Month: December 2018

Review of 2018

We’ve come to that time of year when we reflect on the year that has just passed and look forward to what 2019 might bring. For most, I suspect, 2018 has not been a very positive year, with Trump, Brexit, Syria, Yemen, the...

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Our Excruciating Relationship With the Saudis

Back on December 12, I argued that we should have reevaluated our relationship with Saudi Arabia long before now. It seems that the days of reckoning have finally arrived, yet we appear to be off to an inauspicious start to the...

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Midweek Cafe and Lounge, Vol. 96

Happy Hump Day!  I’m continuing to be the DJ and bartender for this weekly series while Don Durito is returning from his walkabout.  For today’s theme, I’m sharing selections from soundtracks of...

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Hybrid Warfare: UK Statecraft Integrity Initiative

Put the first comments in the December thread together in a diary … Re: December Open Thread (none / 1) I have somewhat been following the fall-out of the Integrity Initiative documents. The short version is that somebody...

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UAE Hired US Mercenaries for Assassinations in Yemen

The Israeli assassin who teamed up with Mohammad Dahlan | Ynet News – Oct. 2018 | Israeli-American Abraham Golan was hired by the UAE and Mohammed Dahlan, former head of Palestinian Preventive Security, to head a team of...

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