Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia’s deterrence forces – military units in control of nuclear arms – on high alert. Putin’s given justification for the move was both sanctions against Russia, and what he sees as aggressive statements from NATO. “As you can see, not only do Western countries take unfriendly measures against our […]
All of which leaves the unfortunate people of Ukraine the hostage to Western conceit and Western delusion
Because ultimately, neutrality is only useful until a better opportunity for a bit of moral preening comes along.
It might seem unusual to start a column on the war in Ukraine with Irish climate policy, but the two are deeply connected.
On September 21st 1601 the Spanish landed in Kinsale Co Cork with some 4,000 men, took the town and awaited the arrival of the Gaelic chiefs from Ulster. With a fleet of twenty-eight, they occupied the port at Kinsale under the maestro de campo general, Don Juan del Águila. The ships were to be brought […]
Mainstreaming the Taliban.
Terrible scenes.
ON THIS DAY: 12 AUGUST 1652: English Parliament under Cromwell passes the Act for the Settlement of Ireland (1652) Cromwell was in Ireland from 15 August 1649 to 26 May 1650. As Olivercomwell.org – a charity founded to advocate for Cromwell writes: “He accomplished a more complete control of Ireland than had been achieved under […]
An extended family sleeping under one roof, eight of the children and two women were killed on Saturday morning in an Israeli airstrike.
The Israeli military has been criticised for demolishing a residential tower in Gaza thought to be used by Hamas, despite issuing warnings to evacuate the building.
Before April 2018, few people outside Ethiopia had heard about Abiy Ahmed. Then he became the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, removed most of the political restrictions that had weighed down Ethiopians for years, brought a lingering war with Eritrea to a peaceful end, won a Nobel Peace Prize, and led his countrymen in planting a […]
The difference between a “largely peaceful” demonstration, as leftist media like to call BLM protests, and the all-out war overlooked by this week’s pearl-clutchers is vast.