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Donald Rumsfeld – Right Man, Wrong Time

Any and all Presidential wannabe’s can and have taken repeated potshots at the Former Secretary of Defense – Donald H Rumsfeld. He is fair game after all. His tenure in office, as the Secretary of the largest and perhaps most important government departments, was precarious from the very start.
Rumsfeld was hired by President Bush to [...]

The Great Satan, NATO, and Putin’s Hypocrisy

As we all know – annual conferences are a great venue for peacock pride, barrel-chested bravado, and well-worn speeches full of optimism and strategy yet hollow on truth and outcome.
The annual Munich Conference on Security Policy is this and so much more. The conference, in its 43rd year, invites “the international security community – ministers, [...]

Senator Joe Biden – Simple Reasons to Show Him Respect

Reading about Senator Joe Biden’s activities this week – as he tries to build some credible media coverage for his 2008 presidential aspirations – I read-up on his biography and learnt some fascinating insights about the Senator – that might better explain his character and decisions.
Joseph Robinette Biden is serving his sixth term in office [...]

So Much for the New Year Resolutions!

My morals have always been … flacid. Rarely have I successfully stuck with a sound and generally wholesome idea / task / purpose to its ultimate conclusion. Just one of my many (many!) fascinating flaws. So this New Year I thought I’d truly stun myself, and those around me, by building a staggeringly unrealistic [...]

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