I always expect the USA to learn from it's mistakes, but, it makes them over and over. IS/IS/L is just such an example.
It is simple math. Send in ten guns to a conflict and ten people will most likely die, BUT, the ten guns live on and quite frequently in the cashe of the enemy. Just because a soldier of radical Islam dies doesn't mean his weapons do. A gun doesn't bleed.
Just curious. How is the containment of North Korea and Iran's nuclear capacity coming? America Feeling good about it or is it that it lacks alternatives?
September 4, 2014
By Steven Borowiec
It is simple math. Send in ten guns to a conflict and ten people will most likely die, BUT, the ten guns live on and quite frequently in the cashe of the enemy. Just because a soldier of radical Islam dies doesn't mean his weapons do. A gun doesn't bleed.
Just curious. How is the containment of North Korea and Iran's nuclear capacity coming? America Feeling good about it or is it that it lacks alternatives?
September 4, 2014
By Steven Borowiec
...South Korea's problem with suicide (click here) has been well documented. But a World Health Organisation report has found that the problem is even worse in its northerly neighbour, making the peninsula one of the most suicidal regions in the world.
The report, entitled Preventing Suicide: A Global Imperative, estimates that in 2012, 9,790 suicides took place in North Korea, with roughly equal numbers of males and females killing themselves. The report acknowledged that acquiring data was difficult, and that it had arrived at its North Korean estimate by factoring in a range of statistically predictive factors.
Analysts say North Koreans may be driven to suicide by poverty, and the psychological stress of living in a restrictive environment. "I heard economic hardship was the main reason, but really, for anyone who is gay or lesbian or has mental health issues, life in North Korea is really tough," said Sandra Fahy, assistant professor at Sophia University in Tokyo and author of the forthcoming monogrpah Marching Through Suffering: Loss, Survival and North Korea....
So they miss a deadline. I'm sure they will catch. Oh, yeah, the sanctions. Containment. Yep.
September 5, 2014
So they miss a deadline. I'm sure they will catch. Oh, yeah, the sanctions. Containment. Yep.
September 5, 2014
...Iran has missed a deadline (click here) to answer questions about its nuclear programme, the IAEA global nuclear watchdog says.
Iran had agreed to provide information to help allay concerns about a military dimension to its programme, but had failed to do so, the IAEA reported.
These include suspected work on detonators which can set off nuclear bombs and high explosive charges.
It comes weeks before a deadline for Iran and world powers to reach a final deal to resolve the nuclear issue....
Indeed.
Indeed.
