1 - Gaming and the like has been fun. Running and playing games is good and it keeps me entertained. My by the seat of my pants GM'ing is still as good as ever. ( pat, pat, on my back ) Delta Green will be a fiasco in the "I pay my life insurance daily" sort of way. I have a solid group of people for the summer and this should allow me to actually ( Read more... )

Sometimes you just don't get invited to stuff. Maybe you aren't around or just aren't on the top of peoples lists. It isn't something that really perturbs me in any way as I have held the policy of "open invitation" to events in which if it is mentioned in front of me then it is up to me as to whether I wish to go or not. There are obvious ( Read more... )

Here is a quick take on the future of Pakistan and US relations after bin Laden ( Read more... )

Before we begin I would like to say what a Lumper is. A Lumper is someone who make generalizations about a group of people based on characteristics they share; such as police officer, black person, poor, or gender. It is easy to be a lumper because it makes the world make a lot of sense in the end. If I say all police officers abuse their power ( Read more... )

It was laughable to me when the UN authorized the no-fly zone and world leaders were coming on TV to say that Libya would not be subject to the regime change policy of the Bush Era ( Read more... )

The humanitarian crisis in Libya could turn into an epic bloodbath for the citizens of Misrata if the tribal leaders decide to engage in an operation to end the fighting. SO far it has been diplomatic but my fear is that the tribes could actually attack the rebels using irregular forces which would make any interdiction of their forces virtually ( Read more... )

Operation Iraqi Freedom 2: Libya has basically hit the tipping point. The current international involvement cannot bring about an end to the conflict. Misrata is turning into a humanitarian nightmare, but the children and wounded are being evac'd turning the city into a free fire zone. The government forces are appearing to become more desperate, ( Read more... )

The intervention in Libya is a reminder of why we need a framework for interventions that can bring about solutions to a humanitarian crisis and not prolong it indefinitely. This is something that the international community lacks and we are paying for it every day along with millions of others that we try and protect. A plan needs to in place, one ( Read more... )

I don't wear a poppy because I have spent a lot of time studying war and its effects. Too many people just wear the poppy out of tradition and couldn't be bothered to understand why they wear it. People die in war. People die in peace. People die in war-peace. War shouldn't be glorified but it is because it is awesome. It is the most impressive ( Read more... )

Political realism is based on 4 main ideas ( Read more... )