enjoy the following links: An excellent post by Jill about.