“The key of strategy… is not to choose a path to victory,
but to choose so that all paths lead to a victory.”
(Lois McMaster Bujold, The Vor Game)
Re:
U.S. says Iranian boats harassed warships http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22537199/
Was writing about the Iran-US conflict (my last post on this), but realized later that, while I spent time trying to [...]
U.S. says Iranian boats harassed warships
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22537199/
WASHINGTON - Iranian boats harassed and provoked three American Navy ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, threatening to blow up the vessels, U.S. officials said Monday.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Monday the confrontation was “something normal” and was resolved, suggesting the Iranian boats had not recognized the U.S. vessels. [...]
A little vid from CNN about “the side of Iran visitors rarely see”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/20754821#20754821
I’ll post it in videos too.
The author effuses about nonmarried couples holding hands, in public (!!!!) and about a woman showing her own horse - at a high-class country club. If you go up in the mountains, he says, the police don’t go [...]
What I got trying to access wordpress.com from Istanbul…
Bu siteye eri?im mahkeme
karar?yla engellenmi?tir.
Access to this site has been suspended with decision of Court.
And when trying to access lningram.wordpress.com (this site specifically):
Bu siteye eri?im mahkeme karar?yla engellenmi?tir.
T.C. Fatih 2.Asliye Hukuk
Mahkemesi 2007/195 Nolu Karar?
gere?i bu siteye eri?im
engellenmi?tir.
Access to this site has been suspended [...]
Soooo… I thought I’d post Istanbul pictures. (If you’re not sure where Istanbul is, go here to find out…)
So this is Sultanahmet, the old city. I loved the cobblestone streets. The hotel was about three blocks from here.
Down the street a little (to the right of picture 1; if you keep going down [...]
I was talking with Madiha and Ben after dinner yesterday evening, and have some thoughts on communications/conflict/sustainable development/technology for you, but first, about the dinner and today’s talk:
We ate with General Abizaid (no, really, I’m serious) and then spent some time talking about the Middle East, U.S. actions in the region, etc. Abizaid was [...]
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