Summary: Brutal famine has four nations in its grip, deliberate results of their governments’ policies. While we wreck the Middle East, spreading jihadist movements, they get a pass (unless we help them). This is a powerful article with horrific news. “The Nazis Used It, We Use It“ Alex de Waal on the return of famine …
Governments weaponize famine. See it working in these 4 nations. Read More »
Summary: The Americans that fought WWI and WWII dreamt of a better world, run by laws and not greed backed by force. After WWII the foundations were laid for global institutions to make this a reality, beginning a project taking generations to accomplish. The Boomers have abandoned it, each year pissing on the foundation. Preemptively invading nations (against treaties going back to …
To understand piracy consult a chapter from America’s hidden history Read More »
Papers about piracy presented at the February 2010 convention of the International Studies Association convention: “Theory vs. Policy? Connecting Scholars and Practitioners”. You might find some of these of interest. Piracy shows western geopolitical thinking in unusual clarity. Can we respond to a small threat without losing our minds? Not every geopolitical moment is Munich, September 1938. Can …
Summary: A follow-up to What is this “justice” that war-loving Americans speak of? about the Somalia pirates. As so often the case on the FM website, the comments were disturbing — examples of the widespread modern America our love of force and disdain for justice (for others, that is). We can do better. Understanding ourselves is the first …
Much of America’s self-image as a “city on a hill” comes from our love of justice. We see this clearly in the righteousness we bring to foreign affairs. “The Audacity of Rope — Crush all the Pirates — Now“, Ralph Peters, New York Post, 14 April 2009 — Excerpt: Attack their harbors with land, sea and …
What is this “justice” that war-loving Americans speak of? Read More »
