Tag NATO
I realized something yesterday. Many news outlets and analysts liken the fighting in Ukraine since the fall of 2021 to WWI, but not many (I am especially looking at you analysis types) try to explain why that is. I have… Continue Reading →
The Russo-Ukraine War of 2022 is now a week old. Perhaps it is time to step back a minute and consider where we are and what could happen next. In the first week of the war I learned two things… Continue Reading →
This podcast discusses Air Power and its limits. Specifically I expose the myth that it is possible to win a war with airpower alone. The example of Kosovo often held up as showing airpower can win wars is discussed as… Continue Reading →
An examination of the situation in Syria and between Turkey/NATO on one side and Russia/Syria on the other in light of recent events.
R2P means “Responsibity to Protect“, and is the idea that the “International Community” has an obligation to “prevent and stop genocides, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.” This obligation extends regardless of whether or not traditional national interests… Continue Reading →
The Fall of Qaddafi and the future of the “Arab Spring”
I wrote about the war/action/conflict/kinetic what have you in Libya when it kicked off in March, April, and again in June. With the rebels now storming Tripoli itself and being on the verge of success under the cover of NATO,… Continue Reading →