In 1939, while Germany was busy invading Poland, the rest of the world was busy doing nothing. They had declared war on Germany, but that’s as far as it had gotten – which was a shame because we later found out that we could have stopped Germany completely with very little effort.
Here’s a bit from the Wikipedia entry on the Phoney War:
At the Nuremberg Trials, Alfred Jodl said that “if we did not collapse already in the year 1939 that was due only to the fact that during the Polish campaign, the approximately 110 French and British divisions in the West were held completely inactive against the 23 German divisions.”
In 1939, while Germany was busy invading Poland, the rest of the world was busy doing nothing. They had declared war on Germany, but that’s as far as it had gotten – which was a shame because we later found out that we could have stopped Germany completely with very little effort.
Here’s a bit from the Wikipedia entry on the Phoney War:
At the Nuremberg Trials, Alfred Jodl said that “if we did not collapse already in the year 1939 that was due only to the fact that during the Polish campaign, the approximately 110 French and British divisions in the West were held completely inactive against the 23 German divisions.”
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Posted in America on Feb 2nd, 2012
I wish that the US was as good a friend to Israel as Canada is.
In fact, Canada’s friendship with Israel illustrates just how shamefully the office of the President of the United States treats Israel. At every level, the executive branch of the US government has done everything to marginalize and even betray America’s greatest friend and ally in the Middle East. From the President to the Secretary of State to the Secretary of Defense and onward, Israel has found very few real friends.
“But,” I hear you say, “America has been a great supporter of Israel.”
I wish that the US was as good a friend to Israel as Canada is.
In fact, Canada’s friendship with Israel illustrates just how shamefully the office of the President of the United States treats Israel. At every level, the executive branch of the US government has done everything to marginalize and even betray America’s greatest friend and ally in the Middle East. From the President to the Secretary of State to the Secretary of Defense and onward, Israel has found very few real friends.
“But,” I hear you say, “America has been a great supporter of Israel.”
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Posted in America, Syria on Feb 1st, 2012
And THAT is disappointing.
Really disappointing.
STRATFOR is pretty good at making these calls, and apparently they see a possibility that Assad might muddle through in his attempt to save his regime from complete destruction.
The good news is that, he might be so weakened that his ability to meddle in the affairs of Syria’s neighbors could be seriously blunted.
The other thing is that we cannot be sure who will gain power in Syria if Assad falls. When Egypt fell, the Muslim Brotherhood took over. Is there a Syrian version of the Muslim Brotherhood ready to jump into the vacuum left by the failure of the Assad regime?
And THAT is disappointing.
Really disappointing.
STRATFOR is pretty good at making these calls, and apparently they see a possibility that Assad might muddle through in his attempt to save his regime from complete destruction.
The good news is that, he might be so weakened that his ability to meddle in the affairs of Syria’s neighbors could be seriously blunted.
The other thing is that we cannot be sure who will gain power in Syria if Assad falls. When Egypt fell, the Muslim Brotherhood took over. Is there a Syrian version of the Muslim Brotherhood ready to jump into the vacuum left by the failure of the Assad regime?
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Posted in America, Egypt, Islam on Jan 23rd, 2012
Welcome to the new Iran of the Middle East.
Just when you thought that you could dispense with Israel, and relegate her to the back pages of human history… along comes a development that emphasizes just how important Israel is – and why the world will never be able to free itself from Israel’s importance.
And yes, I like that.
One of these days the idiots who set foreign policy will wake up to this fact, but probably not until it’s too late – right about the time the global caliphate is on the verge of taking to the world stage.
Welcome to the new Iran of the Middle East.
Just when you thought that you could dispense with Israel, and relegate her to the back pages of human history… along comes a development that emphasizes just how important Israel is – and why the world will never be able to free itself from Israel’s importance.
And yes, I like that.
One of these days the idiots who set foreign policy will wake up to this fact, but probably not until it’s too late – right about the time the global caliphate is on the verge of taking to the world stage.
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Posted in America, Democracy, Palestinians on Jan 20th, 2012
There can be no other rational conclusion, until something changes.
Seriously.
It’s been slowly dawning on some of us that democratic ideals can only exist where there is an education system to promote them. If you have an educational system that promotes some OTHER ideal, well… you’ll get something other than democracy.
Hence, the current Palestinian mess.
That’s right. For generations, the Palestinians have taught their children anti-democratic values, and we’ve known this. That’s why it shouldn’t surprise us (but does) when democratic elections bring non-democratic results.
There can be no other rational conclusion, until something changes.
Seriously.
It’s been slowly dawning on some of us that democratic ideals can only exist where there is an education system to promote them. If you have an educational system that promotes some OTHER ideal, well… you’ll get something other than democracy.
Hence, the current Palestinian mess.
That’s right. For generations, the Palestinians have taught their children anti-democratic values, and we’ve known this. That’s why it shouldn’t surprise us (but does) when democratic elections bring non-democratic results.
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