Reports indicate that the Israeli warship was hit by an Iranian C-802, also known as a Silkworm. This anti-ship cruise missle is the same as the one fired by an Iraqi jet that struck the USS Stark in May 1987 (during the Iran-Iraq war), killing 37 United States sailors and disabling the ship for sixteen … Continue reading Arms escalation in the MidEast
Al Gore presents a story that has strong citations, impeccable source material, and uncontestable imagery. We know the world is round, and yet there will always be those who insist they are living on a flat surface. Gore points this out right away, when he quotes Mark Twain: What gets us into trouble is not … Continue reading An Inconvenient Truth
The men who stole the 2000 election and promised not to waste American military resources continue to flounder in a foreign policy debacle, dragging the US down like a lead balloon. A study brings forward many concerned experts trying to sound the warning: Eighty-four percent believe the United States is losing the “war on terror,” … Continue reading More bad news for Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld
After my last entry about the Chinese Firewalls I started to get curious about the origins of the phrase “Chinese Fire Drill”. The Phrase Finder has an odd story that someone posted: It is my understanding that this phrase originated in the early 1900s. It came from an naval incident where a ship officered by … Continue reading British Navy Fire Drill