Why do we go to war?
Why do we go to war? I can think of only 4 reasons. We want to change peoples minds. We want to make them believe what we do. And we believe they will be happier for it. We want to change welded-on beliefs. We want the land they occupy. And the resources within. The coal, [...]
“What is work? Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth’s surface relatively to other such matter; second, telling other people to do so. The first kind is unpleasant and ill paid; the second is pleasant and highly paid. The second kind is capable of indefinite extension: [...]
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The movie is playing to packed houses, and England is sending the King-to-be to protect their (?) far flung colony in the South Atlantic. Is history repeating, have we gone all 1982? And a Destroyer (HMS Dauntless (huh)) has been sent to accompany Prince William, a very deadly Destroyer armed with guns and missiles [...]
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The conflict being played out in Syria at the moment could become a flash-point in the ugly game of global partisanship (are we really going back to cold war crap?). Rulers are trying to make it an us and them battle. Assad, Hammas, Iran, Russia and China on one side, and Isreal, the USA, Turkey [...]
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“All that is required for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing.” These are my experiences, the things I saw and heard and felt. These are not acquired through the media nor are they a result of Chinese whispers. Take from them what you can and ask more questions. My time [...]
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India is an emerging economic superpower. With a population in excess of one billion people and GDP growth at 9 and 10% (1) respectively for the past two years, India is on track to be a global force economically and socially. History though has a habit of repeating itself and if India does not take [...]
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Extract from a ww1 diggers diary. This is an extract from the diary of Roy Louis Coppin Bolto from Adelaide, Australia who fought on the Western front during World War One. He wrote this account in London while the war still rag-ged in France after being transferred from the front to the 70th Battalion, Wareham [...]
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