Category Archives: Political Commentary

History, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, War Commentary

Unconditional Surrender

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A history of our fecklessness since the end of WW II.

The problem with Trump is that, despite his talk about “getting tired of winning,” he, like the pseudo-pacifist Democrats (I say “pseudo,” because they aren’t really anti-war–they’re just on the other side) doesn’t want to win wars, but to “end” them. I get that he doesn’t like wars, but sometimes they are necessary, and the only way, ultimately, to end them is to win decisively, in a way that the combatants either no longer exist, or are no longer willing to continue to combat. It remains to be seen whether that’s the case in Iran, but I fear that they are just biding their time.

History, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Technology and Society, War Commentary

The Real War Has Finally Begun

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A good analysis of what’s been happening over the past day in Iran.

It seemed pretty clear that something was going to happen when we evacuated embassies in the region.

[Update early afternoon]

Iran has been launching retaliatory missile strikes against Tel Aviv, with most of them intercepted. I don’t think I’d want to be on Kharg Island on any day, but definitely not today.

Business, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Space

On The Trump-Musk Feud

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[Saturday-evening update]

Sorry about the formatting issues. I’m trying to get used to the WordPress update, which munged everything up in terms of how I post. Among other things, it made it a lot more effort to insert HTML.

History, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, War Commentary

Eighty-One Years

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I remember when I was nineteen my (veteran) mother saying, “I can’t believe it’s been thirty years.”

[Update a few minutes later]

The great crusade and the men who made it work.