Tag Archive: war

on July 7, 2014 in World News

China thinks it can defeat America in battle

China thinks it can defeat America in battle But it overlooks one decisive factor The bad news first. The People’s Republic of China now believes it can successfully prevent the United States from intervening in the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan or some other military assault by Beijing. Now the good news. China is wrong — and for one major reason. It apparently disregards the decisive power of America’s nuclear-powered submarines. Moreover, for economic and demographic reasons Beijing has a narrow historical window in which to use its military to alter the world’s power structure. If China doesn’t… View Article

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on September 6, 2013 in World News

Russia could come to Syria’s aid over US strike

Putin warns Russia could come to Syria’s aid over US strike As he touched down in St. Petersburg on Thursday morning, President Obama  greeted his host Vladimir Putin with a handshake and a smile. But the cordial greeting belies the tinderbox the two leaders are sitting on,  as they posture and deliberate over a potential U.S. strike on Syria — one of  Russia’s closest Mideast allies. Putin escalated concerns about the fallout from any strike when he indicated  in an interview published Wednesday that his country could send Syria and its  neighbors in the region the components of a missile shield… View Article

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on September 2, 2013 in World News

‘I did not join for this’

‘I did not join for this’: US military men speak out against Syria strike Many US servicemen are against the looming strike on Syria, Republican Congressman Justin Amash said on Twitter, in an attempt to counter the idea that the country might be overwhelmingly in favor of military action. Amash made his comments after President Barack Obama’s statement, in which he all but promised a strike in retaliation for the supposed use of chemical agents by the Syrian government. The Congressman for Michigan backed up his comments with a multitude of retweets from servicemen. Amash said he had been “hearing… View Article

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on August 31, 2013 in World News

Chemical Hallucinations

Chemical Hallucinations By William Bowles I think it’s true to say that the days of creating ‘dodgy dossiers‘(pdf)[1] are now over, at least if the latest ‘dodgy report’ is anything to go by. Put out by the UK’s Joint Intelligence Committee, it purports to offer proof that Assad gassed his own people. But aside from the fact that it offers not a shred of proof, it’s also amateurish and clearly put together in a panic. We…have a limited but growing body of intelligence which supports the judgement that the regime was responsible for the attacks and that they were conducted… View Article

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