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In light of Osama bin Laden’s death, it may be worthwhile to evaluate what he has accomplished. From this page, here is a description of Al-qaeda’s long-term strategy against the United States: On March 11, 2005, Al-Quds Al-Arabi published extracts from Saif al-Adel’s document “Al Quaeda’s Strategy to the Year 2020″.[37][38] Abdel Bari Atwan summarizes [...]
Let’s start by acknowledging that war is bad. People die, buildings are destroyed, stuff blows up and burns. But if you are going to have a war, is it possible to control the damage? Is it possible to kill only the bad guys without harming nearby civilians? Is it possible to destroy one building and [...]
To say that a U.S. President’s farewell address is important is, at the very least, an understatement. During their last opportunity to address the nation as its top elected official, outgoing presidents often recount the milestones of their time in office, offer guidance for the future of the nation and attempt to build a memorable [...]
Today’s Uproar – The cyberwar developing around Wikileaks
by Marshall Brain | December 8, 2010
Julian Assange was arrested yesterday: Julian Assange Arrested in UK, Denied Bail WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been denied bail by a judge after surrendering to British authorities over a Swedish arrest warrant Thursday. Assange vowed in court to fight extradition to Sweden, where authorities are hoping to question him over a sexual molestation case… [...]
Podcast Goodness: Circumcision and War Rules
by Charles W. Bryant | December 3, 2010
Hello there, folks. It’s time for a little podcast recap — a chance for the SYSK Army to sound off about the show topics. A forum, if you will.
This week on the Stuff You Should Know podcast program, Dr. Clark and myself got into a couple of odd topics. Well, neither one is odd on its own, but paired together it’s a bit weird. On Tuesday’s show we chatted it up about circumcision.
Veterans Affairs Struggling to Care for Female Soldiers
by Cristen Conger | November 8, 2010
Last week, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged that while female soldiers are officially banned from front-line combat, they’re equally at-risk to physical and mental trauma in Iraq and Afghanistan as male soldiers. In a speech to the U.S. Institute of Peace, Mullen said: “The war can grab you anywhere [...]this will be the first generation of veterans where large segments of women returning will have been exposed to some form of combat.”
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article titled Do wars drive technological advancement? The short answer is that war can create the need for new technology and as a result engineers, scientists and mad geniuses come up with incredible inventions to meet that need. This week on TechStuff, Chris and I spoke about two inventions that are at least partly the product of war: the Gatling gun and sonar.
A Forward Operating Base or FOB is a military installation designed to house military troops close to a front.
This article points out that FOBs have a positive effect on the lives of soldiers, relatively speaking:
How the Forward Operating Base is changing the life of combat soldiers
The situation in post war Iraq is producing combat veterans accustomed to a perspective of combat that differs greatly from past wars. The Forward Operating Base (FOB) has become a mainstay of the U.S. presence in Iraq. Dr. Leonard Wong and Colonel Stephan Gerras explore the facets of fighting from the FOB and show that it gives soldiers the unprecedented advantage of gaining a respite from constant danger, minimizes the wearing effects of hunger and fatique and reduces the isolation of combat
However, they are not “luxury hotels”, as is easily seen in these videos…
This is both funny and a little sad…
It is one of those classic “funny because it is true” things.
To put a finer point on the last panel, there is this…
Wikileaks today released a video that has been rumored for several weeks: Collateral Murder WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad — including two Reuters news staff. Reuters has been trying to obtain the video through the Freedom [...]
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