Readers have continued providing me with plenty of fine comments on the Iraq war. But before that, let’s get to the real reason I live in Japan. Rob wrote on Sept. 13, “I’ve always wondered why you choose to live in Japan, and I guess I now understand. You want to live in a country […]
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Thoughts On The Iraq War: Part 2
Yesterday, I asked for reader comments on the Iraq war following the initial reactions I received to my 9/11 article. Responses came in spades. I won’t be able to post all of them today, so this has become a multi-part series on the war. To follow the entire thread as it grows, see the Geopolitics […]
Thoughts On The Iraq War: Part 1
I received notes objecting to my Sept. 11 article, “No End In Sight“. Jan wrote: Not being a Washington employee or a part of the government community, neither you nor I really know that that thoughtful process didn’t occur. Unfortunately, too often many people tend to overlook the good for the bad or “not so […]
Stratfor on Sub-Prime
I wrote yesterday that the sub-prime mess doesn’t worry me because it doesn’t affect a large enough portion of the economy to bring on disaster. Stratfor Founder and Chief Executive Officer George Friedman agrees. From his August 13 Geopolitical Intelligence Report: Stratfor views the world through the prism of geopolitics. Not all events have geopolitical […]
