Blood and Glory, Words and Worry
China is a huge pain in the ass. This is a nation with its brain striving for right-minded ideals like cooperation, freedom, capitalism and wealth while its feet are rooted in the wrong-headed cements of autocracy and thuggish self absorption. Here are the three national zones of water defined in the United Nations Convention on … Continue reading
A Kick in the Shorts, July 2012
Here are some shorts for your pondering: “Afloat Forward Staging Bases” The U.S. is reconfiguring its war-making capability. It has found that relying on “allies” like Pakistan for land bases can be troublesome, whereas the seas are open to all. So the latest development is to design ships that can serve as floating islands for … Continue reading
A First Class Philippines: The Honorable Albert F. del Rosario
While hysterians such as ellentordesillasare casting their dark and contentious shadow across the Philippines by declaring President Aquino “treasonous” for suggesting the Philippines may ask the U.S. for fly-over assistance to monitor the contested areas of the West Philippine Sea, let me present the Philippines in a different light. As sophisticated, intelligent and capable. Now … Continue reading