Every revolutionary faces threats to its regime survival from both the left and the right. The French Revolution was overthrown in turn by Napoleon Bonaparte (revolution from the right). The American Revolution faced a secessionist threat from the right (Confederate states) which it defeated in a terrible Civil War. The Soviet Revolution faced a threat […]
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Iran War? Probably Not; Also Khashoggi
Right now, American military forces are moving in the Middle East and many fear that the United States is on the verge of war with Iran. A few weeks ago, we were on the verge of war with Venezuela. I suspect that the failed regime change in Venezuela was a result of an over-estimation of […]
Continue readingSkirpal Incident: A Skeptical View From Britain
The Salisbury Incident UKIP Report Posted by Michael Shrimpton | Apr 11, 2018 | Debate | 6 | On 4th March, Colonel Sergei Skripal, a former intelligence officer in Russian military intelligence (GRU), 66, his 33 year old daughter Yulia and a detective with Wiltshire Police, DS Nick Bailey, were injured in a nerve agent […]
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C.L. Sulzberger. Long Row of Candles: Memoirs and Diaries [1934-1954]. New York: McMillan Co., 1969. (a book of the month club selection) C.L. Sulzberger (1912-1993) was chief foreign correspondent of the New York Times (1944-1954) and author of its foreign affairs column (1954-1978). He and his family owned the New York Times. He was the […]
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