It’s an old, hackneyed phrase: all’s fair in love and war. I think no one doubts what that means; winning is the only motive and the only necessary imperative, no matter the method. This of course only means that any talk about ideals and justice in war is just so much fluff without substance; but I should get off my soapbox now and ...Continue
I thought I’d say “killing is big business these days”, and then realized it’s always been big business. Would-be crusaders parked their lands and such with Templars and the Church for a bit of spare cash to kill a few Saracens, Venetians drummed up a whole lot of gold to pay off Borgia and weapons dealers in modern day Hel ...Continue
There are days when the Middle East conflicts feels as old as humanity itself. I have a penchant for drawing grandiose conclusions, but this time I can almost feel it in my bones. There’s nothing conventional about the ’soft war’ being waged against a largely defenseless Lebanon, that much is true, and there’s probably not ...Continue
I was browzing through Google video’s selection of uploads, looking specifically for Stephen Colbert’s roasting of U.S. President Bush during the White House Correspondents Association dinner on 29th April 2006. I downloaded the transcript from th ...Continue
Looks like there are new, fresh threats. There are no sources to back this up, but then again, I don’t really keep my ears close to the ground on the movements of terrorists online. That being said, according to the Counterterrorism blog ...Continue