fatigue
This might have been a bigger story than it is.
Read More fatigueJanuary 31, 2010
random Afghanistan links
Jean-Dominique Merchet writes about the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, and argues that the political preparation and the overall strategy of it give cause for optimism. I’ve thought this before, and then doubted it. There seems to be something of an optimism outbreak on after the London conference last week; here’s McChrystal, saying he expects that…
Read More random Afghanistan linkssupport from an unexpected quarter
This feels wrong – but it looks like Prinny did the right thing. I wonder what Nigel Lawson or Monckton will say the next time they meet the heir to the throne?
Read More support from an unexpected quarterHaitian logistics: one reader asks…
A little more Haitian logistics. That’s what the container terminal looked like this week (from here). Nathan Hodge of Wired has two good pieces, about progress reopening the harbour and bringing in a huge barge full of drinking water, and surveying the bottom of the harbour, which may not be in the same place any…
Read More Haitian logistics: one reader asks…now that’s what I call wanktankery
Perhaps we shouldn’t be so hard on the British wanktank movement. Here’s an example of the US version. It turns out that the people responsible for a break-in at U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu’s office, who apparently posed as telecoms company technicians in an attempt to “tamper” with the phones, were led by a character who…
Read More now that’s what I call wanktankery