The Fly Presents: World News Today
At long last, here's another news update!
What do you do if you're a "Palestinian" and you disagree with your political rivals? Well, apparently you storm their TV station and lay waste to it.
There's still heavy fighting in East Timor, and the Australians are calling on Asian nations to send more troops to assist in the intervention.
In Afghanistan, the British commander of the NATO contingent has announced new tactics in continuing to deal with Taliban remnants. His new system will involve a "people-friendly force". I can appreciate this approach, but I also remember that the "softly-softly" approach failed to achieve the results that British commanders had hoped for, even though the British sector of Iraq was to have been easier to keep secure than the American sectors. There's a fine line between winning the hearts and minds, and exposing soldiers to unnecessary risks.
The Supreme Ayatollah of Iran, Ali Khameni, has warned the United States that they will disrupt energy shipments from the Gulf if challenged by the United States. Meanwhile, the EU diplomat Javier Solana is set to offer incentives to Iran to stop Uranium enrichment. Somehow, I doubt they'll accept them this time around after turning them down for more than a year at this point.
Somalia's still a God-forsaken war zone, now allegedly controlled by an Islamist militia after several weeks of fighting.
And finally, the London Assembly has released their version of the 9/11 report, scrutinizing the response to last year's London transit bombings. The problem with reports like this is that they don't really accomplish much. I've been in the military and worked with the military for years now, and one of the many things I've learned is that there are always things that could be done better. You could have the best equipment, the best plans for responding to various types of incidents, and even with specific and detailed knowledge in advance, you'd still have all sorts of mistakes and shortcomings. There's value to investigating, but it often comes off as finger-pointing and blame-placing, rather than serving to determine actual policy and equipment updates that could improve the situation in the future.
Keep on truckin'.
What do you do if you're a "Palestinian" and you disagree with your political rivals? Well, apparently you storm their TV station and lay waste to it.
There's still heavy fighting in East Timor, and the Australians are calling on Asian nations to send more troops to assist in the intervention.
In Afghanistan, the British commander of the NATO contingent has announced new tactics in continuing to deal with Taliban remnants. His new system will involve a "people-friendly force". I can appreciate this approach, but I also remember that the "softly-softly" approach failed to achieve the results that British commanders had hoped for, even though the British sector of Iraq was to have been easier to keep secure than the American sectors. There's a fine line between winning the hearts and minds, and exposing soldiers to unnecessary risks.
The Supreme Ayatollah of Iran, Ali Khameni, has warned the United States that they will disrupt energy shipments from the Gulf if challenged by the United States. Meanwhile, the EU diplomat Javier Solana is set to offer incentives to Iran to stop Uranium enrichment. Somehow, I doubt they'll accept them this time around after turning them down for more than a year at this point.
Somalia's still a God-forsaken war zone, now allegedly controlled by an Islamist militia after several weeks of fighting.
And finally, the London Assembly has released their version of the 9/11 report, scrutinizing the response to last year's London transit bombings. The problem with reports like this is that they don't really accomplish much. I've been in the military and worked with the military for years now, and one of the many things I've learned is that there are always things that could be done better. You could have the best equipment, the best plans for responding to various types of incidents, and even with specific and detailed knowledge in advance, you'd still have all sorts of mistakes and shortcomings. There's value to investigating, but it often comes off as finger-pointing and blame-placing, rather than serving to determine actual policy and equipment updates that could improve the situation in the future.
Keep on truckin'.
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