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Iraqi Army Upgrades

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Lee

Iraq is buying 140 M1A1 Abrams tanks, along with wide range of other conventional hardware, as it prepares to shift its focus from internal security to defending the borders in a very hostile neighborhood. Iran, in case you’re wondering, can … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged Abrams, army, borders, defense, Gulf War, hardware, Iran, Iraq, M1A1, Soviet, tanks, upgrades, weapons | Leave a comment

Siloviki

Posted on August 10, 2008 by MichaelW

How much of the Georgia/South Ossetia/Russian conflict can be laid at the hands of a corrupt cabal of former soviet ministers bent on lining their own pockets? Perhaps a great deal. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has handed his Russian counterpart, … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, MichaelW's Page | Tagged Anatoly Baranov, atlas, banditry, Caucasuses, defense, Dmitri Medvedev, Eduord Kokoity, energy, ethnic nationalism, Federal Security Service, gas pipelines, Georgia, Joshua Foust, KGB, Kokoity, Mikhail Mindzayev, Mikheil Saakashvili, Mordovia, Moscow, North Ossetia, Palestinian Liberation Organization, Palestinians, PLO, pro-Russian, refugee camps, Russia, security council, separatism, siloviki, South Ossetia, Tbilisi, Tskhinvali, United Nations, Yulia Latynina, Yuri Morozov | 6 Comments

The Green Party and National Security: An Interview with Alan Augustson

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Lee

A few weeks back I posted a facile little rebuke aimed at the national security implications of Green Party presidential candidate Alan Augustson‘s political platform. Alan responded to this in such a way that I realized I had little idea … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Interviews, Lee's Page | Tagged alan, alan augustson, alternative, alternative energy, augustson, biodiesel, China, Chinese, defense, Democrats, elucidates, Environment, environmental, exploration, facile, fuels, gasoline, global, gm foods, green, green party, greens, instructive, international, military, national security, peak oil, prc, Republicans, security, Terrorism, warming | Leave a comment

â€œSmall-Government Libertarianâ€

Posted on August 7, 2006 by MichaelW

I seem to have caused some confusion with my previous post, â€œPutting the Question to the Bishop,â€ by an inartful use of the term â€œsmall-government libertarian.â€ The more I think about, the clearer it becomes to me that this term … Continue reading →

Posted in Author Pages, Domestic Politics, MichaelW's Page | Tagged abortion, anarchism, anarchist, anti-gay marriage, anti-war left, arguments, battleground, big government, capitalism, citizenship, congress, defense, Democratic Party, Democrats, elections, electorate, executive branch, fiscal policy, Friedrich Hayek, homosexual rights, independent voters, Iraq, Iraq war, Libertarianism, Milton Friedman, minarchism, minarchist, Murray Rothbard, national security, netroots, netroots voters, political candidates, political partiers, president, pro-choice, pro-life, rationalism, Republicans, Robert Nozick, small government electorate, small-government libertarian, social politics, two party system, war | 22 Comments

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