Posted in America, Iran, War fighting on Oct 26th, 2007
In my piece, The Lavi Lives, I made a point that I want to hammer on again. It’s one of many themes that run through each of my articles:
Corruption Kills
Corruption killed the IAI Lavi fighter, which lead to a lesser corruption that resurrected it in China.
That was an easy statement to make, but it lacks the [...]
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Posted in America, Iran, War fighting on Oct 25th, 2007
I don’t know if any of you remember the Lavi, but it was the coolest multi-role, long range fighter-bomber being designed ANYWHERE. It could out-fly and out-fight anything and anyone.
And, it was being developed by Israel.
Then, the US government killed it (at the instigation of General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin). The tiny Lavi was a threat [...]
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Posted in Iran, Syria, Turkey on Oct 24th, 2007
There is something rotten in the state of…
…Kurdistan.
This one caught me a Little by surprise, but it makes so much sense… well, I don’t know why I wasn’t talking this one up. Let me try and make up for lost time.
There is something really rotten going on among the Kurds.
Kurds? Like curds, but with a K? Are we talking [...]
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Posted in History, Iran, Society on Oct 23rd, 2007
There seems to be a pattern that weaves its way through human history.
A certain percentage of people are really honest, a certain percentage are really dishonest, and certain percentage are really in between. A certain percentage are really good neighbors, a certain percentage are really bad neighbors, and a certain percentage are really in between. A certain [...]
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Posted in Iran, Media on Oct 1st, 2007
I don’t watch TV.
I’m not necessarily against it, but the information content is so low that it just doesn’t make any sense to spend the time. And, the shows that are supposed to be entertaining… well, so many of them aren’t that I don’t bother.
So, I don’t watch TV.
However, I made an exception this past Saturday.
I was [...]
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