by Piper Bayard | Apr 3, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes China, Syria, and Iran are watching the military operations being conducted by NATO forces in Libya with great attention. China sent the 4000 ton frigate, Xuzhou, into Libyan waters, supposedly to assist in evacuations of Chinese citizens from Libya....
by Piper Bayard | Mar 31, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes As the White House’s “days not weeks” line has evolved to “don’t worry, just a few months,” the missile and aircraft attacks have degraded Gadhafi’s goon squad enough to allow the Benghazi-based rebels to push west to...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 30, 2011 | Amusing Ourselves and Hopefully You
By Piper Bayard & Jay Holmes For some reason, girl scouts have been getting a lot of flack this year during their cookie sales. First, a troop of little girls was routed from their traditional sales post, the historic house in Savannah where the Girl Scout’s...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 27, 2011 | Foreign Affairs
By Jay Holmes Five members of the United States Army are facing Court Martial for the alleged murder of innocent civilians in Afghanistan. The facts of the case are not completely known to the Army itself, and I know even less about it. From the information thus far...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 24, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes As the Coalition of the Hesitant continues to exercise a “we fly, you no fly” zone over Libya today, several ironies and opportunities seem apparent to me. Before the ink was dry on the German surrender document that ended the European phase...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 20, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes In the past few days, we have seen Western powers overcome their own reluctance to commit to military action against Gadhafi. The vast news coverage of the ongoing diplomacy amongst Western nations has left us with some interesting quotes and sound bites...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 17, 2011 | Apocalypse, Foreign Affairs, Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes Western governments have, thus far, declined to use any portion of their massive military superiority to intervene on behalf of the anti-Gadhafi rebels in Libya. It appears that, after their initial, timid response to the rebels, Gadhafi’s...
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