“These guys run loose in this country and do stupid stuff. There’s no authority over them…they shoot people, and someone else has to deal with the aftermath.”
-Brig. Gen. Karl Horst, 3rd Infantry, Baghdad, 2005.
The occupation of Iraq has been an unqualified success for at least one sector of the economy. Private military firms (PMFs) [...]
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Drug War collateral damage
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged law, war on Friday, December 5, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Presented without comment
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Georgia, McCain, Republicans, Russia, war on Friday, August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
August 14 (Originally posted by Mischa)
“In the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations.”
-Senator John McCain, Fox News, August 13.
“For anyone who thought that stark international aggression was a thing of the past, the last week must have come as a startling wake-up call.”
-Senator John McCain, Wall Street Journal, August 14.
Barely legal Russian cyber … (war, you perverts.)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bears, Chris Hansen, Georgia, Russia, technology, war on Friday, August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
August 10 (Originally posted by Mischa)
The Russian effort in Georgia has a powerful ally: hackers. (You were expecting maybe bear cavalry?) Several Georgian state servers, as well as the websites of the Office of the President, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry of Defense have been hijacked, starting weeks in advance of [...]
And it’s war
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Georgia, Russia, war on Friday, August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
August 8 (Originally posted by Mischa)
Russian armored units have the crossed the border into Georgia amidst escalating fears of humanitarian disaster. There’s a handful of required sources for anyone trying to track this as it develops: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty ; Eurasianet ; and the Eurasia Daily Monitor. (EDM’s parent, the Jamestown Foundation, [...]
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