Reader Dan – Mulling Over the Definition of Terrorism
Reader Dan continues mulling over what Bob Hormats wrote… ———————– Rather than define terrorism itself, which appears to have many forms, goals and objectives, and methods, I have found several...
View ArticleReader Sammy on Terrorism
In the wake of the recent attempted car bombings on London and Glasgow, reader Sammy sends along a link to this article: [W]e are confronted with the uneasy reality that our cosy assumptions about who...
View ArticleReaer Dan on Terrorism, Part 2
This post is by Reader Dan… ——————– Another try at a serious discussion of terrorism. This post follows up a previous post on terrorismlisting four very general outlooks. This article on electrical...
View ArticleGallup world poll and extreme global thought
This analysis of Gallup Poll data offers insights for us to seriously think about. It also fits in with John Robb’s expert theory on terrorisms. Often U.S. policy-makers and other intellectuals draw an...
View ArticleAnbar and Pakistan
John Robb offers a viewpoint on progress in Iraq and lessons to be learned. When the Askariya shrine was bombed in February 2006, it fractured Iraqi social systems along religious lines. In the...
View ArticleIn the eye of the beholder
Came across a couple of videos. This first one is an issue of perspective on the thought of what is terroism or what is a terroist act. This second one is just plain funny (at least to me). It spoofs...
View ArticleThe suspected terrorist went to a federal pen?
by: Divorced one like Bush So, we can’t bring the Gitmo crowd here because they are dangerous and would create an inviting situation for further terrorism, but we can take the suspected Northwest...
View ArticleWMD? YMMV.
In the news over the past couple of days, I have heard the concealed explosives of the Undiebomber described as “weapons of mass destruction.” To me, this didn’t sound quite right — in fact, it sounded...
View ArticleTrade-Offs and Revealed Preferences, Republican Leadership edition
Even more than Digby on CalPERS, the one piece everyone should read today is Charlie Stross on International Travel. Since this is an economics blog, let’s pull a key section: Here’s the rub: security...
View ArticleShockwave Rider: it’s Now, Don’t Tell the Terrorists
by Bruce Webb I no longer try to follow Science-Fiction, but from 1964 to 1977 which is to say from the time I was seven until I turned twenty and joined the Navy I read pretty much everything and had...
View ArticleCan you imagine Pakistan as…?
Just listen to this and while you do, knowing this was recorded in a studio in Pakistan, by Pakistani’s try to jive that with “they hate us because…” and all that comment suggests. Dave Brubeck’s...
View ArticleChechnya and 2004
Reader Matthew McOsker sends a note pointing us to 2004 and reading for context: Who are the Boston Marathon terrorists? Some early reports state the men are Chechen. So where does Chechnya fit into...
View ArticleTerrorism and Immigration Policy
From a story in The Globe and Mail The 22-year-old Mr. Abedi was identified Tuesday by Manchester police as the suspected bomber. British media reported that he was born in Manchester to parents who...
View ArticleTerrorism, UK Today, France Yesterday
From a story in Daily Mail: Terror suspects including jihadis returning from fighting in Syria are to be offered taxpayer-funded homes, counselling and help finding jobs to stop them carrying out...
View ArticleCongratulations to Kim Kardashian
From the World Economic Forum: Kim Kardashian is an unlikely champion of statistics, but a tweet from the reality TV star in January 2017 contained a startling figure that has been named International...
View ArticleWhen Economic Distress Becomes Terrorism
“The Bell: When Economic Distress Becomes Terrorism,” thebell.blogspot.com, “Tom Dinger” What has changed since February 24, 2010? Have things gotten any better since then or 911? Are we still looking...
View ArticleHamas and Israel: A timely reminder
Timothy Snyder is a Yale historian. I’ve reviewed his books “Bloodlands” and “Black Earth” about the holocaust here and elsewhere. Snyder isn’t Israeli and he isn’t Jewish. But I think the comments he...
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