tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31588679.post1906840480959706953..comments2023-10-21T16:25:58.899+01:00Comments on Three Score Years And Ten: Yesterday's MenHarry Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01600933854461096745noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31588679.post-70459028326909171442008-01-27T12:34:00.000+00:002008-01-27T12:34:00.000+00:00rwendland: Thanks for the link to "Moon of Albama"...rwendland: Thanks for the link to "Moon of Albama". In addition to the item on the Neocon Nato Report, the post about Iran on 25 January is helpful to me for the talk I am preparing for next Friday for the Fabian Society in Derby. And there is much more of value. I also still need to read the 150 page report.Harry Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01833380054575757928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31588679.post-75947390456023359472008-01-26T21:39:00.000+00:002008-01-26T21:39:00.000+00:00An interesting aside about the document is that it...An interesting aside about the document is that it was at least part authored by Benjamin Bilski (Dutch) and Douglas Murray (UK). Douglas Murray is of course author of "Neoconservatism: Why We Need It", and I think Bilski is of the same ilk.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.moonofalabama.org/2008/01/certainty-on-th.html" REL="nofollow"><BR/>http://www.moonofalabama.org/2008/01/certainty-on-th.html<BR/></A><BR/><BR/>speculates that these two drafted this report, as 12 committee meetings of 5 former NATO Generals are unlikely to create a 150 page report.<BR/><BR/>The entire think was funded by the Dutch Noaber Foundation, funded and run by Christian fundamentalist Paul Baan.<BR/><BR/>The whole think stinks of a neocon agenda-setting publicity stunt. Though I admit I've not read the 150 pages yet!rwendlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07861901317813829419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31588679.post-61583961988978802012008-01-25T20:54:00.000+00:002008-01-25T20:54:00.000+00:00rwendland; thank you for the links. I had the wron...rwendland; thank you for the links. I had the wrong title for the report, so no wonder I could not find it. I have now printed it off and I will study it fully. Hopefully I will then return to the issue. At the moment I am mugging up on Iran for a talk next Friday - the nuclear issue is obviously of importance to this.Harry Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01833380054575757928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31588679.post-61874450749334636462008-01-25T01:56:00.000+00:002008-01-25T01:56:00.000+00:00The full text can be found at:http://www.csis.org/...The full text can be found at:<BR/><A HREF="http://www.csis.org/media/csis/events/080110_grand_strategy.pdf" REL="nofollow"><BR/>http://www.csis.org/media/csis/events/080110_grand_strategy.pdf<BR/></A><BR/><BR/>and some interesting views on this born-again-neocon nonsense at:<BR/><A HREF="http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/1774/a-new-preemptive-nuclear-posture-for-nato" REL="nofollow"><BR/>http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/1774/a-new-preemptive-nuclear-posture-for-nato<BR/></A><BR/><BR/>I particularly liked the comment that preemptively nuking another country that you thought might preemptively nuke another country was a pretty wild idea.rwendlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07861901317813829419noreply@blogger.com