Lee on Nov 15 2008 | Filed under: Foreign affairs, History
The subject of the bloody 1965 Indonesian mass murder of suspected communists is not often openly discussed history even in today’s Indonesia. Given the pervasive silence, estimates vary on the actual number of people killed, but it’s generally accepted as being somewhere between 250,000 and 500,000. Yet so infected with fear is the subject of [...]
Lee on Aug 16 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Republic of Georgia-US flag lapel pin for sale. Have you ever wondered why people who say flag pins are “empty gestures,” ironically always seem to be the same folks who think issue-ribbons (breast cancer, AIDS, etc) are meaningful (and vice versa). At any rate it’s an insulting statement to offer either way. Patriotism and national [...]
Lee on Aug 15 2008 | Filed under: Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
89 amateur snapshots from the war in Georgia. Some are rather gruesome, so avoid this link if you’ve a weak stomach. It was good to see some US munitions and equipment in Georgian hands too.
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Lee on Aug 14 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Looking like the Redeem Team is exactly that so far. Greece fell 92-69 in Beijing, securing our quarterfinal berth.
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Lance on Aug 10 2008 | Filed under: Foreign affairs, Lance's Page
McQ, Dale and I discuss the Russian campaign against Georgia over South Ossetia.
Generally I feel that our support should belong to Georgia. However, Georgia has severely miscalculated in this matter, and frankly our options are limited. At best, we get a negotiated settlement with Russia that retains Georgian sovereignty with the loss of Abkhazia and [...]
Joshua Foust on Apr 30 2008 | Filed under: Developmental economics, Foreign affairs
Cross-posted from Registan.net, your one-stop shop for news and analysis of going on in Central Asia and the Caucasus.
Thirteen months ago, I noted the problems caused by the U.S. State Department having dramatically different divisions than the military COCOMs.
The DoD considers Pakistan part of the Central Command, or CENTCOM (which includes the Middle East [...]
Joshua Foust on Apr 23 2008 | Filed under: Humor, Josh's Page
Ever since I moved to the Midwest four-point-five long months ago, I’ve been amazed at the subtle difference that occasionally make me feel like I’m in another country. Maybe Arlington, VA is just too damned humorless, but there are random bits of naughty that crop up here and there that just make me giggle uncontrollably. [...]
Lee on Jan 23 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
The tomb of Jonas Savimbi in Moxico has been looted by graverobbers. A number of items were stolen including his bronze epitaph. A bit of a sad addendum for the former US ally and UNITA leader who had battled the Soviet and Cuban backed MPLA for decades in the Angolan Civil War, but in the [...]
Lee on Jan 20 2008 | Filed under: Economics, Lee's Page
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I thought the map Lance posted from the other day (originally from Strange Maps), which expressed the GDP of foreign countries as US states, based on their approximate equivalent GSP, was a pretty interesting visualization. However, I got to thinking what the same exercise might produce if the big boys were projected onto [...]
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