Category Archives: Military

Stop the world!

Canada’s soldiers have been asked to do so much for so long with so little that, the Ottawa Citizen reports, chief of the army land staff Andrew Leslie just told the Senate national security and defence committee that our entire … Continue reading

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Now that you’ve solemnly sworn

Good luck to President Barack Obama. He will need it, not only because of the enormous challenges of the office he assumes today but also because of the highly unrealistic expectations of many of his supporters.

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Have blog will travel

For the first time ever a blogger will be embedded with Canadian forces in Afghanistan. It’s Damian Brooks of “The Torch” and if you’d like to offer him encouragement, especially of the pecuniary sort, I know it would be appreciated.

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BBC+

The BBC’s story on Gaza today again invites readers to submit tales of suffering but, credit where credit is due, doesn’t only ask residents of Gaza as it did on Dec. 27. Instead this time says:
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And if that doesn’t work we’ll start them again

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who previously blamed Hamas for provoking the Israeli attack on Gaza, has now changed his tune, expressing solidarity with Hamas, calling the Israeli actions “barbaric and criminal”  and threatening to break off peace talks that … Continue reading

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