In the face of economic meltdown, pick a fight… A nice list of reasons to worry about a war with Iran was sent to our inbox on Tuesday…
January 21st, 2012 | Nickolai Hubble | 6 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "War"
Marines Caught Out in a Dirty War
And all over the world, the press is howling for the heads of the marines seen urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban soldiers on YouTube. Everyone is appalled. They are not defending the country. They are fighting a mean dirty war.
January 17th, 2012 | Bill Bonner | 4 comments | Continued
Energy, Resources and Real Asset Investing
Basic economics of scarcity, supply and demand, and investment demand won’t be less important in supporting commodities. But in a world of collapsing financial asset values, tangible assets are about to become the hotly contested objects of a great global strategic game.
December 9th, 2011 | Dan Denning | 1 comment | Continued
How China Will Defeat the US
Don’t expect spending on the pentagon to decrease. Not with US national security at stake. And not with China posing an ever- greater threat.
China’s economy grew 71 times faster than the US over the last 4 years. At that rate, it won’t be long before US output is actually lower than China’s.
November 23rd, 2011 | Bill Bonner | 4 comments | Continued
Unexpected Visitor at the Chateau in Ouzilly
Yesterday, while we were painting in the sunroom, we noticed a group of people wandering around the yard. They were taking photos…pointing at things. It was as if a group of tourists had walked in and decided to have a tour.
August 12th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
Robert McNamara Described as the “Architect” of Vietnam War
“War Criminal says Sorry, Sobs,” was the headline in the Nation on February 9th, 2004. Robert McNamara had just done something extraordinary for Secretaries of War: with tear in his eyes, he apologized for his role in the Vietnam War.
July 13th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
War Between the Uighurs and Han Chinese
One thing smart people always do is to underestimate the power of foolishness. It is wild and reckless to stir up a race war. But that doesn’t stop people from doing it. Any kind of war is a blow to reason and civilization. But that hasn’t made war unpopular…
July 9th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 3 comments | Continued
Apocalypse Now
The last time the sky fell was 96 years ago. Few saw it coming; no one panicked. But panic wouldn’t exist if it weren’t a useful instinct from time to time. The celestial bricks came unglued in August 1914. By 1918, 40 million people had died. But that was just the beginning.
November 10th, 2008 | Bill Bonner | 9 comments | Continued
