tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post8555431035083673061..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Iron ChancellorAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-37176796733218649802010-10-26T18:11:43.903-07:002010-10-26T18:11:43.903-07:00Technology will improve but untill it does who hol...Technology will improve but untill it does who holds title to the Real Estate?anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-30503119142295766422010-10-26T15:14:41.773-07:002010-10-26T15:14:41.773-07:00Anthony, so far they have proved quite elusive. B...Anthony, so far they have proved quite elusive. Besides, given what happened in the relatively tranquil waters of the Gulf just think of the far greater potential for disaster in the South Atlantic.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-53076244972633337352010-10-26T10:02:16.051-07:002010-10-26T10:02:16.051-07:00The Falklands issue is not about some desolate win...The Falklands issue is not about some desolate windswept islands with a few flock of sheep.The offshore oil reserves are the key .anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-83118777244224505492010-10-26T09:53:57.179-07:002010-10-26T09:53:57.179-07:00@ Calvin: NWO ( the new world order )@ Calvin: NWO ( the new world order )anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-19734206495636431872010-10-26T01:25:44.825-07:002010-10-26T01:25:44.825-07:00Calvin, that's a complex and intriguing scenar...Calvin, that's a complex and intriguing scenario, one that would require a far different strategic and political response.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-39076733254182152032010-10-26T01:22:15.693-07:002010-10-26T01:22:15.693-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-75340314130941137092010-10-26T01:21:43.107-07:002010-10-26T01:21:43.107-07:00Anthony, that's the first I've heard of it...Anthony, that's the first I've heard of it! Thanks for that reference.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-17991505604550967752010-10-26T01:20:48.435-07:002010-10-26T01:20:48.435-07:00Adam, there are no crystal balls but it is still p...Adam, there are no crystal balls but it is still possible to read the runes, or the traces, as I have said. It's a question of political and strategic realism; more particularly of <i>fiscal</i> realism. We can't keep up ruinous levels of expenditure 'just in case.' I repeat my essential point: the little corporals are a thing of the past.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-22036618160408315172010-10-25T21:13:58.474-07:002010-10-25T21:13:58.474-07:00Perhaps I'm too late to contribute to this dis...Perhaps I'm too late to contribute to this discussion, but I suggest that we are in a period similar to the mid-19th Century, where events are hard to interpret because the world is undergoing a great change. In that time, between the fall of Napoleon and the Franco-Prussian War, monarchies were being replaced by nations and the nature and causes of conflict were transformed from family squabbles writ large, to much more ferocious wars over trade, resources, and spheres of influence. Then came the great religious struggle between authoritarianism and democracy that dominated the world stage from 1917 to 1990. The next ideological struggle beginning to emerge is between corporatism and nationalism. The contest is already underway, but the opponents have not yet exposed their true faces. They will, and that struggle may be more ruthless and destructive than any we have yet seen - an undeclared war conducted on a global scale in the cities and communities where we all live. It is time to decide what you really believe, whom you can trust, and how to comport yourself when the hard choices must be made.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-73817092561554610212010-10-25T18:56:55.640-07:002010-10-25T18:56:55.640-07:00By the way Argentina has ambitions to develope nuc...By the way Argentina has ambitions to develope nuclear weapons.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-80816988053903078162010-10-25T18:53:17.118-07:002010-10-25T18:53:17.118-07:00The clash of civilizations and the remaking of wor...The clash of civilizations and the remaking of world order. By Samuel p. Huntington is supposed to be a good read ,I have to look into it .anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-88290112972094470412010-10-25T17:03:49.161-07:002010-10-25T17:03:49.161-07:00carthago delenda estcarthago delenda estFletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-64966512754066813702010-10-25T17:02:54.681-07:002010-10-25T17:02:54.681-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-43149154183575616482010-10-25T17:01:09.768-07:002010-10-25T17:01:09.768-07:00The world has changed, Adam, Europe has changed; h...The world has changed, Adam, Europe has changed; history moves on. In 1920 Germany had lost a war, and it hadn't. The country had a massive sense of grievance, fertile ground for political extremism. 1920 was the year of the Kapp Putsch, a slight indication of things to come. The political situation in Germany, in Europe in general, is so different now. There will never again be a March on Rome, a Munich Putsch or a <i>Machtergreifung</i>. Your perceptions are so narrow, much more antique Roman than Danish. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-67123249311835691492010-10-25T16:28:03.532-07:002010-10-25T16:28:03.532-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-59065368423080251992010-10-25T16:26:52.212-07:002010-10-25T16:26:52.212-07:00No, Adam, there is no new Hitler on the way. Hone...No, Adam, there is no new Hitler on the way. Honestly, you are best to keep that sort of silly prediction to yourself. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-21893756304700844452010-10-25T16:07:48.078-07:002010-10-25T16:07:48.078-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-22206032693553275932010-10-25T16:02:17.018-07:002010-10-25T16:02:17.018-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-8348109963341504412010-10-25T15:58:43.574-07:002010-10-25T15:58:43.574-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-27812458362474001072010-10-25T15:58:27.880-07:002010-10-25T15:58:27.880-07:00Rehan, indeed it has. I wish we could avoid pain ...Rehan, indeed it has. I wish we could avoid pain in the process, but we can't.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-90573471732145918042010-10-25T15:57:10.275-07:002010-10-25T15:57:10.275-07:00Adam, the Messerschmitt 109s, the Panzer Mark IVs,...Adam, the Messerschmitt 109s, the Panzer Mark IVs, the E-boats, and the SS assault units have gone and gone forever, no more likely to return than Napoleon’s Old Guard. The world is changing.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-55113294505507295072010-10-25T15:53:45.130-07:002010-10-25T15:53:45.130-07:00Dominic, that might work!Dominic, that might work!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-61597500738422210462010-10-25T15:52:58.316-07:002010-10-25T15:52:58.316-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-4294731570900498272010-10-25T15:51:55.137-07:002010-10-25T15:51:55.137-07:00David, there is really no comparison between now a...David, there is really no comparison between now and 1982. Then the Falklands were weakly garrisoned and Argentina had a very different kind of government, one that is never likely to return.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-18287410678427817932010-10-25T08:05:13.847-07:002010-10-25T08:05:13.847-07:00The government has taken the much-needed steps to ...The government has taken the much-needed steps to solve this deficit. The most vulnerable will always suffer (or they will not be the most vulnerable ones).Rehan Qayoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02391797858691917631noreply@blogger.com