Tag archive for ‘Terrorism’
Getting some perspective on the War in Gaza
Regarding the costs of war, just to put things in perspective [translated from a piece by Brigadier General (res.) Shuki Shichrur, a former chief of staff of the Israeli Northern Command]: Fallujah lies 70km west-north-west to Baghdad. In 2004, it had between 200 and 300 thousand residents. From early 2004, it was under control of [...]
The Diameter of the Bomb
The Diameter of the Bomb by Yehuda Amichai. trans. Chana Bloch & Stephen Mitchell The diameter of the bomb was thirty centimeters and the diameter of its effective range about seven meters, with four dead and eleven wounded. And around these, in a larger circle of pain and time, two hospitals are scattered and one [...]
V for Vainglory
S: “Violence is justified in the service of mankind.” B: “Who said that?” S: “Attila the hun.” B: “You’re quoting a hun to me??” (Woody Allen, Love & Death, 1975) Came back from watching journalist and geekc0re pre-premiere viewing of V for Vendetta, The Watchowski (The Matrix) bros. adaptation to film of one of my [...]
The Long War
Tags: pax-americana, terrorism, the-long-war, 1984, war-on-terror The Pentagon has revealed plans for a complete overhaul of US military and strategic thinking from the accute and ineffective War on Terror to a more chronic approach eerily titled The Long War. The report identifies four priority areas · Defeating terrorist networks · Defending the homeland in depth [...]