Tag Archives: Ahmad Shah Massoud

prestige contruction: now renting and digging

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Dave

From an article by Tom Blackwell in the National Post, basically on the theme of governmental conspicuous waste in the Afghanistan nation building project. There was was no illusion that Canada was going to reinvent the wheel, their largesse simply … Continue reading →

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lessons of munich

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Dave

Is there a “lesson of Munich?” Whatever it is, it was certainly misapplied by the Americans to Vietnam in the same way that the so-called appeasement of the Arab world is likely also a misapplication of Munich applied to a … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Ahmad Shah Massoud, Apghanistan War, appeasement of the Arab World, Barack Obama 2012, Barack Obama appeasement, Daladier France, Francisco Franco Spain, Gerda Taro, Hitler and Mussolini, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, iraq war, Joseph Stalin, Korean War, Lessons of Munich, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Reza Deghati, Robert Capa, Spanish Civil War, Vietnam War | Leave a comment

osama obama doctrine: no hayseed that holy warrior

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Dave

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes: The Stranger May 4-10, 2011 issue Illustration: Jim Blanchard For the 11th anniversary of September 11, 2001 I present my favorite image epitaph for the legacy of that event, from last spring 2011 (numbers make you … Continue reading →