D-Day and Media Enthusiasm for War
The poignant D-Day remembrance ceremonies have as ever been turned into a media circus. The BBC has trotted out the same tired old formulae they use at such events synonymous with Royal Weddings, Trooping...
Category: Military
No Comment from Putin – or Obama
I’ve spent time in Russia and am totally up-to-date with the intense Russian debate over this whole crisis. I am very much not a supporter of Putin – or Russian corruption. But the latter...
MP Complains about subsidised boozing! – in the Army
A UK defence minister Anna Soubry was so upset that troops are only charged £1 for a triple gin and tonic that she’s out to ban drinking in the Armed Forces. She’d ordered the...
One Fifth of British Army Medically Non-Deployable
The future reduced British Army seems likely to be able to deploy little more than half the numbers of trained soldiers it had in 1991. A Freedom of Information Act question was answered last...
Playing the Yanks and their Allies for fools
The MoD sponsored a Territorial Army captain, Dr Mike Martin to write a book about the war in Helmand from 1978 until now. Martin was one of only a handful of officers who’d ‘mastered’...
The Heart of Darkness Falls Across Us All
Questionable Surveys, Deaths and Lamentable Predictions During Tony Blair’s interview on the BBC Today programme this morning, I was listening for some hint of uncertainty in his views on Iraq. He’s making too much...
German Left Wing Leader attacks German support for ‘Fascist” Ukraine Government
Gregor Gysi is a parliamentary head of the largest lower-house opposition party in Germany – the Left Party, today attacked Angela Merkel’s support for sanctions against Russia. “They [the Ukraine revolutionaries] formed a new...
Ideologists stirring it up in Crimea
I’ve been amazed at the hysterical rigidity of Western responses to President Putin’s Crimea intervention; accusations of Hitleresque moves that threaten the stability of Europe, and a crisis that could lead to World War...
Would Obama Tolerate an Armed Revolution in Mexico?
Would President Obama stand by allowing left wing revolutionaries to force the Mexican government out of office? What would he do if it looked like this was going to lead to civil disorder or...
The MoD Really Must Start Caring for its People – NOW
The MoD have always been unwilling to acknowledge that military service can have adverse effects on people. Their preferred message follows those pumped out by military recruitment campaigns: “Be the Best”, “thousands of jobs...
