The Decision to Go to War

The Decision to Go to War

An analysis of various wars and conflicts of the current century shows that the decisions of the military-political leadership of these states were made on the basis of geopolitical, political, military and technical goals, along with different tasks and phases of hostilities, but the main thing was to achieve a surprise attack. Second Lebanese The…

Haftar’s Sweep of Southern Libya Might Finally Reunify the Country

Haftar’s Sweep of Southern Libya Might Finally Reunify the Country

General Khalifa Haftar of the unrecognized East Libyan government in Tobruk announced the beginning of his forces’ operations against terrorist groups, foreign rebels, mercenaries, and other non-state actors in southern Libya last month, sweeping across this broad expanse of sparsely populated territory in the time since to finally capture the country’s biggest oilfield of El…

Lies, Damned Lies and the Mainstream Media – Don't Be Fooled

Lies, Damned Lies and the Mainstream Media – Don't Be Fooled

“It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled” Mark Twain For the first time I reached for my Mark Twain book of quotes while I considered the thrust of what I wanted to convey in this column. The truth is what I want to say justifies a book or two rather than a single opinion piece and…

In Libya, ‘We Came. We Saw. He Died.’ Will There Be a Repeat in Venezuela?

In Libya, ‘We Came. We Saw. He Died.’ Will There Be a Repeat in Venezuela?

Libya is in a state of anarchic turmoil, with various groups fighting each other for control of the country, and as the Wall Street Journal reported last September, “Islamic State is staging a resurgence in chaotic Libya, claiming more than a dozen attacks in the North African country this year and threatening to disrupt the flow of oil…