Don’t forget Bahrain, Yemen and Syria
In the West the media focus is on Libya because our forces are involved so that is where all the press assets are engaged. Meanwhile there are ongoing civil uprisings […]
Foreign policy
Has there been a power shift in Russia?
Yesterday Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, in a typical piece of silly, misguided, macho posturing, said that the UN intervention in Libya was analogous to a “mediaeval call for crusades”. Just how […]
Shia or Sunni, who should the West back?
Islam is divided into two main denominations, Shia and Sunni, these are fundamentally doctrinally irreconcilable and have a very long history of not liking each other very much. Sunni are […]
Are we going to let Gaddafi win?
At the moment, on the ground, Gaddafi is winning in Libya and is systematically crushing the revolt, aided enormously be the actions and inactions of the West. Firstly why is […]
Afghanistan, we should get out
Afghanistan is a total mess and we should bring out every British service person today. We are paying billions to support a highly corrupt government and to finance an economy […]
Do the Americans believe in democracy?
All my life I have listened to Americans (especially their Presidents) go on about how democracy is their number one core value. How it is the reason they flex their […]
Israel doesn’t like democracy
We live in interesting times. Democracy is breaking out where we never thought it could in a popular movement akin to the falling of the wall in Berlin. Amid much […]