Friend of Wonk Allen Thompson sends along this little update from the October 2006 issue of Seafarer’s Log: Twenty-six Seafarers recently were lauded for their contributions to the Department of Defense’s Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) X-Band Radar (XBR) Project office while working aboard the Interocean American Shipping Corp.-operated SBX-1. The SBX-1, during the period when …
The Onion Strikes Again
by | 2007-02-01 | 5 Comments
The Onion on China’s ASAT test: Americans Demand Military Response After Chinese Shoot Down DirecTV Satellite January 29, 2007 | Issue 43•05 WASHINGTON, DC—A citizens’ group presented a petition signed by nearly 75 million Americans to key members of Congress Monday, demanding the United States take immediate military action against China after the Communist nation …
Stares on North Korea and the Bomb
by | 2007-01-30 | 3 Comments
Paul Stares argues that multilateral security assurances might induce Pyongyang to agree to the dismantlement of North Korea’s nuclear program: The diplomatic vehicle for such security assurances would be a United Nations-sponsored initiative to formally end the Korean War and dismantle the present armistice arrangements. As part of a peace treaty, the principal signatories — …
