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December 26, 2011

Padre Steve’s Year in Review and Predictions for 2012: The Best Jibber-Jabber on the Web

Once again it is that time of the year when I look back at the events of the last 12 months and say “that was some year.” And what a year it was. So many things happened at home and … Continue reading →

Padre Steve’s Primer on the Muddle East

“When you are up to your arse in alligators it is hard to remember that your mission is to drain the swamp.” Old British Colonial Saying During the dark days of World War Two when Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was … Continue reading →

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March 21, 2011

Damned if you do and Damned if you Don’t: The Allied Intervention in Libya

Libyan Rebels gather around a destroyed T-72 outside Benghazi War is the unfolding of miscalculations. Barbara Tuchman Back on the 9th of March I wrote this closing line to an article entitled The Guns of March where I discussed the developing … Continue reading →

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Tagged as arab league, bahrain, bahrain protests, barak obama, benghazi, dennis kucinich, egypt, france, great britain, impeachable offense, libyan revolution, muammar gaddafi, nato, no fly zone, operation odyssey dawn, ottoman empire, ron paul, tunisia, united nations security council, united states air force, us foreign policy in the middle east, US Marine Corps, US Navy, world war i, yemen protests

March 17, 2011

All necessary Measures….the Coming End of the Gaddafi Regime

Gaddafi (Reuters photo) After weeks of dithering the United Nations Security Council has authorized a “No Fly Zone” and authorized “all necessary measures” to protect civilians from the onslaught of Muammar Gaddafi’s military. The vote came after days of urging … Continue reading →

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March 9, 2011

The Guns of March

“War is the unfolding of miscalculations” Barbara Tuchman Libya Revolt (Al Jazeera) In 1914 an assassination in Bosnia-Herzegovina led to the First World War. In 2011 a civil war in Libya may lead to the destabilization of an entire region … Continue reading →

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Tagged as barbara tuchman, bosnia crisis of 1996, bosnia-hertzogovina, david cameron, egypt, europe 1914, libya, libyan revolution, muammar gaddafi, nato, nicholas sarkozy, no-fly zones, president barak obama, rwanda genocide, the guns of august, the guns of march, tunisia, uss enterprise carrier battle group, uss enterprise cvn-65

February 22, 2011

Göttdammerung in Libya: Shades of Hitler as Gaddafi Promises to Die as a Martyr

“Muammar Gaddafi is not the president, he is the leader of the revolution. He has nothing to lose. Revolution means sacrifice until the very end of your life” “I am a fighter, a revolutionary from tents … I will die … Continue reading →

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February 21, 2011

To the Shores of Tripoli: The Flames of Revolution Spread to Libya as Gaddafi Fights Back

Muammar Gaddafi: A Fight to the Finish The regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is now in a fight to the death against the Libyan people in the streets of the capitol Tripoli. In the eastern part of the country it … Continue reading →

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February 20, 2011

The Iranian Navy in the Mediterranean: Looking for War in all the Right Places

Iranian Frigate Alvand For the first time since the Iranian Revolution Iranian warships have permission to transit the Suez Canal, an international waterway. The Frigate Alvand and the supply ship Kharq passed inspection to ensure that no contraband or illegal … Continue reading →

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February 11, 2011

Egypt: As Mysterious as the Sphinx and as Dangerous as a Cobra….What Next?

Hosni Mubarak delivers his speech (AFP Photo via Yahoo News) Today after hours of speculation fueled by senior Egyptian Army officers demonstrators in Tahrir Square believed that Hosni Mubarak was about to leave office. The Army High command convened without … Continue reading →

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February 2, 2011

The Beginning of Chaos in Egypt: Watching and Waiting as the Situation Deteriorates

Battle Lines in Tahrir Square (Yanis Behrakis -Reuters via MSNBC) Today violent street clashes broke out in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Following President Hosni Mubarak’s pledge not to run for the Presidency again but remain in office until September and the … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: egypt

Padre Steve’s Year in Review and Predictions for 2012: The Best Jibber-Jabber on the Web

Padre Steve’s Primer on the Muddle East

Damned if you do and Damned if you Don’t: The Allied Intervention in Libya

All necessary Measures….the Coming End of the Gaddafi Regime

The Guns of March

Göttdammerung in Libya: Shades of Hitler as Gaddafi Promises to Die as a Martyr

To the Shores of Tripoli: The Flames of Revolution Spread to Libya as Gaddafi Fights Back

The Iranian Navy in the Mediterranean: Looking for War in all the Right Places

Egypt: As Mysterious as the Sphinx and as Dangerous as a Cobra….What Next?

The Beginning of Chaos in Egypt: Watching and Waiting as the Situation Deteriorates

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