Musings of a modern guy

The Chunnel is shorthand for the Channel tunnel - the 3 tunnels under the English channel that connect the land masses of England and France, and effectively broke the separation of England from the European mainland. When these tunnels were made, they were an engineering marvel (still are), going for 3 tunnels that go for [...]

In a shock news (although events of the past 1-2 days seemed to indicate an event like this happening), President Musharraf was unable to handle the combination of a renewed push by militants to dominate vast areas of the country, a weakened army that seems incapable of handling the militants, and a resurgent democracy movement. [...]

North Korea has always been seen as a suspicious entity for talks, not reliable; but carrying enough firepower (especially after its acquisition of a nuclear device) such that it needs to be talked to. In addition, it is involved in a fair amount of deception, including official complicity in smuggling and currency counterfeiting. So, it [...]

In a spirit of bluster that was more make-believe that being based on reality, the Iraqi Prime Minister and his advisers claimed that Iraq has the capability to bring peace and calm on its own based on its own capable security forces (army and police). This is pure bull. The security forces that they have [...]

The various political Iraqi groups realize that the exit of the US military from Iraq will render their country into chaos, given that their military and police do not have a chance in hell of being able to hold the country together or resist the sectarian and insurgent forces currently wreaking havoc inside the country. [...]

Looks like the policy is to do a siege of the mosque, squeeze the people inside and then do a sudden attack when an opening is seen. This is how a traditional siege operates, and so far the entire operation looks like set to moving along that line. So, there are armoured vehicles surrounding the [...]