Two items ran across my desk yesterday that I’m finally getting to. The first is from Michael Yon on Afghanistan: We must alter our expectations for Afghanistan. There are bigger problems afoot. The ice is melting, banks are melting, and the prestige of great...
It is important to understand what is going on in China. A good place to start is with the U.S. State Department 2007 Country Report Human Rights Practices in China. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to...
The American people have always believed that they have the ability to do extraordinary things. It is very probable that the American public, as a whole, truly believes in the phrase: “the difficult we can do tomorrow. The impossible may take a while.”...
For the last sixty years, the Republic of China has claimed that it is the sole legal government of China. During that time however the only area effectively under its jurisdiction is the island of Taiwan. The Republic of China persuaded the international community to...
After WWII, 5 of the next 6 largest ‘cides occurred in or near China. 40,000,000 WWII 33,000,000 An Shi Rebellion 30,000,000 Mongol Conquests 27,000,000 Great Leap Forward 25,000,000 Fall of the Ming Dynasty 21,000,000 Nazi Holocaust 20,000,000 Taiping...
