How’s Retirement General?
NBC reports on the remarks of yet another retired general: ‘A nightmare with no end in sight’
ARLINGTON, Va. – A “failure of the national political leadership” is responsible for the “nightmare” of the Iraq war, retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez said Friday.
If some of America’s political leaders were in the military they would have been relieved or court-martialed long ago, Sanchez told a conference of military journalists.
October 12, 2007 Comments Off on How’s Retirement General?
When Fantasy Meets Reality
The BBC notes US rejects Russian missile call
Talks between the US and Russia about a US anti-missile system in Europe have ended acrimoniously and without any sign of progress.
The US rejected Russian appeals at the talks in Moscow to halt the scheme.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said his country would take steps to neutralise the threat posed by the missile system if it went ahead.
October 12, 2007 2 Comments
Climate Change & Peace
The number of people I’ve seen who don’t understand the connection between climate change and conflicts that resulted in the Nobel committee selecting Al Gore and the IPCC for the Peace prize is amazing.
Does anyone think that the US would know where the Persian Gulf was, much less be occupied with war there if it wasn’t for a scarce resource?
Do they not understand that the people of Darfur are being forced out because they have arable land?
October 12, 2007 10 Comments
Friday Cat Blogging
La Bella Donna
Where’s dinner?
[Editor: The matriarch of all the feral cats decided to drop by for a nosh. Molly is the oldest and most senior alpha female. Normally she comes by at dusk.]
In Memoriam
Last weekend Athenae at had to say good bye to Stripe, the last member of her original troika of ferrets.
October 12, 2007 10 Comments
