by Piper Bayard | Apr 1, 2013 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes On April 15, North Korea will celebrate its 68th anniversary of independence. While the Western world will barely notice the celebration, it will undoubtedly be a big occasion in North Korea. Unlike the 4th of July in the US, there...
by Piper Bayard | Dec 3, 2012 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs
By Intelligence Operative Jay Holmes* As we approach 2013, several Middle Eastern and Central Asian countries seem to be undergoing changes, but there is no consensus on what those changes will mean. While a few are hopeful, many give cause for concern. Barack Obama...
by Piper Bayard | Oct 29, 2012 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, News
Perspective on Benghazi By Intelligence Operative Jay Holmes* Image of burning US Consulate in Benghazi by Voice of America employee, public domain. On September 11, 2012, Islamic terrorists attacked the US Consulate in Benghazi. They murdered US Ambassador to Libya...
by Piper Bayard | May 8, 2011 | Foreign Affairs
By Jay Holmes United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently declared that the Detroit, Michigan school system is a national disgrace. He is right. Some politically sensitive types in Detroit were offended by this. They should, instead, be offended by their...
by Piper Bayard | Apr 21, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes NATO, the dream child of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Winston Churchill, came into existence after WWII for the express purpose of forming an alliance for the mutual defense of its members. The original motive was to defend against any invasion from the...
by Piper Bayard | Apr 10, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes The rebels in Libya are not a single unified group that shares the same complex agenda. In fact, the only clear, common agenda that they have thus far demonstrated is a desire to boot Papa Gadhafi and all his little Gadhafis from power. On Thursday, in...
by Piper Bayard | Apr 7, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes Since the middle of February, when the fledgling protest movement coalesced into an active rebellion in Libya, many Western observers have been asking, “Who are the Libyan rebels?” Many Libyans, North Africans, and Middle Easterners are...
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