Avatar photoWell, Come to Beijing!

So said the sign at the aiport (above). I will be in Beijing all this week, then moving down to Xiamen for a few days. I never thought I would miss the smell of pollution, but, when I stepped off the plane, the unmistakable smell of coal plants, construction dust and cigarettes made me tear …

Avatar photoLibya/UK Peace and Security Letter

This looks kind of interesting. Libya and the UK signed a joint letter of Peace and Security in June. My colleague Michael Nguyen wrote about it in this month’s ACT. He wrote: On June 26 in Tripoli, British Junior Foreign Minister Kim Howells signed a “Joint Letter of Peace and Security” with his counterpart, Libyan …

Avatar photoNot if You Were the Last HPSCI on Earth

I have a feeling that telling clowns like Charles Krauthammer that exaggerated Iran intel could increase support for a bombing campaign is kind of like Ordell Robbie admonishing his girlfriend while she smokes herb on the couch: Ordell Robbie: That shit’ll rob you of your ambition. Melanie: Not if your ambition is to get high …

Avatar photoPSI and Interdictions

I ain’t no lawyer, but I thought I’d try and provide an answer to a comment made the other day in response to this post. I thought I would make a post out of my response, lest it be lost in the comments section. Hass said: Sorry but there is a great deal of debate …