Truly the end of an era…and covered very well in this article from the Foreign Policy Morning Brief email… The first female prime minister in her country’s history, Thatcher came to… more →
The World According to Me...wrote 1 month ago: Truly the end of an era…and covered very well in this article from the Foreign Policy Morning … more →
wrote 2 months ago: …and Josh wrote another op-ed piece… Training for war is not a precise science. By its … more →
wrote 2 months ago: …whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when they come for you…? Ready or not, here we come … more →
wrote 5 months ago: My Little Life: I Wasn’t Going to Say Anything... …and neither was I but I think that Ma … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Possibly winding off the Thursday/Friday War for 2012, a short item from Josh Wineera wondering what … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Like many people, I opted not to comment on the 911 anniversary yesterday (it’s already six ho … more →
wrote 11 months ago: My Little Life: Idiocy. Mama M has a very angry (and quite rightly so!!) post on the idiocy of those … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Randomly-selected COIN-themed pic This image was drawn from a plug for Japanese Counterinsurgency, W … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Colleague Josh Wineera is off on his travels again after being selector as the sole Kiwi to attend a … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Staying up lat-ish last night to watch Torchwood: Miracle Day when I knew I had a 0300 start this mo … more →
wrote 1 year ago: With effect yesterday, a new law comes into effect here that introduces penalties for people detecte … more →
wrote 1 year ago: The US Parks Department reported some minor cracks on the pyramid at the top of the 555ft monument. … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Have been offline since leaving home yesterday morning for a weekend in the big smoke…it was o … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Not getting it... One of my ongoing beefs with ‘modern’ COIN is the misperception is that successful … more →
wrote 1 year ago: In Get Smart, this was funny… The zone of silence put up by the Kahui and King families around … more →
wrote 1 year ago: (c) FPA 2011 As a headline, this one that concludes the Time article According to new Pentagon cybe … more →
wrote 1 year ago: USS New Jersey (one of the last) from USS Olympia (one of the first). Yes…the blog has been qu … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Obviously air power has a most important role to play in combating an irregular force. The purpose o … more →
wrote 2 years ago: …in regard to the closure of the file on the late an unlamented OBL… Ronald Reagan warne … more →